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Show A-10 Wed/Thurs/Fri, April 29-May 1, 2015 The Park Record Their turn in the spotlight It's ‘Action!' for Treasure Mountain's film students Program won a grant for new editing software Bubba Brown The Park Record Christopher Reeves/Park Record Krista Ingle, a third-grade teacher at Trailside Elementary School, was named the school's recipient of the 2014-2015 Doilney Excellent Educator Award on Friday. Ingle was among eight educators throughout the Park City School District honored Friday. The annual awards are voted on by each school's staff. Awards honor top Park City School District educators Bubba Brown The Park Record The announcement was read and, immediately, raucous cheers rang through the gymnasium at Trailside Elementary School. Students screamed and clapped. Members of the Park City High School band played a triumphant tune. Krista Ingle, a third-grade teacher at Trailside, had just been named the school's recipient of the 2014-2015 Doilney Excellent Educator Award. She was among eight educators honored Friday by the annual awards put on by the Park City Education Foundation and Deer Valley Resort. Stunned, Ingle rose from her chair and accepted the award before being congratulated by her colleagues and mobbed by excited students. "There are so many good teachers at Trailside," Ingle said. "It's wonderful to be honored, but you're also like, ‘Boy, every teacher at this school is so fabulous.'" Ingle added that the best part of winning was seeing how excited her students were for her. "That is a wonderful feeling to see them all happy," she said. "They'll be all riled up the rest of the day now." The awards, which are voted on by each school's staff, are given to educators who set themselves apart over the course of the year. In addition to Ingle, this year's Doilney Excellent Educator Award recipients include: Paula Kruger, Jeremy Ranch Elementary School; Andy Tullis, McPolin Elementary School; John Howard, Parley's Park Elementary School; Marie Shepherd, Ecker Hill Middle School; Ali Gallagher, Treasure Mountain Junior High; Lyndsay Anderson, Park City High School. Additionally, Ed Mulick was named the winner of the Sarah and Stephen Doilney Award, which is given to the district's most influential teacher, as voted on by the Park City High School class of 2015. Representatives from the Park City Education Foundation and the school district traveled to hand out the awards at each school. While the principals were told beforehand who would win, the awards came as a surprise to the recipients. Amy Macuga, a member of the Park City Education Foundation board of directors, said catching the recipients off-guard is one of the best aspects of the awards. "Their responses are just so heart-warming," she said. "They are in shock. They work so hard, and I don't think any of them expect to be recognized. It's definitely something to be proud of." Macuga said it's important to highlight the hard work the district's educators do. Many of them put in long hours and go beyond their job descriptions to ensure students are getting a quality education. Please see Awards, A-11 For student filmmakers at Treasure Mountain Junior High School, seeing their creative visions come to life just got a little easier. CenturyLink, an Internet and phone service company, recently awarded the school's film program a $1,200 grant as part of the Clarke M. Williams Foundation's Teachers and Technology program. The program gives money to schools that are using innovative methods to implement technology in their classrooms. Sharon Maddux, who teaches Treasure Mountain's film classes, said she will use the grant to help purchase Final Cut Pro X filmediting software for the computers students use in the class. Final Cut Pro X, which is an upgrade over the iMovie software students currently use, will allow students to develop a better creative eye and think in more advanced ways about what can be done with raw footage during post-production. "Post-production is a whole other creative element," Maddux said. "You have production, which is hugely creative in thinking about how you want to shoot everything, but then you can transform that in post-production. We want them to continue to think outside the box in new and creative ways." The new software is also crucial to keep challenging the students, Maddux said. Now, more than ever before, students already know the basics of video editing, because many have done film projects for other classes. "Some of the kids are coming in with some experience, even at this age," she said. "And some of them are already even using Final Cut Pro at home. Even the kids that are coming in with little filmmaking experience are already somewhat familiar with iMovie because they've been using it forever." One student who had some filmmaking experience before entering Maddux's classes is Alex Sexton. He said the chance to make movies is one of the highlights of his school day. "It's definitely a class I look forward to," he said, adding that he particularly enjoys working with green screens. "Going to math is like, ‘Ugh, math.' But coming to this class is cool. I get to film and walk around the school and be with my friends, actually doing something." Students in Maddux's film production classes -- she also teaches a film studies class -- complete several projects throughout the year, based on certain themes. This year's themes included "Into the Mind" and "Tributes." Students' tribute films focused on topics as varied as SpongeBob to the suicide-prevention project Reasons to Live. "I love what they come up with, and I love that they come up with such diverse projects," Maddux said. Sexton said the favorite film he made this year was a tribute to the frozen food Hot Pockets. "It's the greatest microwaveable food in the world," he said. "So it was fun to get creative Please see Film, A-11 Bubba Brown/Park Record Sharon Maddux, film teacher at Treasure Mountain Junior High, works with ,from left, Zach Kozak, Christian Stockwell, Rachel Baniewicz and Sage Doman. TMJH was recently awarded a grant for film-editing software. 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