{"id":4710,"date":"2020-06-05T16:29:13","date_gmt":"2020-06-05T20:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/?p=4710"},"modified":"2020-06-05T16:29:13","modified_gmt":"2020-06-05T20:29:13","slug":"time-for-a-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/?p=4710","title":{"rendered":"Time for a Change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Fenway Jones &amp; Cayden Youngs<\/strong><br \/>\nFentonian<br \/>\nFenton HS<br \/>\n1st Place Division 3, Yearbook Verbal<br \/>\nOrganizations Writing<\/p>\n<p><b>JUDGING CRITERIA<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Solid lead that draws reader into story<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaningful student quotes that enrich story and reflect effective interviewing<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Evidence of adequate research<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Story does not center on purpose of group or simply review their activities<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adheres to rules of good journalism including: short paragraphs, effective transitions and use of active voice, freedom from editorial comment, careful editing and proofreading to eliminate mechanical errors, correct use of grammar<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">T<\/span>he old marching band uniforms were worn down, stained and expensive to replace, but after 13 years of wear and tear, the band made the decision in 2012 to raise $95,000 for new ones.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\u201cWith some of the old uniforms, you could tell there had been things spilled on them,\u201d senior Chris Harper said. \u201cSome were covered in dirt and stains that nothing could not get out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Following six years of fundraising and donations from a former band member and the Fenton Education Foundation, the band placed its order for the new uniforms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\u201cWe aren\u2019t allowed to eat messy foods or drink colored liquids when we\u2019re wearing the new uniforms to avoid staining them,\u201d Harper said. \u201cIt took a long time to raise the money, so we want to keep them as clean as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">The look of the new uniforms provided the band the professional look they had hoped for.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\u201cDrumline had to wait to get our hats because they weren\u2019t shipped on time, but when we finally got them, the wait was worth it,\u201d freshman Nate Dymond said. \u201cThe last game was the most fun of the season with our \u2018Thriller\u2019 dance. The hats made the drum section look put together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">The 13 years of Drive for Your School Fundraisers and mattress sales, the band retired the old uniforms and stepped out onto Ivan Williams field with its dream of a fresh and clean look fulfilled.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Fenway Jones &amp; Cayden Youngs Fentonian Fenton HS 1st Place Division 3, Yearbook Verbal Organizations Writing JUDGING CRITERIA Solid lead that draws reader into story Meaningful student quotes that enrich story and reflect effective interviewing Evidence of adequate research Story does not center on purpose of group or simply review their activities Adheres to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":4711,"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":[105,3,11],"tags":[175,22],"class_list":["post-4710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","category-organizationswriting","category-yb","category-ybverbal","tag-2019-20","tag-division3","post_format-post-format-image","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/043360_030-031-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C400&ssl=1","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/043360_030-031-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C600&ssl=1","author_info":{"display_name":"Joel Beeker","author_link":"https:\/\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/?author=9"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/043360_030-031-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1656&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6K0n6-1dY","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4710","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=4710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4710\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}