HONOLULU (KHON2) -- A high school media program is celebrating a huge milestone today. Waianae High School's renowned Searider Productions invited alumni, students, and the community to a special celebration.
The program started in 1993 with Spanish teacher Candy Suiso, Social Studies teacher Norman Chock, and a VHS camera.
Over the years, more than 7,000 students have funneled through, earning numerous awards on behalf of the program. Early Friday morning on Wake Up 2Day, KHON2 learned more about Searider Productions and how it's expanded over the years.
"We also offer yearbook, photography, 3d design, and graphic arts. We are also dabbling into doing marketing, so students are learning how to create and print shirts. We're just expanding constantly and finding out new ways to get students involved and get them interested in work-based learning," Amee Neves of Searider Productions said.
The event was open to the public from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Waianae High School Searider Productions complex.
"One of the biggest things right now is we have our own facility here at Waianae High School which we are opening to the public today. We have an entire complex over here where all of our classrooms are integrated. We can go see each other in the other classes just like a couple of steps away. We currently have about 500 students every year that we're serving in all different classrooms and seeing it grow from what it used to be has just been amazing," Neves said.
To learn more about the program, visit the Searider Productions website.