Weston High School Student Filmmakers to be Honored

WESTON, CT — Representatives from C‑SPAN and Altice USA will visit Weston High School on April 4 to honor local winners of C‑SPAN’s annual student video documentary competition.

Weston High seniors Aaron Miller, Adrik Scaramuzza and Dean Reiferson will receive certificate of merits during a ceremony of classmates, teachers, family members and elected officials to recognize their winning achievements in the national competition, StudentCam. Their documentary, "The Pentagon Papers: An American Standard?," won Honorable Mention in the competition.

Each year since 2006, C-SPAN partners with its local cable television providers in communities nationwide to invite middle and high school students to produce short documentaries about a subject of national importance. This year students addressed the theme, "What does it mean to be American? Choose a constitutional right, national characteristic, or historic event and explain how it defines the American experience."

In response, a record of 6,318 students (a 10 percent increase over 2018) from 48 states and Washington, D.C., participated. The most popular topics among the 2,923 submissions included First Amendment rights (17 percent), equality/discrimination (13 percent) and immigration (9 percent).

"As a strong supporter of civic education, Altice USA proudly partners with C-SPAN for its annual documentary competition, StudentCam. Each year, we are impressed and inspired by Weston students' insight and creativity tackling national issues through their short videos. This year's winners creatively portrayed what it means to be American," said Lee Schroeder, EVP Government and Community Affairs at Altice USA. "We at Altice USA are proud to join C-SPAN in congratulating Aaron, Adrik and Dean as honorable mention winners."

In Weston, C-SPAN programming is provided by Optimum by Altice USA as a commercial-free public service and can be seen on channel 65; C-SPAN2 on channel 66; and C-SPAN3 on channel 102 and on the web at C-SPAN.org. Funding for C-SPAN operations, including Bus visits, is provided by cable and satellite TV providers.