Story Ideas 10.24.10

Idea # 1

Topic: Senior Stress

Story Idea: How are students handling stress of school? What is actually causing students stress? How do they deal with the stress? How do they think the stress will be for the rest of the year?

Sources: Ms. Pestronk, Mr. G, Mr. Strong, Mr.Schnee. Seniors who are really stressed: Jennifer Konan, Sade Roberts, Ivan Zhivkov…

Visual: Group of students stressed while doing some sort of school work.

Sidebar: Student profile and how they are handling their stress.

Sidebar Visual: Picture of that student, picture of the students stressed.

Idea # 2

Topic: Students getting the right amount of sleep

Story Idea: How many hours of sleep do students normally get? Why aren’t they getting enough sleep? How do they feel when they don’t get enough?

Sources: Ms.Fryer, Ms.Schur, Ms.Dindial. Students: at least two from each grade level.

Visuals: Graphic of how too little sleep affects students.

Sidebar: What happens to students who get too much sleep?

Sidebar Visual: Graphic of how too much sleep affects students.

Idea # 3

Topic: Spotlight on Quidditch

Story Idea: How did this idea come about? Where do they play? How do they play? What are the divisions, championships, teams in NYC?

Sources: Mr. Strong, librarian in training

Visual: picture of a game

Sidebar: History of Quidditch and relation to Harry Potter

Sidebar Visual: picture of Harry Potter playing Quidditch