Welcome Back!!

Welcome to the 2010 - 2011 school year at Fitzgerald High School!! As you may notice there are a few changes around here... most notably my new name! Miss Kelter is now Mrs. Smith - I'm sure it will be an adjustment, especially for those of you who have been in my classroom for the last few years, but just remember that I'm still getting used to it myself!

I'd like to take a moment to congratulate this year's senior class - last year your ACT and MME scores showed such improvement that you helped Fitzgerald to earn AYP in ALL subject areas - a tremendous achievement and you should all be very proud of yourselves! Juniors, you should know that we will hold you to the same high expectations and we will help to facilitate your experience just as fully. Great job guys!! You really "rocked the test"!!

This year I have a few goals for the TV Production and Broadcasting classes here at Fitzgerald. I wanted to share those goals with you, as you will be sharing your goals with me during our first few days of class.

1. Rework the Daily Announcements to better meet the needs of our school in a more appealing and effective way.

2. Effectively and creatively cover all events at Fitzgerald High School into an end of the year Video Yearbook.

3. Collaborate with the community on creative video and broadcasting projects.

4. Present a wide variety of post-secondary options featuring various aspect of digital media arts.

Now that you know where we are headed, I would love to hear from you! Please take a moment to consider the above 4 goals and what they might look like or sound like to you. Choose one goal that you think is the MOST important and tell me what you suggest in order to achieve that goal. Be specific, and descriptive in your responses. I am not looking for "sounds good Miss K - oops, Mrs. S" - I really want you to tell me what you can do to help us achieve this goal, and what you think we can do together. I definitely have my ideas for what I would like to do, but I know that I cannot do this by myself. In this case, as with in most cases, the more ideas we have the better! So, take a minute, leave a comment, and remember to include your FULL NAME...

I can't wait to see where our goals will take us!