Student of the Month Story

Who- Freshman Aurora Rochin
What- April Student of the Month
Where- Bowie High School
When- Recently
Why- Because of academic and after school excellence
How- Administration chose

    On Monday, April 4th, a new student was chosen as the April Student of the Month.

    Freshman Aurora Rochin was chosen by the Bowie Student Council for excellent performance in and out of school.  When the council chooses the new Student of the Month, they look at 3 things: grades, afterschool activities, and how the student acts with other Bowie students.

    Rochin was the clear choice to be Student of the Month. "She excelled in each requirement to be a Student of the Month and was just amazing anyway," Student Council principal Ashley Hielman said.

    We asked Rochin how it felt being the Student of the Month. "I feel great and surprised (that I was chosen), but I feel like I am going to be the worst Student of the Month ever," Rochin said.

    To be even considered for Student of the Month the student has to be involved in after school activities. "We didn't want to choose the Student of the Month solely on grades, because that's not what school is. There is more to school than just grades," Student Council Secretary Jeremy Espina.

    Rochin is active at school even after the 4:20 bell. "I do a lot of homework, tutor my friends, and do some JROTC activities after school," Rochin said.

    Being the Student of the Month is not celebrity-status, but it still is a pretty exciting award. "I was shocked and was so happy when I heard I was the new Student of the Month. I felt so proud of myself," previous Student of the Month Julie Andrews said.

    Having extra activities, or even just wanting to do other activities, makes doing your school work a lot harder. "I put schoolwork before of activities, and I motivate myself by telling myself that after I finish my homework I can do those activities I like," Rochin said.

    We always ask each new Student of the Month how they study. "I listen to music, it helps me focus. I need something in the background going on to study. I also work on schoolwork one at a time." Rochin said.

Inverted Pyramid

My First Interview

1. Aurora Rochin
2. 9th grade
3. I feel great and surprised, but I feel like I'm going to be the worst SOTM ever.
4. I think I am the student of the month because I put myself out there, and I make my presence clear. The other people just knew when I came in I was SOTM.
5. I think the SOTM is chosen by how well the student does in class and with other students.
6. I do a lot of homework, tutor my friends, and do some JROTC activities after school.
7. Tutoring helps people, and that makes me feel good and proud of myself. I like JROTC because it makes me more disciplined.
8. I put schoolwork before of activities, and I motivate myself by telling myself that after I finish my homework I can do those activities I like.
9. I get As, Bs only occasionally.
10. Sleep, it helps so much. Also actually study, put in effort into your classes, don't be a slacker.
11. I listen to music, it helps me focus. I need something in the background going on to study. I also work on schoolwork one at a time. Except when I rush, then I multitask.
12. I am best at English and Math. They are also my favorite classes.
13. I was great already, I haven't changed much.
14. Anti-climatic. I was expecting a parade, streamers, handwritten letter from the president, and 3 million dollars.
15. I get no extra recognition, my friends don't care and others don't know me.
16. (Dang it), now I have to do an interview. Who in their right mind would choose me?
17. I was actually forced, it was kind of survival of the fittest, you have to do well in school. Flying Spaghetti Monster
18. I remind myself that if I don't do my work, I won't be able to sleep well.
19. I feel important, but who is going to read this and knows me?
20. Being less of a procrastinator, because I still procrastinate once in a while.

Extra quote: "Nothing is impossible once you make it possible, and you also don't die."

Student of the Month Interview

20 questions I could ask:

1. What is your name?
2. What grade are you in?
3. How do you feel about being the student of the month?
4. Why do you think you are student of the month?
5. How is the student of the month chosen?
6. What kinds of activities do you do after school?
7. What do you like about those activities?
8. How did you balance your activities and schoolwork?
9. What kinds of grades do you get on average?
10. What tips do you have for ways to keep your grades up?
11. How do you study?
12. What class do you do the best in?
13. How have you changed since becoming student of the month?
14. How would you describe being student of the month?
15. What amount of recognition do you get now more than before?
16. What went through your mind after learning you were student of the month?
17. What was your motivation to become student of the month?
18. How did you overcome procrastination?
19. How do you feel about being in the newspaper?
20. What do you still have to work on?

School Uniforms

a) 3 sources I could interview are:

1. A member of the school board.
2. A teacher
3. A principal

b)  20 questions I could ask are:

1. What is your name?
2. What do you think of the board's decision for uniforms?
3. Why did the board decide for mandatory school uniforms?
4. When will the policy take effect?
5. How will students obtain their uniforms?
6. How will the policy be enforced?
7. What days will uniforms be mandatory?
8. How much would a uniform cost?
9. How will each uniform differ from each other?
10. How much would this cost the district?
11. What will be the consequences of not wearing a uniform?
12. What will the uniform consist of?
13. What do you say to the people who are against this policy?
14. How will teachers and staff be affected by this policy?
15. What are the positive aspects of mandatory uniforms?
16. What are the negative aspects of mandatory uniforms?
17. What was your first thought upon hearing of school uniforms?
18. How will sports and after-school activities be changed?
19. What will happen when it is too hot to wear the uniform?
20. How have students and parents reacted to tis policy?

Architecture Shoot

Details

Light

Patterns

Angles and Shapes

Surroundings

Portfolio Analysis - how judges pick winning portfolios and sports photos

Part I

1) 

    a. Travis Haughton

    b. Kids

    c. The frame was too tight, what was the point of the photo, and a little too much of little kids

    d. The point of view on the sports pictures, and in the gymnastics photo there was a lot going on.

    e. I thought that he was alright, though I agreed that he needed to zoom out a little on some of his photos. His point of views were interesting though.

    a. Nick Adams

    b. Sports

    c. Not enough story, frame too tight, focus off in 1 picture.

    d. Some pictures were close to be good, certain photo had good framing. 

    e. I thought he was pretty good, with all of his good ideas, but some of the photos I didn't get the story behind it.

    a. Jordan Murph

    b. Sports

    c. Some photos were missing something, some photos didn't fit in, 1 photo story was completely different and worse than others.

    d. Good composition, good lighting

    e. At the beginning when he showed his best, I knew immediately that his photos were just generally a lot better, but at the end he kinda killed his chances by putting too many photos and showed bad photos.

2)

    a. He is upright in there in the middle of it, everyone is doing something, and his photos are creative.

    b. I thought on some of the photos he had great point of view and that his photos were creative and different. They all had a story, and I can't see a general weakness.

3)

    a. They looked at the ones that they looked at before and considered them to maybe be the winner, then they eliminated one because they had messed up some of their photos, then they got rid of the other one because it didn't have enough diversity. So, feeling, are there bad photos, it is diverse enough?

Part II

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