The annual Slick Rock Student Film Festival takes over the Visalia Fox Theatre in downtown Visalia on Friday, May 8. Free and open to the public, the festival begins with the Premiere Cut screenings at 9:00 a.m. – showing 174 of the 483 films entered in the festival, back to back. The Premiere Cut screenings conclude at 3:00 p.m.
The 483 total films represent the work of over 1,000 students from 50 different high schools and middle schools in Tulare, Kings, Fresno, Kern, and Madera counties. Of the 483 films, 407 were submitted in the high school category, 76 in the middle school category.
Read more in the News Week GalleryNews Gallery Week.
Also in News Gallery Week:
Five Tulare County projects earn runner-up and finalist marks at state National History Day; Annual Lip Sync Battle rocks Visalia Fox Theatre; Around the County: Central Section awards scholar-athletes, Tulare Western’s Lauren Starr is top girl scholar-athlete
Dom Simmons
Senior, Crescent Valley Public Charter School II, Visalia
Dom's Everyday Kindness and Empathy
Nominator Brett McGinnis shares, “Dom could easily be considered for both Respect and Caring based on her daily actions. She consistently shows warmth and kindness to everyone around her at school. Despite struggling with anxiety, Dom regularly compliments and says kind words to other students and staff members almost every day she is present. She treats everyone she interacts with — regardless of differing viewpoints or interests — with complete respect and kindness...”
Read more about Dom at Profiles in Character.
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