{"id":6373,"date":"2022-08-17T14:05:55","date_gmt":"2022-08-17T18:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/?p=6373"},"modified":"2022-08-17T14:05:57","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T18:05:57","slug":"into-the-unknown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/?p=6373","title":{"rendered":"Into the Unknown"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

1st Place, News Page or Spread<\/strong>
2021-22, Division 4-5, News Design & Info Graphic<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Kaitlyn James<\/strong>
Uncaged
Stockbridge HS<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pandemic has taken a toll on our workers, educators and students, mentally<\/p>\n\n\n\n

and physically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat was like legitimately my New Year\u2019s resolution, just to learn how to be<\/p>\n\n\n\n

comfortable with being uncomfortable,\u201d Christina Villegas high school Spanish<\/p>\n\n\n\n

teacher said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Schools all over the state of Michigan have been closing because of staff shortages<\/p>\n\n\n\n

and even student shortages. Why is this happening? This question has a couple<\/p>\n\n\n\n

answers based on who you ask. These staff shortages cause more than school and<\/p>\n\n\n\n

business temporary closures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Staff in schools have been on high demand. Schools are losing their staff for a<\/p>\n\n\n\n

couple different reasons. A big reason is that they have been stretching themselves<\/p>\n\n\n\n

thin for the past two years helping kids, but also trying to keep up with their even<\/p>\n\n\n\n

unpredictable life with COVID-19 like having to see students over screens, then<\/p>\n\n\n\n

later in person but also having some kids still online. Nobody knows how the days<\/p>\n\n\n\n

are going to go or the months ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teachers are required to create assignments, notes and tests for both online<\/p>\n\n\n\n

and in person students. This can be frustrating and time consuming, especially<\/p>\n\n\n\n

since not just school time is being used but teachers are school planning when<\/p>\n\n\n\n

they should be focused on their home life. Though some people believe that it is<\/p>\n\n\n\n

because teachers don\u2019t get paid enough for the work that they do for students. But,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

if that were true, staff shortages would be affecting only the educators, yet they<\/p>\n\n\n\n

are also being seen in the lunch staff, bus drivers, and office workers. That have<\/p>\n\n\n\n

been moving schools or not present because COVID-19 circumstances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Having a shortage of teachers and subs is not the only effect of this surge of<\/p>\n\n\n\n

people not working around the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

School lunches have become unpredictable. \u201cWe get in there. We don\u2019t know<\/p>\n\n\n\n

what\u2019s going on,\u201d senior Jaslyn Wilkins said of the lunchroom. \u201cWe don\u2019t know if<\/p>\n\n\n\n

we\u2019re gonna have more than just a burger and Bosco sticks for lunch.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Living in a small town can make it even harder to find extra items at grocery<\/p>\n\n\n\n

stores like some schools are starting to do so they can feed all of their students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere has been a shortage of food and other implements like trays, condiments,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

juice, etc.\u201d according to a piece in The New York Times. Supply-chain disruptions<\/p>\n\n\n\n

have snarled more than just school lunches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since this school year started, administration has been introducing new faces to<\/p>\n\n\n\n

our school to expand our community but also to help bring relief to the shortage<\/p>\n\n\n\n

of staff and teachers. One of the new teachers is<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alexandra Doering has been working alongside Elizabeth Cyr as she comes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

close to her retirement and passes her torch after twenty two and a half years of<\/p>\n\n\n\n

teaching journalism. Seventeen teachers have joined the administration during the<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2021 year and 7 long-term substitute teachers have signed on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ND-10. News Page or Spread<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Pages will be evaluated for content and design. Content is restricted to news. Advertising may or may not be included on these pages. Entry may be a single page or a two-page spread, in which two adjacent pages have been designed as a single unit to showcase a single article or a package of related articles.<\/strong> Submit a PDF of the print newspaper or magazine page(s).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

JUDGING CRITERIA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
  • Most important story is in top half of page<\/li>
  • Graphic devices, if used, contribute to overall impact of page<\/li>
  • Design reflects effective graphic style, personality of publication<\/li>
  • Strong visual center of interest<\/li>
  • Consistent use of headline styles\/typefaces<\/li>
  • Strong visual center of interest<\/li>
  • Content covers appropriate, timely issues\/topics<\/li>
  • Stories written in sound, journalistic style<\/li>
  • Headlines get smaller as they go down the page<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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