Practicum is a Ben Barber Class Radio Broadcasting Class designed to get students real-world broadcasting experience inside and outside the classroom. Daily shows, district and community DJ events and professional commercial production.
Sports Broadcasting is a program dedicated to teaching students all the ins and outs of the sports production industry, such as play-by-play, sideline reporting, sports updates, and radio show production. We also have the opportunity to meet with local business owners and negotiate sponsorship deals with them.
Sports Broadcasting is a program dedicated to teaching students all the ins and outs of the sports production industry, such as play-by-play, sideline reporting, sports updates, and radio show production. We also have the opportunity to meet with local business owners and negotiate sponsorship deals with them.
JET VILLAIRE
Jet Villaire is a senior at Lake Ridge High School. He has been in the radio program for 4 years. He has been on shows such as "Recess," with former practicum student Ryan Gates, and most recently a one man show called “ The Round Table with Jet Villaire”. He was also a guest on multiple shows, most famously “Senior Discount” where the greatest sound bit of all time happened. Jet is a huge fan of all Dallas and North Texas based teams. Jet loves to have dinner with his family. Jet has 4 dogs. His favorite drink is Dr. Pepper with a close second being water. He is a self driven hard worker.
ELIJAH GARCIA
Elijah is a senior at Lake Ridge High School. He has been in Ben Barber’s radio program for 3 years now and been on shows like the DTE Show and Hydra Radio. Outside of school he plays soccer as well as keeps up with soccer leagues. Other sports he likes to watch are football as he's a fan of the Dallas Cowboys and occasionally watches the Phoenix Suns and basketball. Elijah likes to listen to music and spend time with family. He keeps up with Twitter news and watches the latest Netflix shows. You can keep up with him @eligar96 on Snapchat and @elijah_garciia on twitter
JACK LEWELLYN
Jack is a Senior at Legacy High School. He spends most of his time either playing games with friends or watching videos while researching useless knowledge. With three years of behind-the-mic experience, Jack has run as board-op and co-host for the JEAN Pool, which ran his junior year, and continues to host Legacy's online podcast, the Round-Up. If you see him, give him a Dr. Pepper, or at least follow him on Twitter @dootofalltrades.
DEANTE GREEN
Deante is a senior at Timberview High School. Deante is a huge basketball fan with his favorite teams being the San Antonio Spurs and the Dallas Mavericks. He is also involved in music with him being able to play guitar and piano. Deante was also the host of the 1Uppers radio show.
STEFANIE GARRIS
Stef G is a senior at Frontier High School. She landed at FHS because she's always loved the arts. Things like acting, singing, painting, music and more. She loves radio stations and podcasts because being able to relate and share stories through words and not pictures is amazing. Sending out different emotions through a mic is something she loves and chooses to do. Stef has been on Wild radio shows "Check It Out" and enjoyed the experience and the topics. Her imagination is vast and never ending, so she loves putting commercials and any free write projects together. Outside of working, she loves gaming and shopping. At the end of the day she loves what she does and she brings a lot because “you can’t just dream about success you have to work for it”.
New twitter:STEFG_THATSME
THOMAS CLOUSE
Thomas is a senior at Mansfield High School, and has been in the radio program since his freshman year. He was part of the show “The Uncalled Four,” in his sophomore year, alongside then-seniors Matt, Shawn, and Royce. In that same year, he, along with his partner, Isaac, achieved a third-place ranking in the statewide SkillsUSA Radio Broadcasting competition, after scoring top-marks in the district. After taking a break in his junior year, he’s making his comeback and is more than excited to make his final year the most successful yet. With two years of experience and a greater drive than ever, Thomas stands ready at the mic.
MR. WOOD
Mr. Wood is in his 6th year of teaching radio and sports broadcasting at Ben Barber. He was selected as Secondary Teacher of the Year for Mansfield ISD in 2020 and served as Convocation host for the last 3 years.
He previously worked at 105.3 the FAN as a show host, producer, sports anchor and Cowboys/Rangers reporter. Mr. Wood has worked at four different stations in DFW after graduating from Texas Tech in 2007 with a broadcast journalism degree. He has been married for 9 years and has a son and daughter. His hobbies include golfing, watching "The Office," and anything related to Tech athletics.
