Student Recognition
Ballston Spa Student wins First Prize for her Documentary
On Saturday, June 6 student filmmakers from across northern New York and Quebec gathered for the Beyond the Peaks Film Fest Awards Showcase, hosted at the historic Strand Center Theatre in Plattsburgh, NY.
This year, Mountain Lake PBS received 76 captivating short film submissions from high school-aged students in a wide range of genres, including Documentary, Narrative, Thriller, Open, and the 60-Second Challenge. Over 200 teens participated in this year’s program as directors, editors, actors, and crew members to bring their visions to life on-screen.
Mr. Fisher's high school Digital Media classes submitted 9 projects from 3 different classes to the festival this year. Olivia Sweet, a junior in CHS Video production & Broadcasting won first place in the Documentary category for her short documentary The Scotties Rundown: Behind the Scenes!
Olivia worked on this project for roughly 6 weeks total at different points throughout the school year. She conducted interviews as well as cataloged footage from The Scotties Rundown and filmed behind the scenes footage of the show. She then spent several weeks editing all of her footage down into the final product.
Student Essays Published into an ebook
Students in Mr. Flynn's AP English Language and Composition class created a book Inspired by John Green’s The Anthropocene Reviewed, students wrote personal essays reviewing different aspects of the modern world. With Libby Staver's help, we compiled the 15 best essays into a digital book. A great job by all the students who were selected.
April & May Spectacular Scotties
A Spectacular Scottie is a student who demonstrates good character not just in their academics, but in being supportive of and friendly towards their peers, is trustworthy, has a positive attitude, is involved in the community, or who shows improvement in their performance. Here are our April and May Spectacular Scotties!
September & October Spectacular Scotties
A Spectacular Scottie is a student who demonstrates good character not just in their academics, but in being supportive of and friendly towards their peers, is trustworthy, has a positive attitude, is involved in the community, or who shows improvement in their performance. These students were nominated for this honor for the months of September and October. Congratulations students!
Nicholas Sharp, Eric Lumley, Lucas Guest and Alexa Cushing achieved the designation of a Commended Student in the National Merit Scholarship Program, based on their performance on the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT). They are celebrated amongst Commended Students nationwide who have shown exceptional academic promise.