The Copa Issue 9 / July 2014 | Page 18

It started out with a video for the Boosters Club, and then in turned into mayhem. Football season arrived and HMTV was there for a spirit week that included an epic homecoming game, a great turnout for the Powder Puff game, and overall a strong season as the Rams football team battled to the end. Our coverage was one-of-akind, fun, and the whole community kept watching for highlights. All we have to say now—is that we are ready to do it again! #whynotcopa? Our HMTV date for Prom was Samantha Bergant, aka SamStar. We actually joined a few other friends, Samantha and JJ, Isaiah and Isabel and no matter your age, it is like a John Hughes movie. Dancing, good times, and memories that will last a lifetime is what this video is about. Props to SamStar who had never been on camera before, and had pretty much an hour to get ready for the special night. Our guess is that she will have a better date than us for her senior year prom, but it doesn’t mean she won’t be part of it again. When someone talks about the schools here in Maricopa, just point We graduated this year! Well maybe not, but it felt like we did. We them to this video—as we see how the next generation of commu- think 2K14 will be remembered for many things, including record- nity leaders are thinking about our diminishing resources, and how setting attendance at Homecoming, their community work which we can improve our way of life. Not only will you feel proud of the includes raising almost 3-million in scholarship money! Our gradu- kids involved, you’ll have a sense of hope that the next generations ation video is the longest HMTV production to-date, but well worth genuinely want to save our planet. it. Class of 2015 will have a tough act to follow!