Meaning "hearts in storm," Corazones en Tempestad is a Spanish mini-series drama, created, filmed, and directed by fourth and fifth year Spanish students. Under the supervision of Spanish teacher, Dave Chappell the class has undertaken the large project.

Chappell feels that by the time students reach the fourth and fifth year, they have learned all of the grammar and they just need to speak and hear the language. "I try to find novel ways for the students to use the language. I allow them to think of projects to do," said Chappell. "I have never had a class that has done something this big."

Chappell's only requirements are each student has a speaking part, each episode must have a "hook" to grab the audience, and the series must come to some sort of conclusion.

The class started with thirteen fourth year and two fifth year students. Three students dropped the class at the semester, but appear in new episodes if they are needed. Their class time is generally spent creating, writing and editing their script. Each scene is practiced with camera following the characters, but nothing is recorded until the scenes are nearly flawless. Then the scenes are run with cameras rolling. Often the scenes must be run multiple times to get the desired affect.

Not only do the fouth and fifth year students benefit, but Chappell's other classes do as well. Chappell shows the episodes in his other classes to let them hear Spanish spoken. "They help me to know how to use Spanish in normal situations," said sophomore Spanish student Adam Hewitt.

The project takes up more time than assignments do, but the students don't seem to mind. "We are doing easy Spanish, but the camera work and the script writing are more challenging than assignments," said senior and film director Jaime Curelas.

To add to the authenticity and excitement, the cast received help from the community. The Chehalis and Centralia Police Departments, Lewis County Sherriff's Office, and American Medical Response have helped. "It is neat to see the community involvement because when we need special effects, everyone is willing to help and volunteer to make it better," said Curelas.

The basic plot for the mini-series is Juanita, played by Jenica Spogen, is trying out to be a cheerleader. She doesn't make it and is devastated. She then witnesses the murder of her cheer coach, who is played by Jaime Curelas. The prime suspect of the murder is Juanita's mom, who is played by Lindsey Petersen.