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WSD Students Host 2nd Annual Film Festival
The Wentzville School District held its 2nd Annual Film Festival on March 19th at Liberty High School. The Festival highlights films written and produced by students in grades K-12. Winners were chosen in eight categories from over 130 submissions and this year a special “Committee’s Choice” Award was given to Liberty students Julia Wolz and Eleanor McCrary for their film “Tunnelvision” with performances by Alyssa Fay, Braden McMakin, Christian Tebeau and Cameron Jones. Additional winners by category include:
Informational
“2nd Grade Wonder Book Review” by Mrs. Turnipseed’s Class, Prairie View Elementary
“Main Street Wentzville, Missouri” by Kailey Lawrence, Crossroads Elementary
“A Drop of Water” by Sanjana Anand, Frontier Middle School
“Phone Down Buckle Up” by Cailey Chapman, Miriam Solorio and Mickey Kinsella, Liberty HS
“The First Amendment: Our Double Edged Sword” by Marjori Russo, Cat Frank and Katie Cool, Liberty High School
Instructional
“Soccer with Emma” by Emma Brockman, Peine Ridge Elementary
“Myleigh’s Muffins” by Myleigh Turnipseed, Prairie View Elementary
“Perfect Chocolate Fudgy Brownie” by Cassandra Frank, Mikayla Ellis, Gracie Fieselman, Elesia Alvarez, and Taylor Wilhite at Liberty High School
Music Videos
“I Will Strive” by Mrs. Steinhoff’s Class, Prairie View Elementary
“We Carry Them with Us” by Lillian Bancroft, Holt High School
News Package
“The Daylight Night” by Lauren Stumpf, Caleb Woods, Connor Low, Maddie Baker, Eleanor McCrary, and Eric Mason, Liberty High School
PSA/Commercial
“Got Grit?” by Mrs. Strobbe’s Class, Prairie View Elementary
“Elements” by Amelia Larocca, Jaden Zelidon, Megan Sproull, Norah Wibbenmeyer, and Britney Boyer, Frontier MS
“Trapped” by Sarah Downs, Liberty High School
“Ratchets and Robots” by Laruen Stumpf, Liberty High School
Sports
“Flipping Montage” by Riley DeCaro at Discovery Ridge Elementary
“Sport Spotlight: Wrestling” by Christian Kirk, Timberland High School
Story
“I Love to Read!” by Kyler Barthold, Hailey Flower, Abbi Briggs, Julian Campbell, Kaia Czmowski, Conner Black, Mylah Anderson, Danica Santiago, Brayden Ferguson, Chesney Robertson, Lakeview Elementary
“The Missing Desks” by Mrs. Schomber’s Class, Prairie View Elementary
“Time Masheen” by Lucas Sweeney, Jacob Windham, Patrick Habiger, Nicholas Newbauer, Aidan Guion, Cade Lewis, Dominik Fritts, and Madison Sweeney, Timberland High School
Animated Story
“The Chase” by Samuel Ayala, Prairie View Elementary
“The Color of Music” by Cassidy Wood, Holt High School
The Film Festival, which is organized and produced by students, has been supported by grants for the past two years from the Wentzville School District Foundation. “We are proud of our students for their tremendous effort in making our second WSD Film Festival a success,” said Instructional Technology Coach Amanda Moody. “From designing the website, logo, and promotional video and poster, to hosting and directing the evening events -- and of course, making all the films -- this was truly a student-driven experience that the whole community came out to enjoy. We can't wait to see what they create next year!”
The logo was designed by Lillian Kraft (Frontier Middle), the poster was designed by Kiley Hanff (Timberland), the website was designed by Anna Ramsey (Holt) and the promotional video for the festival was designed by Ianne Salvosa (Liberty). Auditions were held for the honor of emceeing the festival and Sammie Lammert (Timberland), Jace Nielsen (Timberland), Sara Phillips (Holt) and Tori Smith (Timberland) were chosen as co-hosts. The production was directed by Allison Baltz (Timberland) who also assisted on the Set and Experience Team with Zachary Kelley (Holt), and Sara Phillips was the sound designer. Members of the Press Pool included: Maddie Baker, Alexis Donato, Julia Fallert, Olivia Holler, Leah Miget, Lauren Polydys, Ianne Salvosa, Haley Schumer, and Desiree Smith from Liberty, Logan Fisher and Paige Pieper from Holt, and Clayton Herbst, Megan Mueller, and Brady Snavely from Timberland.