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Monona community-media report highlights high-school AV work, mock-crash safety exercise
Summary
The committee heard a video-production update that described student AV club activities, contracts with local businesses to produce profile videos, and a large mock-crash exercise staged for juniors and seniors featuring police, fire, towing and a MedFlight evacuation.
The Monona Community Media Committee received a video-production report on May 14 that highlighted student involvement in school multimedia work and a large mock-crash safety exercise held at the high school on April 28.
According to the report introduced to the committee, the AV club and community-media staff recorded roughly 45 events this school year — concerts, sports and ceremonies — and continue an annual contract with the Monona East Side Business Alliance to produce member-profile videos (more than 40 completed, about 10 remaining). Brendan Heckmanovich, identified in the meeting as the multimedia content producer for the department, was credited with coordinating much of the student work.
Committee members described a staged mock crash that organizers cast as an impaired-driving scenario for juniors and seniors. The exercise used donated junk cars set up by Precision Towing, students acting as victims, firefighters and police performing scene response, GoPro and student cameras capturing the event, and a MedFlight evacuation. A debriefing and advisory-room conversations followed the exercise to help students process the event.
"It was an amazing accomplishment by Luke, the school resource officer, and police and fire — everyone was just doing their job," one speaker said, noting organizers hope to repeat the drill every few years. Organizers said the exercise was timed ahead of prom season to underscore the risks of impaired or distracted driving.
School staff also noted supports provided to students after the drill, including in-class debriefs and the presence of a service dog, Recon, to offer calming assistance for any students who needed it.
Why it matters: The multimedia program gives students hands-on production experience and the mock-crash exercise is presented as a prevention and educational tool that involves public-safety partners and prepares students for real-world emergencies.
Next steps: The committee discussed a possible future in-person meeting and tour at the high-school studio to engage with AV-club students and review the production facilities.
