After School Program Creating Media Specialist Champions

September 11, 2024 admin Community, Local 0

champs final — Shown standing (L-R): Asiah Denson, Holly Payton, Faith Swindle Seated: Johnella Curry

The Raines High School C.H.A.M.P.S. (Creating Highly Achieving Media Professionals) after-school program is taking their students to the next level. The program is designed for students interested in entertainment, media, and content sharing opportunities offering students the opportunity to become acclimated in the media via TV, radio and social media entities. During the course of the program students will learn the basic options of public relations, marketing, filmmaking, podcasting and the ‘how to’s of social media monetization, media production and magazine/newspaper creation.

The first class assignment was to create a vision board for the upcoming class print/magazine/e-zine and a vision board detailing their Raines High school graduation journey. During the yearly course, students will schedule field trips, receive guest speakers and support Raines turnaround vision
from ‘D to B’ grade success.

Raines’ has a rich history that began in 1964, after the all-white Jean Ribault High School rejected a plan to have Black students admitted, the Duval County School Board decided to build a dedicated school for them. The Board allocated $2 million to build a facility for 2,000 students, initially known simply as “School No. 165”. It opened on January 25, 1965, and in June 10 of the same year was officially renamed “William Marion Raines Senior High School”.

Raines became the county’s science, math and engineering magnet school in 1990 and still serves a predominantly African-American student population.

To register and for more info visit: https://krumpin4success.org

https://dcps.duvalschools.org/wmrh