Schools of the Week: Independence High and Hillsboro School - Middle

Published February 6, 2024

Independence High TV/Film students are hard at work producing their weekly newscasts.

Students run the broadcasts in IHS TV/Film teacher Matt Balzer's class. Through the program, students learn how to record and edit news packages, write scripts and more.

"Today, I anchored the Independence News," said IHS student Joey Crowley. "It's great. It's a fun time with the crew. In the beginning, I got a little nervous, but not anymore. I like working on the scripts and bringing the news to the school."

Hillsboro School sixth graders are learning about robotics and programming.

In HEMS teacher Billy LeJeune's class, students worked on a computer code to have their systems color a ladybug. Students also programmed the larger robots to play tug of war.

"First, we had to program a robot to move around the computer screen and fill in the ladybug with various colors," said HEMS student Isla Hobbs. "It was all one long code. Then, we connected a hatch to a robot in the classroom to play tug of war. It was really just a game of luck to see which robot could pull the most. I like this class because I think it's pretty cool that I know how to code a robot whether it's on a screen or in real life."