With PA down, Mr. Nolan creates YouTube channel to interrupt classes  

With the current PA system down at Mount Carmel, Dean of Faculty Mr. Bill Nolan has started searching for alternative ways to disrupt classes now that he cannot use the PA to remind the school four periods into the day that they are on a Studium schedule or that three students need to report to the main office. His different experiments have all fallen short, including marching bands through the hallways knocking on doors to call students to the office, plane flyovers with signs informing students about late starts. 

While the media team was quick to adapt to figuring out another way to do moring prayer and announcements by live streaming on their YouTube channel. Mr. Nolan took some time to figure out how he was going to keep his daily ritual of making announcements at the most crucial and intense moments of every class period. Throughout this time, some students felt uncomfortable with the change in schedule, as they had gotten comfortable with Mr. Nolans presence during their classes. 

“It’s always right when I’m about to start understanding something when I hear him over the speakers,” says junior Anthony Aguilar. “Even when he’s not in the room everyone kind of just stops moving.”

 On the other hand, it’s been hard for some students to adjust to a lack of announcements from Mr. Nolan.

“I really needed that break that comes with him calling someone down to the office,” said sophomore Gavin McGovern, "If we're lucky, a teacher will get really thrown off, and it may take the class a couple of minutes to get back on track.”

After many days of observing the Caravan Media Group from afar, Mr. Nolan figured out how to operate his own YouTube channel and now makes his announcements from there. He now sends an email to all faculty and staff  demanding that they stop what they’re doing and click on his broadcast link as he begins his message. He refuses to start talking until he has visual confirmation from every teacher that they are watching via photo that every teacher has his livestream pulled up on their projectors. These announcements can span anywhere from asking a student to go somewhere to reminding the student body on a Wednesday that it will be a late start today. 

One of the biggest things Mr. Nolan misses about his old PA system was being able to dismiss students to assemblies. “Seeing everyone leave through the doors I told them to made me feel like I was directing airline traffic,” said Mr. Nolan, “

A majority of  teachers have had some real issues with the new system. “I hate having to stop what I’m doing and go click an emailed link every 30 minutes,” says health teacher Mr. Julius Henry. “It was easier when his voice blasted harshly over the PA, but now I need to do all the work to get basic information.”

Mr. Nolan has grown so attached to the new YouTube system that he plans on keeping it even after the PA system comes back. In fact he’s already gained some significant popularity and growth on his own YouTube channel, even getting some sponsorships from popular snack company Feastables along the way that must be included in the same set of announcements that would call someone to the office. Mr. Nolan has no plans of stopping his YouTube postings once the PA system gets repaired.