By MEGAN CUMMINGS <\/B><\/I>
\nHale Kula Elementary School<\/I><\/p>\n
Creating in digital media provides students with opportunities to learn new skills. Students from across the state produced 30-second public service announcements for the 11th annual ‘Olelo Youth Xchange Student Video Competition.<\/p>\n
A record 804 videos were submitted this year representing elementary, intermediate and high school students throughout Hawaii.<\/p>\n
Among the award-winners was Hale Kula Elementary School, which was a finalist in three categories – Start Living Healthy, Public Service Announcement and Mini-Documentary.<\/p>\n
Winners received a Sony HandyCam HDR-PJ540 for their school, which included two teams of Hale Kula students, who created Choose Water for a Healthy Life <\/I>and Be Cool, Come To School<\/I>. Hale Kula’s winning videos competed against more than 20 videos in each category.<\/p>\n
Choose Water for a Healthy Life <\/I>was created by fourth-grader Deziree Ensrud and third-graders Cheyenne Barfield, Falesoa Tufi and Hanna Strom. The 30-second animated feature was designed to educate people about the effects of sugary drinks and to be aware of the advertisements companies use to promote the drinks.<\/p>\n
Be Cool, Come to School<\/I> featured a rap written by counselor Marleen Clarke that was remixed and animated by fourth-graders Nettie Oswalt, Ella Reibsome and Ariana Carter.<\/p>\n
Hale Kula’s public service announcements and mini documentary can be seen on the HKES Kids Vimeo channel at vimeo.com\/channels\/hkeskids. All Youth Xchange videos can be seen at olelo.org\/yxc\/.<\/p>\n
The videos also are being aired on ‘Olelo Channel 53. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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