Howe students to present program

HOWE--Tammy Parks and her 8th Grade Journalism/Multimedia students from Howe Public Schools are participating in the KC3 (Kids Creating Community Content) Contest.
 

Picture are (L-R) Jennifer Spencer, Jaiden Griffith, Kelsee Williams, T. Baridi Nkokheli, who portrays U.S. Deputy Marshal Bass Reeves  on behalf of the City of Fort Smith, Jenna Stites, Cheyenne Psencik, Brian Chanthirat.

The contest, sponsored by the Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration (CILC) challenges middle and high school teams, from across the United States, to develop and present an engaging and dynamic videoconferencing program about their community. Programs are evaluated on national standards aligned content and materials, interactivity, communication skills, presentation strategy and the effective use of technology.

The Middle School team will present their program "The Legend of Bass Reeves: The Most Feared Deputy U.S. Marshal in the Indian Country" in early February. On Jan. 13, Mrs. Parks and several of her students attended the opening of the Bass Reeves Exhibit at the Fort Smith Museum of History.  

In honor of the 100th anniversary of his death and his importance to American history, the Howe students created this special program about "one of the bravest men this country has ever known." Reeves became the first African-American to be inducted into the Great Westerners Hall of the National Cowboy Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City.  "No writer could invent a more amazing, Western frontier character than Bass Reeves."  

This student created program will include a character depiction of Bass Reeves by T. Baridi Nkokheli (pictured), and readings from the children's book, The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson.