Digital Media :: Image is Everything
Great stories hang in the viewer’s ear and catch the viewer’s eye. Great stories aim straight for the viewer’s heart. The best TV news stories don’t just inform; they teach, illuminate and inspire viewers.”
-Al Tompkins
The Sacred Heart Digital Media Program is where technology meets creativity and innovation. This course provides students the opportunity to apply writing and reporting skills learned in class towards the production of ASH NewsFlash TV, a broadcast show that airs during Assembly to the entire Upper School student body. Students learn how to research, gather and analyze information to create video productions for broadcast to the Sacred Heart community audience and beyond.
Emphasis is placed on professional development in television news, digital media production and film industry. Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and After Effects are skillsets our students learn and utilize to animate, alter and composite media—the same professional software used by website designers, video and audio editors, motion graphic artists and movie production.
Questions About Arts? Let's Talk.
Carrie Brown, Arts Chair
Dance, Middle & Upper School
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Susan Nichols, Art
Little Hearts, Preschool & Lower School
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Renee Pando, Art
Middle School
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MeLissa Kossick Anderson, Art
Upper School
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Mary Jackson
Digital Media
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Jodi McWilliams, Music
Lower School
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Catherine Comardelle, Music
Little Hearts
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Garri Anna-Marie Paul, Music
Middle School
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Ashley Nolan, Theater & Film Studies
Upper School
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Digital Graphics Overview
Students learn the principles of innovative design and typography while using professional Adobe Creative Suite software for digital drawings, logos, magazine layouts and 3D-animation. Students complete each week by contributing to their digital portfolio to showcase their work. The course covers how to brainstorm and create animations and motion graphics to air during our weekly newscast, ASH NewsFlash.
Yearbook Club
Starting in Middle School, this club offers students the opportunity to learn about design, take pictures and create pages for the annual Sacred Heart Yearbook, which has recently won several local and national awards. Students are trained using an online design program and have the opportunity to design their pages at school or at home.
The club's goals are to teach several phases of journalism, including writing and social media skills while publishing a creative, engaging book. Yearbook is a fun way to meet friends, students, faculty, staff and add their voice to the larger school community.
Interested in joining Yearbook club?
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Podcasting Overview
Podcasting at ASH is used as a collaborative communication tool in classrooms throughout the Upper School and Middle School. Podcasting in the classroom is a powerful tool for learning and allowing our students to build on their creative ideas to connect, communicate and synthesize learning in a fun and entertaining way to help increase student engagement.