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French TV Film Crew Visits CVHS |
Superintendent’s Message
French Film Crew Visits CVHS
Vietnam veteran Fred Widmer
has been coming to CVHS for
eight years at the request of
Mr. Bob Rodrigues to share his
experiences on My Lai. This
year marked the 40th
anniversary (March 16, 1968)
of what media reports dubbed
and still refer to as the My Lai
Massacre. A French television
crew was here to capture the
seminar on March 7th and will
air the edited footage on
France's Knowledge TV.
Approximately 75 students
from Mr. Rodrigues’ Shaping of
the Modern World classes and
an AP Government class
attended the one-and-a-halfhour-
long seminar. The
students sat in rapt attention
as Mr. Widmer detailed his
personal account of the events
of that day in My Lai and
asked him pertinent and
probing questions.
The French television crew
came to document the
seminar after conversations it
had with a British
Schirippa, Thomas, and Cleis
Win “Best in Show”
French Film Crew Visits CVHS
Broadcasting Corp. radio crew
that was interviewing Mr.
Widmer for a documentary on
the 40th anniversary of My
Lai. The group had come to
the U.S. at the behest of
French President Nicolas
Sarkozy, who has been calling
for a change in the way
France's students are educated
on matters of war and
conflict. The show they taped
at CVHS will air on the
country's Knowledge channel
and then possibly be
distributed to secondary
schools.
Prior to filming the
seminar, the crew was given a
tour of CVHS by Mr. Rodrigues
and stopped in on a French 3
class to converse in their
native tongue with students.
Thomas Bronnec, who
coordinated the crew’s visit,
said he was impressed by
not only the students’ fluency
in French, but the
educational environment and
programs at CVHS.
Schirippa, Thomas, and Cleis Win “Best in Show”
Congratulations to Zak
Schirippa, Chrissy Thomas, and
Ali Cleis for winning “Best in
Show” with their Nicolae
Ceausescu exhibit at the 3rd
Annual Cold War Museum
Night.
More than 200 students
from Miss Carney/Mr.
Crimone, Mr. Deboer, Mr.
Stefko, and Mr. Switala’s 11th
grade World Cultures classes
spent two weeks researching
and building museum exhibits
on topics related to the Cold
War. In all, the students
created 66 exhibits ranging
from the U2 Incident to
Richard Nixon’s visit to China.
The Cold War Museum
Night began with an opening
address by Colonel Dan Bohr,
who discussed being stationed
in West Germany during the
Cold War. Following his
opening address, teams of
judges from Scott, Bridgeville,
Collier, Baldwin, Whitehall,
Upper St. Clair, Mt. Lebanon,
South Fayette, and Brookline
met with each group and
posed questions to students
to ascertain the students’
knowledge of their topic. The
scores from the judges were
then incorporated into each
group’s overall grade.
A special team of five
judges had the arduous task of
selecting the “Best in Show”.
This is awarded to the museum
exhibit that exceeds all others.
First, the exhibit must be
visually appealing. Second, the
exhibit should be clearly
organized so that any guest
can easily ascertain the
exhibit’s connection to the
Cold War theme. Lastly, the
exhibit’s design or extra
features should draw the
guest in to explore the
exhibit. Each member of the
winning exhibit received some
$200 in gift cards.
“I want to thank all the
participating guest judges,
Colonel Bohr, student helpers,
and local businesses who took
the time to make the museum
night a great learning
experience,” said Miss Carney
(Museum Night organizer).
The Social Studies
Department would like to
thank the Andy Warhol
Museum, Bellingham’s Salon,
Carnegie Science Center,
Eat ’n park Restaurant, Peter’s
Place, Pizza Hut, Steel City
Hobbies, Sun Club, Wright’s
Seafood Restaurant, Arby’s,
Carnegie Museum of Art, the
Cheesecake Factory, Family
Video, Pittsburgh Zoo and
Aquarium, Starbuck’s Coffee,
SuperCuts, and Wendy’s for
their donations.
CVSD Calendar Items
May 15 — No School, Teacher In-Service
May 15 — Junior/Senior Prom
May 16 — No School, Kennywood Day
May 26— No School, Memorial Day
May 30 — Senior Exhibitions
June 11 — Last Day of School for Students
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