The Prowler
November 2015
News
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The Link: Providing the Central Experience Public Relations organization provides services to district, becomes class next semester. By Maddy Forster Editor-in-Chief of The Prowler
By David Banzhof Staff Writer
It’s the end of junior year and the questions are starting to roll in: ‘Where do you want to go to college?’ ‘What do you want to major in?’ And the big one, ‘what do you want to do once you graduate?’ For a lot of students, these questions can be overwhelming. However, being involved in lots of different clubs and activities--like Central’s public relation club, The Link--can help make those questions less painful. “It’s a cool way to learn more about communications because at first I didn’t know what I wanted to study and this has helped me narrow my focus,” said senior Kellen Beck, director of The Link. “The Link provides public relations support that helps connect our students and families to the schools and our district’s programs,” said Julie Romig, director of communications for the district. Romig serves as one of three advisors, along with Prowler advisor Lucinda Hogentogler and CTV advisor
Andrew Shumway, to The Link. Next semester, The Link will become a class taught by Hogentogler, where students will learn about public relations and complete projects. This year, The Link has chosen to focus on one project, called “The Central Experience.” Each month, The Link picks a new aspect of the high school to focus on, like clubs or student-run businesses, and creates a series of promotions for them, like CTV segments. “The end goal is a website where people can learn what it’s like to be a Central student and live the Central experience,” said Beck. By preforming public relations duties for various “clients” within the district, members of The Link gain real-world experience. “We got to decide our own positions, we make our own appointments and decide our own projects,” said Beck. “It’s cool because Ms. Romig comes and guides us, so we know what we’re doing, but at the same time, she lets us put our own spin on things.” One of the projects that gave The Link members realworld experience was a video highlighting the One: World initiative. The district then went on to submitt the video to Apple to be named a ‘District of Distinction.’ “Their product was excellent and a great way to tell the story of the initiative through the words of our students and faculty,” said Romig.
Photo by Erin O’Neill
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Central’s Got Talent gets ready for round two
Plans for a bigger, better Central’s Got Talent are in the works for January. By Jasmine Gray Staff Writer
Sophomore Morgan Batts remembers the day that her mother told her she could sing. “My mother and I were driving around and then a song came on the radio and I started singing. My mom turned around, and said, ‘Oh yeah my daughter has a talent.” Although Batts would love to showcase her talent in the upcoming Central’s Got Talent, Part 2, scheduled for January 21 in the high school auditorium, her real passion lies in helping others showcase their talents. She’ll serve as a backstage helper, she said.
A’Rreal Collins and Courtney Barbour, the hosts for Central’s Got Talent, Part 2, brought the talent show back to light last year after several years break. “It was a lot of improv last year, but it turned out really well,” said Barbour. “Central was dull and needed something to spice it up, all we had was homecoming and nothing else,” said Collins. They wanted to add some more events to school so people can showcase their talents to the school. Collins and Barbour had came up with the idea to bring the talent show over the summer. “We thought of the basics,” said Barbour, they just needed help putting it into action. “We went to Mrs. Francis [Central’s Diversity Specialist] because she is flexible and had done some other events such as the Diversity Celebration,” said Barbour. Francis helped the girls
put the talent show into action. She contacted people to see when they can have the stage, what days are available for dress rehearsal, etc. “It is fairly easy,” said Francis, also stating it was electronic based and very simple, the layout for the event already being written. “The Diversity Celebration is similar but different,” said Francis. [It} has a lot more handset help, but the talent show is only under my direction, so it makes it a smaller group.” Along with the core group, they do have volunteers to help with the event along the way. “A lot of volunteers try to make the talent show their own. We appreciate it, but we make the final decisions,” said Barbour. New things are to be expected from this year’s talent show. “We definitely expect more people than last year,” said Collins. “It’s going to be a great event.”