ENN: Behind the Scenes
Two ENN students are being filmed practicing their script for an episode on interesting school topics.
ENN, Estancia High School’s student run news network is entering its fifth year, and continues to expand.
ENN, Estancia High School’s student run news network is entering its fifth year, and continues to expand. What began as a weekly broadcast during COVID, has grown into a monthly news network focused on students' voices, improving the school community, and helping the campus stay informed on upcoming events.
As the teacher advisor for ENN, Mr.Moreno helps run the network by overseeing about 30 students separated into two production teams. He explained his favorite part of his role, “I always see my job as letting students tell their stories to bring their vision to life… Every year gets a little better because the students are enthusiastic and really care about what they are making.” Mr. Moreno explained that the shift from weekly to monthly episodes positively impacted ENN, “We focus more on quality over quantity, so every episode feels meaningful and published.” He explained his goal to guide students through the production process while also helping them create work they are proud of.
Our ENN teacher Mr. Moreno poses for a picture with Donita Santiago, a student in ENN.
“What I enjoy most is interviewing different people from sports and seeing their perspectives and what they do.”
Student contributors say ENN offers opportunities to its team such as building skills, ensuring student voices are heard, highlighting important events, and sharing stories that might go unnoticed. Donita Santiago, who focuses on the sports section of ENN shared, “What I enjoy most is interviewing different people from sports and seeing their perspectives and what they do.” She also helps with the production of many videos, as well as editing them. She shared her hopes for ENN in the future, “I want to see a lot of people coming next year to fill in the gaps of the seniors, because ENN is really fun and the people here are so cool.”
Teachers also recognize ENN’s impact on the students' engagement. Mrs.Tashima , who regularly shows the episodes to her ETAP class, shared her thoughts on ENN. “I’ve seen so much dedication in ENN, the students really commit to telling their peer’s stories.” She explained how the program gives students a platform to hear from others, and learn about what's happening around campus. She shared, “It’s a way for students to see the school from a different point of view, maybe one that they haven’t experienced before.”
Students collaborate to perfect the next ENN episode on their computer’s during ETAP.
“It’s a very entertaining and informative way to learn about things around school.”
As a regular viewer during ETAP, Kaylie Pacheco, a freshman shared that ENN helps her stay in the loop when she can’t always catch the morning announcements. “It’s a very entertaining and informative way to learn about things around school.” She also shared how ENN helps her, and other students, know about upcoming events,“ Personally it helps me see events that I haven't been able to attend…so maybe I can plan to go next year.”
As ENN continues to improve, everyone involved hopes the program continues to help inform, connect, and inspire students, while also encouraging them to join and share their stories.