THS Welcomes Daegu Metropolitan School District
Visiting teachers presented Dr. Kontogiannis with a beautiful
plaque. Click on image for full size view.
It was indeed an honor to welcome teachers from the Daegu
Metropolitan School District, Dague Korea, last week. Over 25 teachers
from Daegu visited, of which four came to our high school. They observed
many classes and visited our library media center.
Thursday
night, Daegu school district hosted an event and dinner at the Palisadium, a
fine Korean restaurant in Edgewater, where faculty from Daegu and Tenafly got to
know each other better. Gifts were presented, a delicious buffet was
enjoyed, and there was plenty of dance and karaoke. What an honor it is for Tenafly
educators to have the
opportunity to get to know these fine fellow educators from Korea! We wish
them a great trip.
SHORT TAKES
Three decades of
New Audio Lines Run to Auditorium 30
April 04 - Literally minutes prior to the start of THS music
department's spring concert, a really unpleasant and dirty job was
complete. Three new noise free audio lines were pulled through a
dusty drop ceiling from THS-TV's control room to the auditorium. Each line
measures 500 feet.
Tenafly High School Leadership
Past THS principals Dr. Charles Wilson
(left) and Dr. Louis Visco (right) with Dr. Dora Kontogiannis, the current THS
principal, gather at a recent high school event.
With problems plaguing the existing audio lines, the new lines are a
welcome addition, providing a noise free stereo feed with an extra line
for use as a "talk back". The old lines will be converted to
permanent intercom use for communication between the director and the
camera operators.
The first fruits of this hard labor resulted in a good quality stereo
video recording of THS's outstanding spring concert. We look forward
to the use of these lines far into the future.
NEWS & EVENTS
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PREPARING FOR 2004/05 OPENING
Students can look forward
to visiting an improved library media center facility. Ms. Schembari and
Ms. DiGuera have effectively "held the fort down" and at the same time have been
very busy cataloging, weeding, processing P.O.s, receiving, sending, and much,
much more. Their work is critical to an effective facility! Read on to see some of what's NEW:
NEW and
interesting titles displayed on custom designed "floats" produced by Acme Plastics. Most titles
requested by faculty and students. Many titles purchased result from
Frankfurt Book Fair visit 2003. More titles on their way!
NEW magazines
added to subscription list thanks to suggestions from students and staff.
Magazines also displayed on "floats".
NEW
and
accessible music CD collection (1500 CDs) accessible through this site (see
link above).
NEW
DVD
titles requested by faculty to include a complete Shakespeare series.
NEW
TOP SECRET!
Special display in a
prominent position in the library. What in the WORLD could this be??
NEW touch
screen monitor technology brings renewed life to older technology investments in our TV
control room / media production lab.
NEW
Apple
E-Mac editing computers in the media production alcove.
NEW
gigabit
copper Ethernet between selected computers in media production and broadcasting
area.
NEW
mobile
unit donated by the Tenafly High School H.S.A. designed for up to four camera
shoot of school events including "tape-less" technology for fast post
production.
NEW
MPEG
encoding computer with Optibase Encoding Technology extends the life of older technology investments.
NEW AUDIO/VIDEO
trans-coding server with dual processing power, gigabit copper Ethernet network
speed, a half-a-terabyte of storage. Soon to be added touch screen interface for audio
sampling playback.
NEW arrangement
in our TV control with replaced racks on the monitor wall and more efficient layout.
NEW TV
studio floor from Snaplock Industries for
better appearance and camera trucking mobility.
SPECIAL THANKS!!
Two very special students employed by the library media center over the summer
helped to make many of our improvements happen. David K. (04 and moving on
to Montclair State University) and Mark F.(05) now a THS senior worked many
hours. Their input played a very important role and is very much appreciated!!
Collaborative Collection Development
Relating the collection, facility, and services to the curriculum is dependent on recommendations from the professional staff. Relating the collection to general student interest depends on student suggestions and input. Your suggestions are listed below, and as funds become available titles will be added. Thoughtful suggestions are encouraged and help to shape library content and services.
To review the entire list of your suggestions, please Click here. MORE SUGGESTIONS? Send email.
NEW TITLES ON THE SHELVES
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STUDENTS MEET NUREMBERG TRIALS PROSECUTOR VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE
8 JUNE 2004
- In the
Presentation and Instructional Teleconferencing Theater (PITT) Mr.
Morrison's AP History II as well as other students and teachers had the
opportunity to meet
Henry T. King,
Jr., professor of law at Case Western Reserve University and author of
The Two Worlds of Albert Speer: Reflections of a Nuremberg Prosecutor
through the wonders of Videoconference technology. Seated in a
videoconferencing room at Case Western, Prof. King answered a variety of
thoughtful questions from students and faculty about
his first hand experiences as a Nuremberg prosecutor.
He
explained that he is one of the last living and active prosecutors. He was
26 upon arriving in Nuremberg and interviewed many of the defendants to
include Albert Speer. Presently the taped record of this conference
is being readied for rebroadcast on Channel 77 this coming week.
Please stay tuned for broadcast times.
Keeping THS in Focus
Dr. Kontogiannis, THS principal tests out THS-TV's new donated Vinten Kestrel camera crane. Click on image for full size.
YANG-YANG, A 3 YEAR OLD VISITOR
FROM TAIWAN LEARNS WHAT A T.D.
DOES ON A GRASS VALLEY 1600 SWITCHER