Billy Shreve was surprised by the talent and imagination of the student films he watched at a Maryland Film Festival last year. The festival inspired him to start a competitive film project for children of all ages. Shreve named the film competition Classmates4Life. The contest called for elementary, middle, and high school aged students to create a film against drug use. The Classmates4Life competition was held in Frederick County, Maryland. Ninety-five students submitted films this year for Classmates4Life. Shreve explained that he kept the topic of the contest simple this year. “‘How have drugs wrecked your world’ for middle school and high school students. And ‘why are drugs bad’ for elementary school students. Although it was a small contest, over 50,000 people have already viewed the students' videos on the Classmates4Life YouTube channel. Shreve said parents use the videos as a teaching tool for their children. The parents love it because they can sit down at home, watch a few videos with their kids, [and] talk about what the video content was.”
Title: Film Contest Pushes Students to Fight Drugs
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data-end-time='24604'>Shreve named the film competition Classmates4Life.</span> <span data-start-time='24604' data-end-time='35125'>The contest called for elementary, middle, and high school aged students to create a film against drug use.</span> <span data-start-time='35125' data-end-time='42063'>The Classmates4Life competition was held in Frederick County, Maryland.</span> <span data-start-time='42063' data-end-time='48146'>Ninety-five students submitted films this year for Classmates4Life.</span> <span data-start-time='48146' data-end-time='54667'>Shreve explained that he kept the topic of the contest simple this year.</span> <span data-start-time='54667' data-end-time='59521'>“‘How have drugs wrecked your world’ for middle school and high school students.</span> <span data-start-time='59521' data-end-time='63396'>And ‘why are drugs bad’ for elementary school students.</span> <span data-start-time='63396' data-end-time='76063'>Although it was a small contest, over 50,000 people have already viewed the students' videos on the Classmates4Life YouTube channel.</span> <span data-start-time='76063' data-end-time='82667'>Shreve said parents use the videos as a teaching tool for their children.</span> <span data-start-time='82667' data-end-time='90979'>The parents love it because they can sit down at home, watch a few videos with their kids, [and] talk about what the video content was.”</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img 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