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Transform Student Learning

Now in its 56th year, the California Student Media Festival is our nation’s oldest student media festival. Over the past twenty-five years, the California Student Media Festival has awarded more than $153,000 to California Schools. It has expanded to include the work of more than 6,000 student contestants from schools across the state. The Festival exists to celebrate the amazing media and multimedia projects produced by California’s students and teachers — rewarding and acknowledging their successful classroom work at an awards event in spring every year.

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Vision

Mission

A California that elevates and celebrates student learning and creativity through the meaningful use of media and the arts.
The California Student Media Festival seeks to transform student learning, recognizing creativity and student agency through the cultivation and celebration of original work in a medium that is collaboratively or individually crafted, striving for an equitable environment for all.

Key Goals

To provide an opportunity for:
  • California teachers to recognize outstanding student creative learning artifacts. 
  • California schools to recognize the outstanding teachers of those students.

Leadership

The California Student Media Festival is coordinated through the efforts of a group of passionate volunteers. This body coordinates through the year to direct festival activities. Members of this steering committee take on various positions of responsibility including Director, Associate Director, Festival Emcee, Judging Coordinator and others as needed. Additionally, the festival depends on volunteer experts in education and media who judge categories and select winners.
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Jorge Briseño, Director, ITV at KLCS
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Hall Davidson, Senior Director, Global Learning Initiatives, Discovery Education
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Karen Green, Teacher, Fullerton School District (not pictured)
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Mike Lawrence, Education Leadership Executive, Jamf
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Kate MacMillan, Coordinator Library Services, Napa Valley Unified School District
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Barbara Nemko, Napa County Superintendent of Schools
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Mario Piombo, Director of Innovation, NapaLearns
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Scott Shepherd, K12 Access Project Coordinator, California State Parks
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Cleary Vaughan-Lee, Executive Director, Global Oneness Project

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Glen Warren, Director of Libraries, Outreach and Literacies, Encinitas Union School District
Steering Committee
Glen Warren - Festival Director - Director of Libraries, Outreach and Literacies, Encinitas Union School District
​Hall Davidson - Festival Host - Senior Director, Global Learning Initiatives, Discovery Education
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Jorge Briseño, Director, ITV, KLCS
Sara Dorman, Educational Program Coordinator, Global Oneness Project (not pictured)
Karen Green, Teacher, Fullerton School District
Mike Lawrence, Education Leadership Executive, Jamf
Kate MacMillan, Coordinator Library Services, Napa Valley Unified School District
Barbara Nemko, Superintendent of Schools, Napa County
Mario Piombo, Director of Innovation, NapaLearns
Scott Shepherd, K12 Access Project Coordinator, California State Parks 
Cleary Vaughan-Lee, Executive Director, Global Oneness Project

We thank these volunteers for their time, talent and commitment to excellence in student achievement. ​
Contact the ​California Student Media Festival
​castudentmediafest@gmail.com
657-234-0355​
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