FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media Contact:
Leslie
Licano, (714) 573-0884
Thousands of
Students Participated. Hundreds will
Attend to Celebrate the Winners…
KOCE-TV HONORS WINNERS OF “THE 39TH ANNUAL
CALIFORNIA STUDENT MEDIA & MULTIMEDIA FESTIVAL AWARDS”
Hundreds of Students, Teachers and Parents Celebrate the
“Academy Awards” of Student Contests
SATURDAY, JUNE 11TH ■ 9:00 A.M. TO 12 NOON ■
KOCE-TV STUDIOS ■ HUNTINGTON BEACH
WHAT:
More
than 200 students and faculty are expected to attend the “39th Annual California Student
Media & Multimedia Festival Awards” – the nation’s oldest student media
festival. The Academy Awards-style ceremony will recognize winners from
the submissions of more than six thousand students. Award-winning work from across California, including Orange
County winners, will be showcased on three giant screens, and K-12 student
winners will have the opportunity to give an acceptance speech as they are
recognized with plaques and certificates.
Best overall winners will receive awards of $1,000 for their
schools.
The event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.
WHY:
Created almost four decades ago as a small local competition, the “California
Student Media & Multimedia Festival Awards” has expanded to include the
work of more than 6,000 student contestants from schools across the state. Over
the years, the Festival has awarded more than $105,000 to California
schools.
The
Festival exists to celebrate the amazing media and multimedia projects produced
by California’s best and brightest students and teachers – rewarding and acknowledging their
successful classroom work. The Festival
truly showcases what can be accomplished when talented students and dedicated
teachers work together integrating media and multimedia into education.
WHO:
The California Student Media & Multimedia Festival has been coordinated by
KOCE-TV, the PBS station in Orange County, Calif. for the past seven years. The Festival is
sponsored by the California School Library Association (CSLA), the professional
organization of California's library media teachers by affiliates of Computer
Using Educators (CUE), California's largest technology user group for
educators.
WHEN:
Saturday, June 11th, 2005
9:00 a.m. to 12 noon
WHERE:
KOCE-TV Studios
15751 Gothard Street
Huntington Beach, Calif.
MEDIA CONTACT:
To attend the event or arrange
interviews, please contact Leslie Licano at (714) 573-0884 or via e-mail at leslie@echomediapr.com. For more
information about “The 39th Annual California Student Media &
Multimedia Festival Awards,” visit www.mediafestival.org