Glencoe Public Schools

The GHS Panther Tales yearbook staff and three members of Coach Sanders' Digital Media class attended a Media Day event hosted by OKC Thunder basketball in the Paycom Center in Oklahoma City Tuesday. Members of all departments in the Thunder organization which deal with delivering information to the public conducted breakout sessions for students from across Oklahoma in fields like photography, writing and editing, posting on social media, video production, public relations and broadcasting, as well as a chance to shoot free throws on the NBA Thunder court. (Your toe's on the line, Alex.)

All sessions emphasized the importance of professionalism, doing great work every day and creating a friendly, welcoming atmosphere for all visitors and customers wherever the students work in the future. Thunder executives and department heads described their backgrounds and what had made them want to work for the Thunder. They each answered questions from the students and explained how each had managed to land a job at what they all said was "the greatest job imaginable." When opportunity meets preparedness, they said, go for it!

Panther students later rode the Oklahoma City tram on it's entire route around downtown, stopped to eat an early dinner, and then returned to the Paycom Center for the Thunder's game against former OKC great Russell Westbrook and the Sacramento Kings. After trailing the Kings for the entire game, the Thunder finished strong in the last 90 seconds with rebounding and incredible shot-making to win and remain undefeated at 6-0.

Our students had a great time all day, learned information they can use immediately and returned home with a strong desire to go again next year. The Panther Tales staff thanks Tony Holt and Bryan Brady for driving the vehicles and being awesome tour-guides for the group in OKC!