About the program

Sacramento Adventist Academy sits on Winding Way in Carmichael, and like most schools it has a yearbook, a stage, and a gym full of events nobody wants to forget. The media program exists to cover those events properly, and to teach students how.

The classes run on a simple idea: students do the work, not worksheets about the work. A photography student photographs the Christmas concert. A production student designs the yearbook spread about it. A portfolio student writes it up and publishes it. The audience is real, so the stakes are real.

What students end up with

• A portfolio site they built themselves, with their own work on it
• Yearbook pages, event photos, and video pieces they can show
• Working knowledge of cameras, editing tools, and the design software that goes into a publication
• Deadlines met, which is its own skill