About The Teacher

NAME: Mr. Ramon Pecina

SCHOOL: Sanger High School

CLASS: Film Studio I & II

SCHOOL PHONE: 559.875.7121 Ext. 403

Teacher Information

Mr. Ramon Pecina has been teaching for 35 years.  His experiences 
range from Elementary thru College level.  Mr. Pecina holds an A.A., B.A., 
M.A. degrees from various colleges and universities and a number of Teaching 
Credentials from the California State Department of Education. 

In addition to his educational career, Mr. Pecina  is a song writer, 
performer and recording artist since 1968.  His performances have 
been at the local, state, national and international levels.  In three 
occasions, Mr. Pecina was a participant at the USA O.T.I. Song Festival in 
Miami, FL.   He participated as a writer and interpreter in these festivals. 
The O.T.I. Festivals were televised on the Univision Spanish Network 
and transmitted to 16 Latin American countries.   Each time the festival 
was aired, it is  estimated that 125,000,000 million people tuned in to 
their television sets.

Mr. Pecina feels that age is no limitation to individuals who want to enjoy 
and express their artistic talents.  After three years of work, he is 
releasing a CD early September, 2006.  The CD will include 11 of his 
favorite songs he has written during the last twenty years.  The songs are 
all original and in Spanish; Mr. Pecina is the author to more than 120 
songs. Jonathan Brooks from England did all the arrangements in this 
recording.  

During his career in television, Mr. Pecina has produced over 2500 
hundred television shows.  These shows have aired on local broadcast 
and cable channels.  "I want to share all the knowledge and experience I 
have in the area of the performing arts with the young people I come in 
contact with."  He has done that during the last 17 years while teaching 
the Film Studio Classes at Sanger High School.  There are over 55 
young people working in the television and entertainment industry that 
started their careers in the SHS Video Program.  Some of his former 
students work for ABC,CBS, FOX, NBC,Telemundo,Univision,Telefutura, 
USA, Disney and other companies providing global entertainment.

Mission For The Class

To introduce young people to the world of television, audio 
engineering , writing for television and broadcasting their creative 
packaged projects on CCTV, CATV, local and cable television channels.