By MITCHELL WILLETTS
Enid News and Eagle 

Enid women to travel to Europe, produce educational TV show

 

April 18, 2019



ENID, Okla. (AP) — A pair of Enid natives are preparing for a five-week, nine-country expedition through Europe to create an educational and interactive TV series tailor-made for Enid Public Schools students.

"The Ancillary Explorers: Enid Escapes to the EU," is a planned 10-part series following the upcoming travels of creators Abby Grey and April Morrow, as they dive into unfamiliar cultures and customs, and seek to answer the burning questions posed by K-12 students keeping tabs back home.

"They can't physically be there with us, but because they're asking the questions, because they're tuning in, they will be right there with us," Morrow said to the Enid News and Eagle.

Already, students have provided them with questions they never would have thought to investigate, Grey said, such as, "How did Vienna become the center of espionage?" or "What do kids in Budapest do for fun?"

"We want to create content that can be used throughout all grade levels," Grey said.

Morrow recently conducted an informal survey at her day job, she said, asking customers their favorite places they've ever traveled. Of everyone that came in, only two claimed to have ever left the country, she said.

Grey and Morrow said they want their project to encourage curiosity and a spirit of adventure in the kids who watch, as well as bring social issues to light.

"Not only are we touching on history, and the questions that students are asking, we're going to be touching on social issues too that are really important for students to be aware of," Morrow said.

"Yes, these episodes are geared toward kids, but we're also doing live streams and Facebook posts, so there's going to be opportunity to elaborate a little bit more on some of the heavier subjects," Morrow said.

New episodes will air in classrooms across the district as the two progress, and can be viewed on EPStv, YouTube and Abbygreyimagery.com.

The project is meant as a gift to EPS, Grey and Morrow said, and so haven't asked the district for a dime to help finance. But to reach their fundraising goal of $15,000, they do need some sponsors, they said.

With their first episode tentatively scheduled to air mid-April, they plan to leave soon. Much of their final few weeks have been spent going door to door, looking for ocal partners.

"The schools need something like this, they need to see that it's possible and that the community has their back," Morrow said.

After the first episode airs, two more episodes will drop each week until the school year is out, they said.

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Information from: Enid News & Eagle, http://www.enidnews.com

 

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