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Updates and Instructions for 5.27.10

posted May 27, 2010 6:15 AM by Natalie Wojinski

Yes, that's Madonna.

Page Editors: You will need to bring your page to a conference this morning. Bring a printed copy of your page and your check list to the table.
A period=7:55 am, 5th period=1 pm All page editors should be spending lunch time working on their pages.

Work night is May 28. All pages must be finished by then. Please plan to attend. If you cannot attend, please see one of the editors. It is your responsibility to let them know if you can't be here.


Don't forget Professional Development is due no later than June 1. If you want to create your own professional development other than what is available at NewsU, please see Wojo. NEW OPPORTUNITY FOR FRESHMEN, SOPHOMORES and JUNIORS: sign up for a two-hour shift at the Multicultural Festival June 5 and 6 to get your Professional Development Done. Upside: you just have to hand out papers and talk to people. Downside: If you don't show up you don't have any Professional Development hours for the quarter. Sign ups will be available next week.

TUESDAY, JUNE 1: A period will become a WASC student focus group. ALL interested students are invited to attend (even people who aren't on staff). If you are not in A period and would like to attend, please see Wojo to get a pass (if you need one). Our purpose is to examine the WASC school/community profile, then determine the school's critical academic needs.


Great Resume Builder: from the Contra Costa Times (5/19/10):
We are accepting applications for the 2010-11 Life in Perspective teen board. We're looking for high school sophomores, juniors and seniors who are confident writers. Our goal is to include a wide spectrum of voices from as many schools as possible. Board members must commit to attending monthly meetings during the school year in Walnut Creek or Oakland and to writing occasional stories and columns for the paper and online. To download the application form, go hereor here. If you have questions, or need further assistance, contact lip@bayareanewsgroup.com. Applications must be postmarked by July 7.



For the remainder of this week and next non-staffers will not be in the room at lunch as you finish the last issue of the paper. Furthermore, if you have assignments that are outstanding, you are expected to be in the room at lunch working on your task.

Attention Photographers: John Scott, professional photojournalist and yearbook adviser at Thomas Downey HS in Modesto, will be doing a photography track at Yearbook Camp at the end of July. He is a demanding, but outstanding instructor and your photography skills will grow by leaps and bounds in just two and a half days. He works with beginning, intermediate and advanced photographers. Photojournalism is photojournalism so it doesn't matter if you're more interested in newspaper or yearbook photography. If you are interested in attending camp July 30-August 1, see Wojo. Cost to current staffers will be about $100. The offer is open to incoming staffers as well, but they will need to see Wojo for pricing.