Monday, September 10, 2012

story
freddy zamora story
who to interview
-his brother adam zamora
-dad
-friend either nohemi rodriguez or cousin tori
-mom
-marisol gomez

other story
sinsored story
who to interview
michael loera
austin davenport
santana gutierrez
pierce
some fan of theirs

Thursday, September 6, 2012

scavenger hunt
haleigh, alex, savannah


3. Mrs. Ball if the director for diamonds and is located in the fine arts building, Mr. Faust teacher band, Mrs. Bennet teachers orchestra, Mrs. Seagle teaches theater, Mrs. Medina, Mr. Cannon, and Mrs. Yopp teach art.

6. Mrs. Horowitz teaches history, Roberson teacher science, Sloane teaches math, Kesling teaches English, Broome teaches animation, Clark teaches biology, Warr teacher English, and Reeves and Doerr teach journalism.

9. Ten story ideas for this issue are homecoming, Freddy Zamora, Schedule complains, Rumors of seniors not being allowed to go off campus anymore, teen pregnancy, overcrowding, FFA new barn, elections, ACL, and Fun fun fun fest.

12. This years editor are Alex doing the photo essay, Haleigh is in-depth editor, Jackie is features, Ben is sports, Dez is editor in chief, Marissa is opinions, and I edit entertainment.

15. Five people who I think are important to know who don’t work in Akins are Dr. Carstarphen (414-2412), Tommy Cox (414-1050). Elaine Hopkins (414-2413), Lori Moya (414-2610), and Dr. Akins.

Some websites to visit are NPR for news, twitter to see what students are talking about and what’s trending, the AISD website to be aware of what’s happening in the school district, CNN, and Yahoo.


Friday, May 11, 2012

ideas for next year

1. making polls and surveys would be interesting and pull more people to read the paper since they know they'd be in the paper and so would their opinions
2. definitely need to dig deeper with people we interview, start conversations with them and ask them more personal questions and ask till you get those good answers that have a lot of meaning in them

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

battle of the bands story

kiara, sinsored, lions in winter
questions for melinda horowitz and cassandra perez
1. when is the next battle of the bands? where is it going to be held at?
2. what made you want to hold battle or the bands at stubbs?
3. how did you get stubbs to hold the next battle of the bands there?
4. do you think it being at stubbs will draw more people in to go to it?
5. will it cost more to go to battle of the bands since it's going to be at stubbs?
6. which bands made it to the second round?
7. do you expect a big turnout at stubbs?
8. will there be any other performances other than the 3 bands?
9. how much do you expect to make, it being at stubbs and from the previous battle of the bands?
10. do you think you're making a big impact on invisible children with this event?

bands
1. how does it feel to have won 1st place at the first round of battle of the bands?
2. how did you feel when you found out it's going to be held at stubbs?
3. have you ever had any past experiences at stubbs?
4. will it feel more nerve wracking to play at an actual venue possibly in front of more people?
5.  how do you feel being the only one to make it to the next round who is not in a band? -for kiara
6. whats the prize for this round of battle of the bands?
7.  are you expecting to do as successful this time around like the previous round?
8. will you play a long set since there's only 3 bands playing?
9. what kind of music are you going to play? covers, your own songs, etc.
10. what are you going to do when battle of the bands is over?
11. why do you think you made the cut to the next round? do you feel you deserved it?
12. what do you think the turnout will be at stubbs for the event?
13. what will you do differently this time from the last round?

Monday, March 5, 2012

Front Pages of the World

1. my favorite newspaper front page was Metro from new york, new york because the headlines and main picture draw your attention, even the ad for spotify on the cover draws your attention.
2. my favorite headline was the main one that said "just dying to live here" because the picture with the headline is like a joke but also makes you want to read the story.
3. there aren't really stories on the cover but previews of the stories inside to make you want to open up the paper and read.
4. they all have a lot of headlines on them talking about the stories they've covered.
5. some have interesting pictures, some have pictures that dont show exactly what their story is about, some have interesting headlines but no story on the cover, other have headlines and a story under it.

Friday, February 24, 2012

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?

Thursday, February 16, 2012

captions from Evanstonian newspaper

1. Hentz poses for a mugshot at the Travis County Jail on February 21st. He was arrested for attempted break in at Carls Jr. and sentenced to 4 years in prison.

2. Charles Zhou teaches the students how to speak chinese in the first class on campus to teach the language. When the class started 32 students signed up for the class and they were separated in to two class periods.

3. Gerald Brady plays a couple tunes on his guitar for his chemistry class. Brady's a musician outside of school and it was the first time he played for his class, "it was such a treat" one of his students said.

4. Britney Douglas poses for a picture with her baby bump proudly showing. She's 5 months a long and decided to continue highschool and get her diploma.

5. Senior Wes Marberry splashes his way to the finish line. He took home first place out of 50 other swimmers who came from schools all over the state.