Video Package: Annie’s Ruff House in Norman
Jensen Mckey takes a closer look at Annie’s Ruff House in Norman, Oklahoma.
Dalton Davis sets sights on ESPN
Dalton Davis
By Jensen McKey, Epic Charter Schools Dalton Davis, a soon to be eighteen-year-old, is a rising senior and is striving to be a sports analyst for ESPN. His goals have become a large focus for him and are one of the driving forces in his life. Another of Dalton’s main motivations is his family. His career success is so essential because he wants to be able to provide for his current loved ones as well as his future family. “So when I get up every day, I just say do it for them. And that’s why I try to strive…
Animal shelters overwhelmed as pandemic adopters return pets as normalcy returns
By Jensen McKey Epic Charter Schools When the pandemic hit in 2020, many people started working from home, and they adopted pets to pass the time. Animal adoption shelters like Second Chance Animal Sanctuary in Norman saw adoption rates soar. However, as people began returning to work, they found they no longer had the time or energy to take care of their pets. Now, shelters around the country, such as in Cincinnati and Los Angeles, are experiencing increased pet surrenders and adoption slow-downs since 2020. Over the past seven months of working at Second Chance, office manager Ireonna Glenn also…
Kate Kitova’s media studies whisk her – virtually – from Russia to Oklahoma
By Jensen McKeyEpic Charter Schools After her high school journalism class was canceled due to COVID-19, Kate Kitova wanted nothing more than to study journalism, particularly video production. Kitova, who is 18 and lives in Taganrog, Russia, is one of two Russian students participating this year virtually in the Oklahoma Institute of Diversity in Journalism. While she calls Russia home, her interest is in media production and she wants to study journalism abroad in America. “I’m very interested in how (students study) in another country.” Kitova has traveled around her country in southwestern Russia and to St. Petersburg, in the…