diamonds macys day parade and aisd menu change questions

josefina castro, emily steger, mrs k, becca priseado, venessa beoul, valerie gonzalezd

1. what was the reason you guys were invited to the macys day parade?
2. how did you do at the contest in killeen? 
3. was it just the diamonds who were invited to the parade?
4. what were the girls reactions to finding out they were invited to participate in the parade?
5. have the diamonds been to anything like this before or been invited to something like this in the past years?
6. is it decided whether or not they will be going to the parade?
7. if you do go, what will be the difficulties of making this plan work out?
8. will any fundraising be involved? if so what kind of fundraising are you expecting to do?
9. if you end up going what kind of preparation would you have to do beforehand?
10. what are the things you're most excited to see/do at the macys day parade?

aisd menu change for next year (info to remember  http://voices.yahoo.com/article/9349385/how-austin-school-lunches-stack-against-usda-10921289.html) who to interview, someone from USDA, maybe the principal, associate principal, find out who's in charge of cafeteria

1.  what are the new nutritional standards made by the USDA?
2. when will the standards be put in to effect?
3. why were they changed? what was the purpose of it?
4. are the new food choices going to be any healthier than the previous ones?
5. what changes/differences do you think will result in the changes of food choices?
6. what made the usda add tofu to the lunch menus now?
7. what do you think about the new guidelines? what will the kids benefit from it?