2016-2017

High School Educational Television Studio (ETS) Upgrade
In the fall of 2016, the Colonial Fund supported the renovation of the High School Television Studio, using some of the $83,000 in donations received during the 2015-16 school year. Most equipment in the TV Studio was 14 years old and had not been upgraded since the High School was opened in 2002. An upgrade to HD increased the reliability of ETS broadcast transmissions and allowed the adoption of current broadcast/cablecast technology standards.  

ETS is one of the district’s longest-running examples of Project-Based Learning environments. For more than twenty years, ETS has been an important link between the Shrewsbury Public School system and the community. Students involved in the studio produce a wide range of programs that are cablecast on Shrewsbury Media Connection’s (SMC) educational access channel. Student-produced news, educational, artistic and documentary programs connect the community with the schools and the schools with each other. ETS students cover events in every school and at every grade level and provide support for classroom teaching through the production of educational videos. ETS also provides important vocational training for students interested in pursuing careers in video production, journalism and television as well as significant opportunities for students to express their creative and artistic visions.