KIDS SELLING THEMSELVES ON POLITICS; DAY CAMPERS RUN FOR OFFICE, TAPE OWN VIDEO COMMERCIALS.Byline: John Huddy Daily News Staff Writer Vincent DeNatale got a crash course in directing campaign commercials as part of a day-camp program at the Conejo Valley The Conejo Valley is a region spanning both Southeastern Ventura County and Northwest Los Angeles County in Southern California, United States. It was discovered in 1542 by Spanish explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, and eventually became part of the Rancho El Conejo land grant by Adult School in Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. . ``This can be hard work, but I like directing anyway,'' said Vincent, 11, a Pinecrest School student who was busy giving orders and setting up props. He and more than 20 other Conejo Valley elementary and middle school students learned much about campaign politics and government by playing the roles of politicians and campaign volunteers. The summer program, created by David Woodruff of the Conejo Valley Adult School, is in its sixth year of giving youngsters experience in art, public speaking, physics projects, political science and other subjects. ``We needed something for students to do during the summer that would be educational and enriching,'' said Twila Cook, Conejo Valley Adult School publicity coordinator. ``This summer program is for kids who don't want to go to a sports camp or summer school.'' For 11-year-old Adam Schloss, the program was a refreshing surprise. ``At first I thought it was going to be like summer school,'' said Adam, a Colina Middle School Colina Middle School is a public school located in Thousands Oaks, California, United States, part of the Conejo Valley Unified School District. The motto is "Work Hard, Make Friends, and Have Fun." The school mascot is the Colina Cougar. student. ``But when I came, it turned out to be a lot of fun. If I could, I would do it next year, too.'' He was one of several students who acted in the mock campaign commercial Wednesday. ``It's cool learning about the government,'' said Schloss. ``I like doing the commercials and also learning about politics.'' Michelle Gorback, a 10-year-old Acacia acacia (əkā`shə), any plant of the large leguminous genus Acacia, often thorny shrubs and trees of the family Leguminosae (pulse family). Elementary School elementary school: see school. student, agreed. ``It's fun to know what everyone is doing in campaigns on television and what they're talking about.'' Michelle was playing the role of a presidential candidate for the student-created Law and Order Protection Party. Her mock party was competing against two others: the Protectors For the 1970s television series made by Gerry Anderson, see The Protectors Protectors was a team of fictional superheroes that starred in the eponymous title published by Malibu Comics. Party and the Party for Technology, Tax Cuts, Education, Environment and Animal Rights. Each party creates commercials to support its political platform. At the end of the summer program, students will show their commercials to parents, who will then vote in the final election. ``It's very fun working with the kids in the summer program who are doing the campaign commercials,'' said teacher Linda Legman leg·man n. Informal 1. A reporter whose job is to gather information at the scene of an event or by visiting various news sources. 2. . ``The kids love talking, and they get really involved with the campaigns.'' CAPTION(S): 4 Photos PHOTO (1-2--Color) Students in a summer project at Thousand Oaks watch a commercial, above, for one of their mock political parties. At left, Michelle Gorback, 10, videotapes a commercial for her party while Jessica Bosworth holds the flag as a backdrop. Joe Binoya/Special to the Daily News Michael Owen
(3) Lauren Kelsey, 11, holds the camera while teacher Linda Legman, right, looks at a videotaped ad. Michael Owen Baker/Daily News (4) A student camera operator, foreground foreground - (Unix) On a time-sharing system, a task executing in foreground is one able to accept input from and return output to the user in contrast to one running in the background. , tapes other kids reviewing math for a scene in a mock political ad. |
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