headlines

Student loses life in attack
Fight between two students results in one death

"Nyan cat" begins hacking takeover on school website
School attacked by internet hackers

Tumblr is becoming the new Facebook for some students on campus
Students leave Facebook for a new way of social networking

Cruz starts own roller derby team
The Rolling Dead Girls; student starts very own roller derby team at school

Health Occupation students receive top EMT awards
EMT students take top awards at competition

Theater tech classes make large prop for dance team
Students build important prop to help dance team

Akins looks back at 2011
Akins takes a blast from the past of 2011

FFA student sells her beloved animals
Award winning FFA student says goodbye to her animals

Teacher bands groove out to the beat
Teachers express love for music by joining bands

Cyber bullying taking over social media
Bullies attacking others through the social media

Veterinary clinic opens
Veterinary clinic to open on campus sometime next year

interview questions

vet clinic
 who to interview- FFA kids, possibly alyssa villegas, denisa espinosa, jeffrey barry, cody, ffa teacher

1. where is the vet clinic located?
2. what are the hours that it is open?
3. when did the clinic open?
4. how experienced are the people/students that work at the clinic?
5. are the students the ones running the clinic, or assisting?
6. how succesful has the clinic been since the time that it's opened?
7. is there a specific class you have to go through to work at the vet clinic?
8. what kind of animals do they help?
9. is the clinic available to the community or brought in people and their animals from the community?
10. do you want to continue working with animals and doing something like this in the future also?
11. what do you like most about the vet clinic and being a part of it?

teachers in bands/musical talents
who to interview- Mr. Izor, Mr. Broome, Mr. Bunch

1. what kind of music do you play? what genre?
2. how long have you been in your previous band?
3. are there any other bands you were in before this one?
4. what instruments do you play?
5. do you have any albums, EP's, etc. out?
6. do you regularly have gigs? on a daily basis? weekly?
7. how did you learn to play the instruments you can play? did you teach yourself or have someone teach you?
8. what's it like to be a school teacher and also have priorities to be in a band?
9. is your band/playing instruments just your hobby or also a second job?
10. what other bands are influential to you when playing music?

soccer story lead

Shooting goals, dirty cleats, and victories being made, the soccer season for both boys and girls has started for the school year. Soccer tryouts were held the week after Thanksgiving break. Both teams have new and old players joining again, they're also looking to improve and have a better season this year.

finals story

interview maybe one teacher?
-how do you get your students prepared for finals?
-what do you have to say to those who are nervous?
-what is one way to be successful and pass?
-what are good methods of studying?
-how can passing or not passing finals effect your grade?

soccer story

who to interview-
roberto godinez
johan
mr. cannon

questions for students
how many teams are there? (a b c teams?)
how many people make the cut?
what do the coaches look for in a soccer player?
what does it take to make the team?
how many schools will you play? is there any sort of championship you go to?
how well do you think the team will do?
what were the past years of being in akins soccer like?
questions for coaches
what do you enjoy most about coaching soccer?
how has the team done in the previous years?
what are you most looing forward to this soccer season? (question also for students)
what are the downsides of having the season in the winter? what is the upside of it?

infographics

Info graphics are important to newspaper because they show data but in a way that you can see it in a visual way. It makes it easier to see data since it's right there for you to look at rather than having to read it and try to picture it all in your head. It helps you understand data better.

Graphs, charts, and diagrams are all info graphics, they help you also interpret what a story is trying to say but in an easier and better way. It is also like details shown that weren't included in the story but should be acknowledged. I think they draw you in to a story better too because you want to know why the chart was made and thats what a story tells about. 

5 story ideas

• blue and gold night
• fun fun fun fest
• whatever sport is in season at akins right now
• orchestra concert coming up
• new goodwill that opened up ?