Christy P. Wiebelt

The "Tradition Touching Today" project is an idea that Wiebelt, a broadcasting teacher at Slidell High, developed to document the commemoration of 100 years of the school's history. The ING award will allow the communications academy students to acquire video and digital cameras, computer equipment and production resources needed to capture the happenings that will be part of media press kits, yearbook content and marketing projects. Students will conduct in-depth research to show how life has changed over the years. It will be conveyed through pictures, interviews and written stories. Oral histories dating back to the 1930s will be captured in documentaries for students and community members to view. Highlights will include clothing, cars, entertainment, major events and life at Slidell High from each period. The goal for Wielbelt's project is to inform the student body of changes that have occurred over the past 100 years within the school and the community. Wiebelt lives in Slidell.