What's Happening: 10.25.10

Great work Friday night! All who attended took care of tasks that needed to be done in order to put the October paper to bed.

Stories are everywhere. Look for interesting ones. Tomorrow you will need to pitch stories for the November issue of the paper. You will be asked to pitch one idea that has not already been pitched (by anyone regardless of class period), so be prepared with several ideas for stories that you might be interested in doing.  Here are two story ideas Wojo found while watching the school board meeting on television:

• Site Supervisor job descriptions are changing AND they will soon be wearing a uniform shirt. What are the new duties? Will that effect pay? Why is the job description changing? What does the uniform shirt look like? Will Site Supervisors be deputized? How does this impact hiring (i.e. different basic requirements to apply for the job, additional screening, etc.)? How will this effect HMHS?
• At the October 20 school board meeting, students and a few others spoke about outside food vendors coming on to district campuses. They were maintaining it should be allowed. Some board members said we have a closed campus system, so they should NOT be allowed. One board member said the rules need to be clarified. There was a motion to agendize the item for November 3 or November 17. What are the current rules about outside vendors? What is the story behind the student speakers? Where are they from? How does this effect club or class fundraising (i.e. does it mean that classes can't do Jamba Juice fundraisers)? What if a teacher wants to give a class a pizza party?

Remember: the deadline to complete your professional development for the quarter is October 25. When you are finished you will go into the course report tab and EMAIL Wojo a copy of your course report. If you can email yourself a copy of the report as well.

Recommended NewsU courses:
First Amendment for High School Students
The Be A Reporter Game (you will need to do AT LEAST one more course)
The Be An Editor Game ( you will need to do AT LEAST one more course)
Cleaning Your Copy
Get Me Rewrite: The Craft of Revision
Layout Driven Editing
Telling Stories With Sound
Introduction to Ethical Decision-Making
There are MANY, MANY more courses that are available. Choose something that matches your interests!



Speaking of the New York Times....Here's a blog on the college admissions process.