Bethlehem Area School District students are hosting a new show highlighting district news on RCN.
BASD District Insider airs on RCN. lehighvalleylive.com file photo
BASD District Insider premiered at 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb 2., on RCN channel 4/1004 and will air again at 6 p.m. Sunday.
The idea for the show sprung out of the extensive video library that Fountain Hill Elementary School technology teacher Tom Braun had compiled. Braun has a background in broadcasting and he’s been doing in-house videos highlighting district events for more than a year.
The district wanted to give them a wider reach and get high school students involved to share their own video work, Braun explained.
“We are hoping this provides another resource where people get to go to and see what is going on in the district,” Braun said.
A different student from Freedom and Liberty high schools will host the show on a rotating basis and the show will always feature a student-produced segment.
To find his first few hosts, Braun reached out to the high schools’ theater departments and has a different student lined up for the next four months.
“My hope is a couple years from now, it is taken over by the high school kids,” Braun said.
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He envisions student video pieces dominating and the host writing and producing the show’s script.
“We think it will be neat for them to see their work, knowing it is being put in everyone’s home,” Braun said.
The district sees the show as another avenue to spread all of the good news that happens in the district each day.
“When you truly see the amazing things going on in the district, you think: wow, this is really an amazing place to me,” Braun said. “I am thrilled to be able to show this is a great place all the way K-12. The teachers are inspirational. The kids are dedicated to their classrooms and the community.”
The show will regularly air at 6 p.m. each Thursday and Sunday. It is also available on demand. The district is in discussions with Service Electric as well.
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