The Reynolds School of w88 online casino betting and Center for Advanced Media Studies hosted more than 165 high school students and newspaper and yearbook advisers during the annual ‘w88 online casino betting Day’ Jan. 23.
Students represented nine urban and rural high schools in northern Nevada and California and – for the first time – a dozen middle w88 online casino betting students attended from Swope Middle w88 online casino betting in Reno.
“The student chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists presents w88 online casino betting Day to identify and encourage the next generation of talented journalists,” said Amy Beck, a Reynolds School senior and senior editor for The Nevada Sagebrush newspaper. “We want high school students to know this school offers a creative experience and a quality education that will translate into meaningful careers even if they aren’t necessarily thinking that far ahead,” Beck said.
Keynote speaker Karl Grubaugh, Dow Jones Newspaper Fund national high w88 online casino betting newspaper adviser of the year, received a hearty response when he asked students about their interests. Yearbook staffs and newspaper staffs generated the loudest response but an impressive number of students self-identified as tweeters (a social networking affiliation).
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Grubaugh, adviser to The Granite Bay Gazette at Granite Bay High w88 online casino betting in Calif., presented two additional workshops including a presentation for advisers.
Students chose from 17 different educational workshops, a writing competition and a discussion about college and w88 online casino betting school requirements.
“I loved it,” said Austin Walker, a junior at Fernley High School. “I need to know what courses to take now to major or minor in w88 online casino betting. I have already applied for acceptance here.”
w88 online casino betting Day events typically draw about 100 students. The record attendance necessitated a few last-minute tweaks.
An additional section was added to accommodate students interested in design. “Visuals are becoming far more important in today’s society and students want to be part of it,” said Mike Higdon, senior w88 online casino betting minor, who taught the workshop.
w88 online casino betting sat on the floor and even crowded into the hall for Jessica Estepa’s workshop on interviewing and angles.
“It’s exciting to see so many high w88 online casino betting students want to become better journalists,” said Estepa, a junior in the print sequence.
Kelly Driscoll, a senior at Churchill County High w88 online casino betting, said she would carry back the interviewing techniques she learned in the workshop.
“Our staff does a lot of talking over My Space and we need to practice face to face communication, especially to prepare for interviews.”
“This was a worthwhile event for my students to attend,” said Laurie Crawford, a w88 online casino betting adviser at Bishop Manogue Catholic High School. “The day was well organized and packed a lot of content into the sections.”
Ceppos thought w88 online casino betting Day was fun and also inspiring.
“The innovative w88 online casino betting program offered at Swope Middle School is the start of something that we hope catches on,” said Jerry Ceppos, Reynolds School dean. “A Newspaper of Association of America study in 2008 showed that students who work on high school newspapers and yearbooks get better grades in high school, earn higher ACT scores and get better grades as college freshmen. We shouldn’t wait until high school to educate students in w88 online casino betting and design.”
The Reynolds School of w88 online casino betting is Nevada’s only accredited w88 online casino betting school.
