This week, Hillgrove welcomed back a warm tradition: Hawk Talk TV. For years, our school’s televised news source has played week after week in Wednesday’s homeroom. It's a friendly reminder of the school’s news while also featuring skits and interactive bits involving both the audio video students and people around the school.
However, the audio video department has experienced some major changes this year, starting off fall 2017 with a new teacher that was at the school for only two weeks, inducing a lull in classes due to having a substitute. But never fear! Former Hillgrove student Ms. Walker was brought in to teach students and guide them with a new version of Hawk Talk, albeit a month late. With a new vision for the class, though, The Talon wanted to reach out to some audio video students and hear their opinions on this new Hawk Talk, and how the changes this semester have affected them.
“I’m looking forward to having [Hawk Talk] be more fun and more creative, instead of how it was before, where everything was serious. There were a lot of rules that we had to follow,” voices Joanna Frazier (12), one of the six advanced students in the class, when speaking about the difference between this year’s Talk and years’ past.
The class that produces Hawk Talk consists of sixteen level three students and six level four students, the level four being advanced and more experienced with the show. Being seniors and having taken the class all four years, level four kids seem to have been affected most by the recent changes, due to making Hawk Talk for two years with the same teacher, Mrs. Adams.
“Last year, we were always on time, and we were always able to film together as group, and we also had, honestly, better people in the class, and now, since level two has gone up to level three, and they’ve lost a lot of experience from not having a teacher around, it hasn’t been as good.”
However, it seems that the show this year will cater more to people’s interests.
“There’s a music skit where we go around and have people finish the lyrics of popular songs, and it seems like people would like it, since we incorporated outside students.”
Despite the setbacks, it seems that Hawk Talk is looking up this year, with its new look and theme.
“We’re going to bring back some old stuff and try to start some series, so we can give the people more of what they want.”
picture: www.ebony.com
However, the audio video department has experienced some major changes this year, starting off fall 2017 with a new teacher that was at the school for only two weeks, inducing a lull in classes due to having a substitute. But never fear! Former Hillgrove student Ms. Walker was brought in to teach students and guide them with a new version of Hawk Talk, albeit a month late. With a new vision for the class, though, The Talon wanted to reach out to some audio video students and hear their opinions on this new Hawk Talk, and how the changes this semester have affected them.
“I’m looking forward to having [Hawk Talk] be more fun and more creative, instead of how it was before, where everything was serious. There were a lot of rules that we had to follow,” voices Joanna Frazier (12), one of the six advanced students in the class, when speaking about the difference between this year’s Talk and years’ past.
The class that produces Hawk Talk consists of sixteen level three students and six level four students, the level four being advanced and more experienced with the show. Being seniors and having taken the class all four years, level four kids seem to have been affected most by the recent changes, due to making Hawk Talk for two years with the same teacher, Mrs. Adams.
“Last year, we were always on time, and we were always able to film together as group, and we also had, honestly, better people in the class, and now, since level two has gone up to level three, and they’ve lost a lot of experience from not having a teacher around, it hasn’t been as good.”
However, it seems that the show this year will cater more to people’s interests.
“There’s a music skit where we go around and have people finish the lyrics of popular songs, and it seems like people would like it, since we incorporated outside students.”
Despite the setbacks, it seems that Hawk Talk is looking up this year, with its new look and theme.
“We’re going to bring back some old stuff and try to start some series, so we can give the people more of what they want.”
picture: www.ebony.com