Today, staff advisers bring a piece of home as they visit their staff members at the MIPA classes. With the arrival at 11 am, teachers were just in time for lunch with their staffs. "I love to see the renewed energy that MIPA brings to my kids," Lake Fenton's newspaper adviser Linda Andrada said. "I believe that just being here is important. It validates what they're doing … [Read more...] about Teachers visit MIPA for Adviser Day
News Briefs
Participants in the News Editors class put their editorial skills to work
The students in Dean Hume’s News Editors course wasted no time this week perfecting their class. After a brief exercise to strengthen their descriptive skills, the class split off into pairs to edit sports column made by students in the Sports Coverage class taught by Jim Woehrle. “When you get into the story, it’s a lot easier than you thought it would be,” sophomore … [Read more...] about Participants in the News Editors class put their editorial skills to work
The Bobby Hawthorne Experience’s students and guests interview Cheryl Pell
This afternoon, students and guests attending The Bobby Hawthorne Experience were given the opportunity to have all of their journalistic inspired questions answered by Cheryl Pell, the former director of MIPA among other past positions. Pell was asked a series of questions to which she answered to the best of her ability, covering topics such as the various careers she … [Read more...] about The Bobby Hawthorne Experience’s students and guests interview Cheryl Pell
Learning how to make an infographic and why they are important
Infographics are a way to make information as complex as the weather or the rise and fall of eating disorders in high school students easier for people to understand, according to Illustrator and Information Graphics instructor Karl Gude. “Not only do infographics make information more understandable it also gives it a lot more meaning,” Gude said. So far in his class … [Read more...] about Learning how to make an infographic and why they are important
Conversations lead to personality profiles in Feature Coverage class
The Feature Coverage class was given an assignment to write a 300 word personality profile on another student in the class. Student Bianca Pugliesi chose to write about her classmate’s memory of her friend moving away to Virginia. “The point of the assignment is that everybody has a story,” Pugliesi said. “If you keep talking to someone, eventually you’ll have … [Read more...] about Conversations lead to personality profiles in Feature Coverage class