Winslow Township High School TV and Film Production teacher Norman Ingram inspires excellence in his students as he educates the next generation of filmmakers.
WTHS Studio 106, a school-based production company, fosters student creativity and provides opportunities for careers after graduation by allowing students to produce video and audio content for the Winslow Township School District.
“We do partner with some local entities to try to provide different services for them as well, but primarily our students learn the skills in the classroom,” Ingram said.
Winslow Township High School students have a three-tiered learning experience that includes TV Production I, II, and III classes. The skills students learn in class and during after-school hours equip them to thrive in real-world production settings by creating live streams for sporting events and other school activities.
“We also do documentaries for our school for different competitions and things like that,” Ingram said. “I’ve had students work with other clubs and activities to document and record events. We also produce a weekly news broadcast called ‘Bird’s Eye View’, where our students learn how to create news studio-style productions.”
At the June 9 Winslow Township Committee meeting, Mayor Marie D. Lawrence and fellow committee members presented Ingram and his students with a certificate recognizing their positive contributions to the community through filmmaking.
Every year, Ingram’s students participate in various competitions. This year, they competed in the Student Emmy Awards. The Student Emmy Awards are presented by regional chapters of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) and recognize outstanding student film and television productions.
“Students from all over the New Jersey, Delaware, and Pennsylvania area can submit student work to the Student Emmys, and then you become a finalist, and then you can win awards,” Ingram explained.
“We ended up winning two Student Emmys this year,” he continued. “We also participated in the NFL Films High School Student Competition, which has been held since 2019, and we placed third this year.”
In addition, Ingram said his students participated in the Global Telly Awards, a global online-based film competition where student projects can be submitted.
“There’s tons of categories, tons of winners, but we were considered finalists in our general student categories,” he said.
His students have also earned stipends through NFL Films. This year, they received $3,500.
“Since its inception, we have won the first three competitions,” he said. “So, in total, since 2019, minus the COVID break, NFL Films has provided probably close to $30,000 to our TV production program through student documentary work that we submit to them and then post on our YouTube channel, WTHS Studio 106.”
Winslow Township High School also has a partnership with the New Jersey Motion Picture and Television Commission and the South Jersey Film Office Cooperative.
Back row (left to right): Norman Ingram (WTHS TV Production Teacher); Dominick Murphy (Class of ’26); Arianna Ross (Class of ’29); Rafael Rivera (Class of ’26); Chase Bey (Class of ’26)
Front row (left to right): Alijah Arango (Class of ’26); Nancy Sabol (Co-founder of Sabol Foundation); Melani Blanco (Class of ’26); Peter Rogers (Class of ’27); Marius Nguy (Class of ’28); Monica Weston (WTHS Guidance Counselor)
