[IB9] Radio Club activities in Siauliai Didzdvaris Gymnasium

Martynas Jaugelavičius -

There are a lot of things happening in the school that are usually left unseen. Take the internet site www.dg.su.lt, the two TVs that show the latest information at the entrance, also the electronic bells. Ever wondered where all of this information comes from? If you go up the stairs to the top floor you will soon enter the Radio Club.

Radio Club 89.7FM is an official radio station that can be tuned on to in the Šiauliai region. It is one of the first radio stations in Lithuania that is developed by students. The radio station can be reached via internet or a radio receiver 24 hours a day. Radio Club 89,7FM first aired back in 2003 and is running successfully for more than 10 years now.

I am a part of this team since the first days I am a student of Didzdvaris gymnasium. Throughout the years, I have photographed most of the school’s events, edited and published the photos onto the school’s Facebook pages or the main internet site. I and my colleagues have anchored many radio shows. After being taught the basic audio-editing skills, I was able to edit the audio tracks and even put the result on air. As the Radio Club is the headquarters of the volunteers from the European Voluntary Service (EVS), I had many opportunities of communicating with people from other countries, different religions and social and academic backgrounds.

This year the Radio Club is organising the most popular weekly event among students – DG Brain Games. It requires team work and great responsibility. Also, this year’s Halloween movie was developed in the Radio Club. There was a period of time of a few weeks when the head of the Radio Club, Rasa Zvilnaitė, was away and I was in charge of administrating the school’s internet site. It was a challenging task both technically and emotionally, having in mind that all of the information from teachers and administration flowed into my e-mail box. I believe that the most ambitious plan for this academic year is to create a new representative video abut Didzdvaris gymnasium, which would be shown to guests or would have the role of “visit card”.

The Radio Club is not only a great place for IB’ers to fulfil CAS requirement, but also for self-development or developing skills in team work, audio/visual work, public relations and other domains. It is a place that I would say is unique in the school because of its warm environment and smiling people that have a good subtle sense of humour. I strongly recommend not only IB’ers but all of you to visit the Radio Club on the 3^rd floor and experience the opportunities!

A photo taken from one of the radio club activities - ''DG News''

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