Junior Film Series

Contributing Reporter Allysen Brown

The MHS English 11 Honors and the Advanced Placement US History classes work in conjunction with one another. Mrs. Phillips and Mr. Reeder have put together a movie series that reflects what is being taught in the classes. There is a movie night for these students each nine weeks.

The first movie that the classes watched was The Last of the Mohicans. This movie complemented the assigned class book, The Deerslayer. The next movie, to be shown at the end of October, will be The Dead Poets Society. This film will be shown to highlight transcendentalism. A total of 40 out of 55 students came to the first movie night.

Mrs. Phillips was very pleased with how many students gave up their night to come together as a class to watch the movie. Mrs. Phillips said, “ Mr. Reeder and I thought movie night was a perfect way to make lecture and written word come to life.”

Mr. Reeder was glad that he was doing a movie night again, and thought that it went very well. He also feels that having a movie night is good because it can cover material that they would not have time to explore in depth in class. Mr. Reeder said, “ This shows the benefits of interdisciplinary learning.”

Students were also asked their feelings on the movie night. Trevor Eisenhut said, “It was fun and an overall good experience.” Zach Boles felt the same, but said “It was a hassle getting here from practice and then getting home late.” Gabi Ritter thought that the movie night was cute because everyone was together and said, “The movie helped put a face to what I was reading.”

Overall, the first movie night was a success. There were some scheduling issues and differing opinions on whether or not it helped to understand the reading. However, everyone enjoyed the experience and is looking forward to the next film.