{"id":4464,"date":"2020-05-06T15:07:11","date_gmt":"2020-05-06T19:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/?p=4464"},"modified":"2020-05-06T15:22:48","modified_gmt":"2020-05-06T19:22:48","slug":"elevating-student-voice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/?p=4464","title":{"rendered":"Elevating Student Voice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/6.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4465\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/6-168x300.png?resize=168%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/6.png?resize=168%2C300&amp;ssl=1 168w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/6.png?resize=574%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 574w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/6.png?resize=552%2C984&amp;ssl=1 552w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/6.png?w=764&amp;ssl=1 764w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/1-2-scaled.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4466\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/1-2-166x300.jpg?resize=166%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"166\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/1-2-scaled.jpg?resize=166%2C300&amp;ssl=1 166w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/1-2-scaled.jpg?resize=566%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 566w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/1-2-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1390&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/1-2-scaled.jpg?resize=848%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 848w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/1-2-scaled.jpg?resize=552%2C999&amp;ssl=1 552w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/1-2-scaled.jpg?w=1414&amp;ssl=1 1414w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 166px) 100vw, 166px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Shelby Jenkins<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Hawkeye<br \/>\nBloomfield Hills HS<br \/>\n1st Place Division 1, News Writing<br \/>\nNews Story<\/p>\n<p><b>JUDGING CRITERIA<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sharp, attention-getting lead that underscores news story importance<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Uses inverted pyramid<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Emphasizes news elements, i.e. timeliness, nearness, impact, and prominence<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shows thorough reporting skills<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Effective use of facts\/quotes from both primary and secondary sources<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Avoids opinion unless properly attributed<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sentences, paragraphs of varied length; written clearly, concisely, and vividly<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Proper diction\/grammar; use of third person<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p2\">On January 10, senior Kiersten McCollum was honored as a finalist for Michigan Student Voice, a speech contest available to students in Student Leadership; as a result, she landed a presentation spot at the state conference.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\u201cIt was super surreal,\u201d said McCollum. \u201cI was definitely shocked for a good two days. Afterward, it had really hit me: wow, I\u2019m going to the state conference to give a speech in front of a couple of thousand people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Michigan Student Voice\u2019s goal is to spread messages of importance according to the Michigan Associate of Student Councils and Honors Society. Students create three-minute and 20-second presentations that combine images with public speaking to share a message on a topic the student selected. Students then present at their respective regional conferences and advance to the state conference if their peers vote them through.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\u201cMy speech was called \u2018The Hidden Symptoms of Stigmation.\u2019 The whole premise of it was based around the stigmas surrounding sexual assault and PTSD, and ways to combat [them],\u201d said McCollum. \u201cI feel like it wasn\u2019t so much a thing for me telling other people as a woman but me telling other people as a Student Leader because we\u2019re supposed to be the people representing the community and standing up for [others]. If we don\u2019t know what certain things we\u2019re supposed to be standing up for, then I feel like we\u2019re missing an entire area of people we could be helping.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Student Leadership advisors Krista Laliberte and Emily Handy had offered this opportunity to students in the past, but this year was the first time any student had chosen to apply.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\u201cWe let them know that there\u2019s a contest, how it works, and that there\u2019s an opportunity for a scholarship at the end, but it is 100 percent on them to determine what they write about, talk about, present, and [prepare]. We just support whatever they decide to do,\u201d said Laliberte. \u201cThis year, we were lucky enough to have actually three individuals [Kiersten McCollum, Taylor Hughes and Gavin Raab] run. They all did an amazing job at the regional conference but they only take one person per regional.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">After the final presentation at the regional conference on January 10, voting took place and McCollum was selected as the winner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">\u201cFor me, it was her speech. [It] was very different from the other kids\u2019,\u201d said Handy. \u201cShe just had a mix of poise and humor but then also a very serious story. I think the story itself was powerful but her delivery was just so good. A lot of people had great stories to share but I think it was her presentation overall and her competence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">McCollum will present at the state conference, which begins on February 29, for the chance to receive a scholarship.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">\u201cI have a passion for public speaking and no matter what the topic is or where it is, I always have the same general goal, which is that I hope to impact at least one person\u2019s life. That\u2019s my whole goal. Especially on this big of a spectrum, I just love to give people another thing to think about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[50,4],"tags":[175,20],"class_list":["post-4464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","category-newsstory","category-nw","tag-2019-20","tag-division1","post_format-post-format-image","entry","has-post-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Joel Beeker","author_link":"https:\/\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/?author=9"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6K0n6-1a0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4464\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}