1. how many awards did you win?
2. How many awards did newspaper/yearbook win all together?
3. What does it mean to win a bronze star?
4. How does Akins' usually do at TAJE?
5. What does the bronze star and the numerous individual awards mean to you?

lip dub story

who to interview:

students in different academies

person filming it (matthew??)

reeves or doerr

yearbook kid

newspaper kid

1. What exactly is a "lip dub"?
2. Where did you get the idea of doing a lip dub?
3. Schools all over the country have started to do lip dubs, how would Akins' lip dub differ from other schools?
4. How do you go about organizing the entire school to participate in it?
5. What songs are you using and why? What effected the choice of songs used?
6. Who is mainly in charge of the lip dub?
7. What will happen after the making of the lip dub is complete?
8. When do you plan on making the lip dub?
9. What are you most excited about for it?

story questions

talent show
mrs bagnall

1. why was the valentines pageant canceled?
2. did the talent show replace it?
3. is it open to students?
4. in the past, usually what kind of acts perform at the talent show?
5. how long has akins held talent shows? are you always in charge of it?
6. when are auditions? when is the talent show?
7. where do the proceeds go?
8. can teachers also to the talent show?
9. what is the weirdest talent someone has performed?
10. what was your favorite talent act in the past years?

reading for 15 min story opinions
-why it's a waste of time
-suggest other methods to improve reading skills
-talk to mrs red land and other english teachers
-talk about why it's not necessary in non core classes
-shouldn't be penalized for not having a book

questions for stories

art prepares for uil
-mrs yopp
-kid going to uil
-mr.cannon

1. What is VASE?
2. Where is uil?
3. How has akins done in previous years at UIL?
4. What types of art are you looking to enter?
5. Who are some artists doing UIL this year that were successful last year?
6. Do you expect anyone to go to state?
7. Has anyone entering this year won awards for their work?
8. Is it stressful preparing for UIL?
9. What goes through your head when you're at VASE and your students are being judged for their work?

battle of the bands
-sinsored
-stephanie ferguson
-Aashraya
-Luis Hernandez
-christian
-mrs. horowitz
-Alex pineda

1. How did you do at battle of the bands?
2. What went through your head when you were on stage performing? Before going on stage?
3. What charity are you choosing to give your money to and why?
4. What was the preparation process like for you before the performance?
5. Who were your favorite bands that performed?
6. What musicians inspire you?
7. What made you want to perform in the first place? When did you start playing instruments/singing/rapping?
8. Did you play your own songs or cover songs?
9. Why did you choose those songs?
10. What was the crowds reaction?
11. What do you like the most about performing?

questions for mrs horowitz

1. What exactly do you do for battle of the bands?
2. When was battle of the bands created?
3. what club is hosting battle of the bands now?
4. Why isn't invisible children doing it anymore?
5. Who decided the bands got to pick which charity they could give the money to?
6. What do you like most about the event?
7. Is the second round going to be at stubbs again?
8. What exactly are the prizes for the winners? Where does all the proceeds go?

questions for mr. valles

1. what do you teach? speech? debate?
2. how did you meet alana?
3. what award did she recently win and where?
4. how many people are in debate?
5. what sort of contribution or impact has alana made to the speech/debate team?
6. what are your thoughts on her as a student? debater? 
7. what do you like best about speech and debate?
8. why did you decided to teach them?

Alana questions

talk to
mr. vallez
alana
debate/speech friend

1. What awards have you won?
2. How long have you been doing debate?
3. Who all is in the debate team?
4. What strategies do you personally use in debate to win awards?
5. How competitive is debate?
6. When did you decide you wanted to take debate?
7. What are the challenges of it?
8. Do you want to debate after high school too?
9. How do you think debate is beneficial to you?

Beto DREAMS questions

1. When did you start the DREAMS clothing line?
2. What inspired you to create the clothing line? Why did you create it?
3. Is it just you who designs this? Who else helps?
4. When did the clothing line start to gain popularity? How did you try to get your clothes noticed?
5. What are the hardest things about trying to run a clothing line while in high school and in general?
6. Have you made a big profit off your clothes?
7. How does it makes you feel whenever you see people wearing your shirts or buying them?
8. Where can you buy them?
9. Do you plan to continue your clothing line after high school? What else do you see yourself doing after high school or college?
10. What is the process of designing, making and producing the finished product?
11. Do your designs carry any specific meaning or significance?
12.  Where did the name DREAMS come from?
13. Is it just popular among Akins students?
14. Who have you seen wear it? (what type of crowd, specific people, etc.)