By Arcadia Unified Digital Communications Intern Claire Li During these difficult and isolating times, it is often hard to find hope and maintain a positive outlook. Aiming to promote a sense of hope throughout their community, Arcadia Unified School District’s (AUSD) Digital Communications Internship (DCI) students hosted a Poetry Contest centered around the theme of “hope."
The idea to create a district-wide poetry contest for the Keepin’ it Arcadia student podcast created by DCI first came about during a weekly DCI meeting back in March. Sofia Nagy, a junior at Arcadia High School who helped lead the construction of the Poetry Contest, mentioned, “The idea of a poetry contest was the fruit of collective creativity. I brought poetry into the conversation, then DCI transformed it into a possible and fun project to do, and it happened.” Nagy added, “This district-wide poetry contest really was an outcome of two things: the first one being the confusing, panic-inducing, and overwhelming news about COVID-19, and the second one being that, during an online DCI meeting, I mentioned that poetry is one of my favorite things I’ve been doing while staying at home.”
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Arcadia Unified Students Attend USC Annenberg Youth Academy: Learning the Future of Journalism5/19/2020 By Arcadia Unified Digital Communications Intern Bethany Chow “I knew I wanted to pursue something I was already interested in: journalism and communications. I thought the University of Southern California Annenberg Youth Academy was an incredible opportunity that I had to take advantage of,” said Sandi Khine, Arcadia High School (AHS) senior and Student Manager of the Arcadia Unified School District Digital Communications Internship (DCI). She attended the USC Annenberg Youth Academy, a prestigious four-week intensive summer program for 26 students from high schools in the Los Angeles area. Khine is one of many AHS student interns in DCI that have been accepted into and attended the USC Annenberg Youth Academy. In the Annenberg Youth Academy, students have the opportunity to develop an understanding of and practice media communications and journalism. Despite the difference of ethnic, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds between the 26 students from all different schools, they also get to find “solace in the things [they] have in common, and realize that they are all teens with dreams,” Khine said.
The Annenberg Youth Academy is the equivalent of several first-year college courses, and as Sofia Nagy, another AHS student in DCI who attended the program in the summer of 2019, said, “The teachers teach you everything they know which is really amazing.” The knowledge gained from this program isn’t the only pro about it. Nagy added, “You get to know the dean [Dean Willow Bay] and get so many other connections.” In addition to teaching, the Annenberg Youth Academy also typically includes three field trips, including visits to the Japanese American National Museum, a Dodgers game, and the California African American Museum to get hands-on experience in multimedia journalism. Brandon Chen, AHS student and DCI intern, who attended Annenberg Youth Academy in 2018, says, “Being led by USC’s world-class professors and being at the cutting edge of media and communications at Annenberg’s studio is an experience I’ll never forget.” |
DCI Interns on the news writing team publish articles that are often published on local newspapers, such as Arcadia Patch and the Arcadia Weekly. The articles, ranging in subject, dive into the AUSD world and cover events, opportunities, news, and first-hand accounts of unique stories in the community.
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