BHS-TV Students Win Contest, Visit from Rihanna
Members of the television production class created a video showcasing volunteer efforts at BHS that won a nation-wide contest.
Barrington High School students shine bright like a diamond, and it shows. Members of BHS-TV created an inspiring video highlighting the volunteer and philanthropic efforts of BHS students that won a nation-wide contest sponsored by pop-star Rihanna. The school beat out 52 other entries. The grand prize: A visit from the singer herself. “We saw the contest and thought it was a really good idea, especially because Barrington is so philanthropic,” Peter Chung, a BHS-TV member said. “It took about a month to put it together, but it was probably dozens of hours…it was a very tedious process.” The video showcasing the thousands of dollars students have raised for charity, and hundreds of hours they’ve volunteered, has 4,163 hits on YouTube. …
Ramona McCall
8:43 am on Monday, March 25, 2013
Good job to the students that were involved with this project. What a shame that Rhianna and her Management Team were so disrespectful to these excited young people. Rhianna would not be my choice for a role model however I do understand that young people have a different view. Rhianna s disrespect and waste of so much time only confirmed what I already felt about her. Very disappointing. She … more ›