Interview Questions

Herring

- What was the senior activity planning like?
- How did the school prepare itself to handle the senior activities?
- Were the senior activities left up to the seniors to be planned?
- Was their a Plam B made in case things did not go as planned?
- How organized was and or has senior activity planning been?

Mark

- What have you witnessed going on, concerning senior activities?
- Has there been thoroughness in the planning and preperation for senior activities?
- Was there a set of actions or a specific direction that the senior activities are suppose to follow?

Reyes

- What did you do to prepare for senior activities?
- How long was senior activities planned prior to the start of school?

Interview Questions #2

What does thanksgiving mean to you?
What are you thankful for ?
Do you think thanks are given to those people who most desurve it enough?
How do you show your appriciation and thanks?
What can you do to better show your thanks?
What has a person done to make you thankful for them?
When do you find it fit to show thanks and why?
Who would you say is thankful to have you in there life?
In anyones life who desurves the most thanks and why?
What background players that dont get recognition much do you think desurve the most thanks?

Interview Questions

-How did you expect your senior year to be?
-How would you explain your senior year?
-How many classes do you have that you don't need?
-What can you be doing other then attending classes you don't need?
-Why does administration pack schedules with classes you don't need instead of letting them do other things with time they can spear?
-Do you think students should have to stay in school and why?
-Why do you feel administration gives full days of class?
-What are exclusions that can get seniors out of classes earlier?
-Instead of classes you don't want or need what classes would you prefer to have ? 
-Why were classes given to students that don't even feel like they are ready for that class?

Story Questions 11/16/10

Story Questions #1- Peer pressure to drugs

Questions for Mr. Scott:

1. How have you seen students in this school being pressured to use drugs?
2. What do you believe is the reason students use drugs?
3. Some people say drugs are "pain-relievers." What do you think about this statement?
4. Do you think students are prone to try drugs?
5. Why might teenagers be an easy target for drugs?
6. How accessible do you think drugs are to teenagers?
7. Do you really think those "above the influence" commercials help teenagers truly stay above the influence?
8. If not, then what will help teenagers who constantly revert to drugs?
9. Do you think it is hard for students to admit they are "dependent on drugs?"
10. How can a teenager realize that they are dependent on drugs?

Story Questions #2- Burn outs

Questions for Mr. Scott

1. What are some reasons that students "burnout?"
2. Do you believe that students, under any circumstances, should burnout?
3. Can burnouts affect a student's performance in school? How?
4. What do you recommend to students who can well be on their way to being a burnout?
5. What social pressures affect students' education and lives?
6. How big of a role do school pressures play in students' lives?

Questions for students in the school (or who have graduated already) who experienced situations that made them "burnout" e.g., pregnancy, exhaustion

7. How did you deal with your adverse situation?
8. How did you feel when you underwent this experience?
9. If a graduate of LACJ, then how did you stay on track with school, even though you were under tough circumstances?
10. What was your motivation to keep yourself together, rather than falling apart?

My story quetions

Jesus Diaz


1. Do sport teams require certain equipment for the team?
2. Does the equipment affect the way the player performs?
3. If the team is sponsored does every player have to where that specific name brand?
4. What is the best choice of equipment name brand?
5. Does the name brand of the equipment vary depending on the sport and if so why?
6. Is there a specific sporting good store that coaches prefer?
7. Is good sport equipment at a reasonable price?
8. What is some of the basketball sneaker favorites amongst players and why?

9. What sport item has been known to be less reliable?

10. Why are metal bats preferred than wood bats in minor league?

11. Is it fair that the students have to buy their equipment or should the school help?

Questions For Story #1

Topic: Senior Vs. Adminstration

1. Why is the Administration so strict on the seniors this year? Is it because the seniors pf 2011' are placed on a higher pedestal that the previous graduating classes?
2. Although Seniors are supposed to be held at a high pedestal,shouldnt the seniors be allowed to make a few mistakes?
3.Why are the seniors being punished for every little mistake they make?
4. Is there any particular reason as to why the adminstration is taking away senior activities as a punishment for seniors who dont cooperate with them?
5. Seniors are being punished for the most obsurd things, such as going to get their jacket in the middle of a fire drill when it was 40 degress outside, why is that so? Isn't this unfair?
6. During the senior dinner, a senior, Nikko Davis, was denied entrance to the senior dinner due to the fact that he was not accompanied by his parents. Why did this occur when there were other students & seniors present at the dinner that are not even GRADUATING and there were seniors present at the dinner who were not accompained by their parents?
7. How does the administration expect the seniors to cooperate with them to have a successful year if the amdinstration themsleves are being unfair?
8.

Interview Questions

LaGuadia Vs MLK

LaGuadia kids
1.) How is, or how do you feel about the security in your school?
2.) Do you have Medal detectors? 
3.) Are you allowed to bring cell phones, and open bottles in your school?
5.) What are the procedures for the students in the morning time?
6.) Do you get scanned or patted down?

MLK students
7.) How do you feel about security in your school? 8.) How do you feel knowing that your schools security is so much stricter than that of Laguadia's?

Laguadia teacher or people in charge
9.) Who is in charge with the security in your school?
10.) Do all school in the area get the same set of rules for security?

Both school people!
11.) Why do you think security is so different between the two schools?


Computers in the computer lab not working!
1.) Who is in charge of the computers in the computer lab?
2.) Who is in charge of getting them fixed?
3.) Why don't they ever work?

Mr. Corillo
4.) Do you know anything about computers?
5.) Do you know what to do if a computer was to break down or catch a virus?
6.) Do you know anything about printers?
7.) How many computers work currently?

Students
8.) How often do you use the computers in the lab?
9.) What do you use them for?
10.) How often do the computer work?
11.) How often do the printer work?

Interview Questions

New Virtual Hall sweeps

1. Why are these hall sweeps being implemented now?

2. When hall sweeps were done before before did they work?

3. Who is going to be in charge of these hall sweeps?

4. When are these hall sweeps going to occur?

5. How will they set up for someone to actually do the hall sweeps?

6. Who came up with the idea?

7. What will be the punishment if students get caught doing something during these hall sweeps?

8. How many chances do students have before they are approached by the administration?

9. How will this help students stay on track?

10. What is the purpose of these hall sweeps?

Teacher depending on coffee

1. How old were you when you started drinking coffee (caffeine)

2. What happens when you don't have coffee in the morning?

3. Why are you so dependent on coffee?

4. What is you favorite type of coffee?

5. Do you consider it a bad habit? Why or why not?

6. How do you feel when you have had your coffee?

7. How do you feel in a class with a teacher who hasn't had their coffee?

8. How do you act when you know your teacher hasn't had their daily coffee?

9. How do you let your students know you haven't had your daily coffee?

10. Why coffee? Why not another type of drink (equivalent to coffee)?

Article Questions: 1 & 2

Article 1
Follow up questions from 1st draft of ESL students in LACJ

Ms. Moody

1. For how many years have you been working as an ESL teacher?
2. What is the most difficult part of your job?
3. Do ESL students behave differently than other students?

ESL students

1. What do you like the most about living in NYC?
2. How different is LACJ from your schools in your country?
3. How are the people different here and over there?
4. Have you visited your country after you came?
5. What subjects do you mostly have difficulties with?
6. Did you have an option when coming here? Do you rgret it?
7. Did NYC turn out to be how you expected it to be?

Article 2
Students can't use the microwaves in school

Students

1. Why do you bring food from outside?
2. Do you pay for school lunch? Is this why you bring food from outside?
3. What kind of food do you bring, frozen food, sandwiches, home cooked food?

Mr. Bonilla:

1. About how many students daily ask to use your microwave?
2. Do you have a problem with them using it?
3. How do you feel about students not being able to use microwaves in the 4th floor?

Ms. Nightengale

1. Why are you planning on stopping the students use of school microwaves?
2. Is it disrupting class time, allthough they use them during lunch?
3. What is another option for students who don't like school lunch and bring in food, if they can't use the microwaves?
4. Have there been complaints from administration or students about this?

Questions for Story # 1 & # 2

Topic: Santa Claus



1. when do you think kids should find out santa is not real? why?

2. Do you still believe in the idea of Santa Clause? why?

3. what is christmas like in your house?

4. when you were uounger how influential was Santa Clause in your christmas?

5. how did you find out santa clause was a lie?

6. why do you think parents continue the santa clause lie with their children?

7. How do you think christmas would be different if santa claus was not ever mentioned?

8. what was your best gift from santa claus?

9. Did finding about santa claus affect your belief in the toothfairy, easter bunny etc?

10. what steps do you think LACJ could take to bring the christmas spirit into the schools?



Topic: What Grade Has the most schools spirit?



1. what do you think school spirit is?

2. what grade do you think shows that? why?

3. why do you think the grades are so separated?

4. what can LACJ do to bring the grades together?

5. what is the best thing your grade has ever done together? why?

6. what teacher do you think has the most school spirit? why?

7. what do you think decreases the amount of school spirit? why?

8. what student from your grade do you think has the most school spirit? why?

9. How does school spirit affect the school as a whole?

10. if LACJ had more school spirit would you participate and enjoy school more? why?

Questions for Story #1

1. Should students be stress about bedbugs, like they were with H1N1?
2. Why are students taking all this issues and making it into a bigger issue?
3. Should students take into consideration this community issues?
4. Can students get affect it by this issues personally, mentally and academically, if they take it into the extremes?
5. Are bedbugs worth worrying about?
6. Are students overracting more than they should, about bedbugs and H1N1?
7. How H1N1 and bedbugs are similar in the way people react towards them?
8. How can we teach students to relax about community issues?
9. ?????????
10. ????????

IDEA #1

TOPIC: RAISING MONEY FOR EUROPE?

STORY IDEA: HOW ARE THEY SUPPOSE TO RAISE MONEY BEFORE 6 OCLOCK, IF MOST OF THE PEOPLE WITH MONEY COMES IN AFTER 6?

SOURCE: MS FRYER

VISUAL: PHOTOS ND GRAHIC SHOWING HOW THEY RAISE THEIR MONEY

SIDEBAR: HOW DOES EFFECT THEIR TRIP TO EUROPE?

IDEA #2

TOPIC: ESL KIDS VS. KIDS WHO ARE BORN IN THE US?

STORY IDEA: THE GRADES THE ESL KIDS ARE GETTING ARE REMARKABLE, BECAUSE THEY ARE DOING SO MUCH BETTER THAN AMERICAN KIDS.

SOURCES: TEACHERS, STUDENTS AND PRINCIPLE

VISUAL: GRAPH TO SHOW HOW THEY ARE DOING?

SIDEBAR: WHAT CAN THE STUDENTS DO TO HELP BOOST THEIR GRADE?

IDEA #3

TOPIC: CHRISTMAS TALENT SHOW

STORY IDEA: MLK LACJ NEEDS TO HAVE A TALENT SHOW JUST HAVE A LAUGH ONCE IN A WHILE AND NOT JUST BE ABOUT ALL WORK ND STUFF

SOURCES: PRINCIPAL, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, AND HEAD OF THE BUILDING MANAGER

VISUAL: PHOTOS TO SHOW THAT WE COULD HAVE A GOOD TIME

Story Ideas

#1 
Topic- the process of recycling bottles and cans!
Story idea- this story can be about the people you meet and the process and skill of recycling bottles and cans. This relates to the school because we collect bottles and we have to recycle them now!
Sources- the people who work at western beef, the people who recycle there, the students who are going to recycle the cans and bottles.
Visual- the bottles we collect or the students recycling.
Sidebar- a chart of how much money is being raised by collecting bottles and cans.

#2
Topic- seniors wanting more privileges.
Story idea- this story can be about how seniors feel they deserve more privileges as seniors. It can be about what privileges they feel they deserve and why, and how they are going to go about getting these things to happen. 
Sources- seniors, teachers, admin
Visual- seniors in the lunch room, or seniors at the senior meetings.
Sidebar- some planed senior activities, or a senior Q&A

#3
Topic- Greece trip
Idea- this story can be about the planned greece trip! It can talk about how much needs to be raised, how long the trip is and the planned activities of the trip. Who's going and why?
Sources- ms fryer, kids planning on going
Visual- kids and ms fryer at their Greece trip meetings
Sidebar- Q&A with the people who went on the last trip with ms fryer!

story ideas

Story idea#1
Topic: Bullying
Story idea: How do the people in our school feel about it? How far can it go? This would get students to open up about a topic that may not be common in our school and a chance to express their concerns.
Sources: Sudents, guidance counselor, nurse, health teacher
Sidebar: ask if they know what bullying is their own definition
Visuals:

Story idea#2
Topic: Gym class
Story idea: Why do many students choose not to participate during gym and dont change to play. Show what can happen if you dont play in gym like failing and even though it doesnt it affect our average you can still lose the credit.
Sources: Students and gym teachers
Sidebar: How many times a week do you choose to play in gym.
Visual: students playing gym and students sitting on the side

Story idea#3
Topic: Regents
Story idea: Since the paper comes out right before the january regents it should be interesting to read how students deal with the anxiety and pressure especially if they are taking them for the first time or taking the same one over. Review any study habits or tips.
Sources: Students, regents prep teachers
Sidebar: What do you do the night before a regents exam
Visual: Students at regents prep, students simulating a regents exam

Idea # !



Seniors having to spend almost a fortune from one day to another on senior activities and prom.

New ways of fund raise need to be found instead of having to do all these forms of fund raising the senior year.

Visual: Seniors collecting plastic bottles in order to fet money.

Sources: My own eyes.

Sidebar: New options for the becoming seniors.

Idea #2
The new Cross Country team's accomplishments. Mr. Goldsmith and his new team made it happen at the PSAL league.

Visual: Mr. Goldsmith and his team running in the school.

Source: Mr. Goldsmith.

Sidebar: Success in the new sports.

Idea #3

Fat boy's in the school not being accepted in teams due to their weight. Students with a big heart and a great enthusiam are put on hold till they loose weight.

Visual: Coach saying no to a fat student.

Source: (Student decided to be anonymous).

Sidebar: Students that want but can't.

Idea#1

Topic: How Does High School Change You?

Story Idea: No one is the same person as they were when they first entered high school. High school changes us all each in a different way. Through all the hardships, struggles, and broken friendships we learn valuable lessons. This article would serve the purpose of how the struggles of high school change us.

Sources: Students of MLK

Visual: Pictures of students in the hallway

Sidebar Possibility:

Idea#2

Topic: DRAMA!

Stroy Idea: Why is there is much drama going on in school? Whether it's drama about a fight that happened, who's going out with who, or even hear say, drama always occurs. Why do students get so caught up with all the drama?

Sources: Students of MLK

Visual: Students in the lunchroom talking

Sidebar Possibility:


Idea#3

Topic: Music

Story Idea: What kind of music do students listen to nowadays? How does music influence students? What role does music play?

Sources: Students of MLK

Visual: Picture of a student listening to their ipod

Sidebar Possibility:

Story Ideas 11/7

Jesus Diaz




Topic: Championships or Diploma?

Story ideas: This story will be about the good grade policy and should a star player be suspended from games or kicked of the team for mediocre grades Even he is doing what he needs to do on the team.

Sources: Jake, Joe Guidice, MLK players

Visual: A Players looking stressed with a report card on the bench.

Sidebar: A survey to see how much of our school is in favor of the policy.

Topic#2: The effects of Professional Players on the youth players.

Story idea: this story is about how the corruption and the illegal activities of the sports organizations and sports players affect the youth plying in PSAL.

Sources: Players of MLK and MLK coaches

Visual: N/A

Sidebar: A questionnaire asking coaches what illegal activity has had the most affect on the youth league.

Topic#3: A young Entrepreneur

Story Idea: This story is about a young man named Devin who has created his own clothing line including pants shirts and pins he also custom makes pieces. It will discuss what his inspiration is.

Sources: Devin Himself

Visual: A picture Of Devin
Sidebar: His face book Link and some example of his Clothes.

(PS I know this isn’t sports but I would really enjoy to cover this story and would make as a good feature.)

News Article Ideas 11/07

Idea #1
Topic: Staying in shape for the holidays
Story Idea: With thanksgiving, christmas and New Years on it's how will LACJ students and staff stay in shape? Does the holidays only mean lots of food and gifts?
Sources: LACJ students and administration
Visual:
Sidebar Possibility: graph of how much weight does the average American gain during the holidays.

Idea #2
Topic: Staff Spotlight on Ms. Fryer and Ms. Dindial
Story idea: What do they enjoy most about their job? Do they have any other side jobs? What is their biggest struggles as teachers? If the could pick any other careeer would they?
Sources: Ms. Dindial, Ms. Fryer, their students
Visual: Pictures of each teacher teaching during class or after school.

Idea #3
Topic: What are the qualities of a good teacher ?
Story Idea: According to LACJ students what are the qualities of a teacher that mostly attracts them? Who are their favorite teachers?
Sources: Principal Nightengale, sophomores, freshmen and juniors

Story Ideas 11.07.10

Idea # 1

Topic: Not having windows in school

Story Idea: How does not having windows in school affect teachers and students

Sources: Ms.Fryer, Ms.Richards, students from all grades

Visual: classroom with windows and our classrooms

Sidebar: How does having windows in classroom help students develop

Sidebar Visual: classroom with windows

Idea # 2

Topic: Teen Employment

Story Idea: Teens having jobs and why they deem it necessary to work

Sources: students with jobs (Sade Roberts, Jennifer Konan, Angel Herrera), Mr. Scott

Visuals: student at their job

Sidebar: How do students juggle working and being in school?

Sidebar Visual: no visual

Idea # 3

Topic: Cell phones v. Cancer

Story Idea: Cell phones emit radiation that can have cancerous affects on the human body.

Sources: students from all grades, School Nurse, Mr.Schnee,

Visual: students talking on the phone

Sidebar: what do students do on their cell phones?

Sidebar Visual: students using their phone to message or something interesting

Story Ideas 11/6/10

Idea #1

Topic: Depression

Story Idea: Experiences with depression. Why do students feel depressed? What do students do when they feel depressed and how this depression can lead to serious consequences (e.g. eating disorders)? Advice on depression.

Sources: Mr. Scott

Visual: Editorial cartoon on the "normal' student and the "depressed" student

Sidebar possibility: Statistics on the number of disorders caused by depression.

Idea #2

Topic: Smoking cigarettes

Story Idea: Smoking-negative. Why do students do it? Smoking cigarettes really damages a person's health. Do students feel pressured to smoke at times because because of peer influences. Why people should quit smoking, even if it's hard to quit.

Sources: School Nurse

Visual: Cartoon of the bad effects of smoking

Sidebar Possiblity: Statistics of lung cancer caused by smoking and other serious side effects of smoking.

Idea # 3

Topic: Illegal drugs

Story Idea: Why do people consume drugs? Although some drugs are less harmful than others, drugs, in my opinion, are useless. Some people "self-prescription" these drugs to escape their troubles, but are they really escaping anything? Or are they just postponing their duty to handle the situation?

Sources: Mr. Scott, and the school nurse.

Visual: ???

Sidebar possibility: Anonymous poll of students who have either consumed drugs, wanted to experiment, have not tried drugs, or have been pressured to consume drugs but has not. (not sure if this would work or would be valid but it's an idea)