Person to be interviewed: Captain simon

Date / Location of Interview

Deadline:

Topic CAP ( Civil Air Patrol)

Important Background information:

Civil air patrol was founded in December 1941, one week before the Japanese attack of Pearl Harbor, by more than 150,000 citizens were concerned about the defense of Americas coastline. Under the jurisdiction of the army air forces, CAP pilots were credited for sinking two enemy submarines and rescued hundreds of crash survivors during World War II. Congress passed a public law 557 on May 1948, making CAP the auxiliary of the new U.S air force. CAP was required of three primary missions-aerospace education, cadet programs and emergency services.

Six initial questions I’ll ask:

Who? 

Who is in charge of this program?

Who invented this program?

What?

What role does the U.S air force usually play in the military?

What do you think student usually take from this program?

When?

Where?

Where do these programs take place in this area?

Why?

Why would someone want to join the CAP program?

How?

How can someone who goes to this program, but doesn’t exceed to the us air force use this CAP experience in their life?

Other questions I’ll need to ask:

Is the CAP rare program offered through Miami dade schools?

Would you say this is a really good opportunity for the students of mbhs? Why?

These questions are only a guideline to get you started.  Do not simply read them one after another.  A good interview should sound like a conversation.  Listen closely and ask questions related to the subject’s answers.  If you interview someone who says she loves music, ask for more details.  What type of music?  Who are he

interview scheduled for monday so no quotes yet

Story: School is over populated (classes, lunch etc.)

Section: News

Deadline:

People I need to talk to for quotes / information                 When?

1. Principle                                                                                           1. at lunch

2. Class teachers                                                                                  2. afterschool

3. Students                                                                                           3. free time in class

4. Security                                                                                            4. morning

Six initial questions I’ll ask:

Who?   

Who is in charge of accepting new students?

Who decides the number of kids per class?

Who decided to make two lunches?

 Who is this affecting?

Who are the people that are trying to fix this problem?

Who can help us fix this problem?

What?

What do you think we can do to resolve this problem?

What classes are over-populated?

What are the effects on students in over-populated classes?

What do the teachers and students think about the two lunches, over-populated classes?

What happens to students if there is no more room in the class?

What are the dangers of this situation?

What other schools are having a problem like ours?

When?

When did the school become so over-populated?

When did they decide on two lunches?

When did the problem of overpopulation become apparent?

When will there be one lunch again?

When will there be more classes offered to reduce overpopulation?

Where?

Where are the majority of these new students coming from?

Where do students eat their lunch?

Where can we put more rooms for extra classes so the rooms aren’t so over populated?

Why?  

Why is the school so over-populated?

Why are there two lunches?

Why are students being accepted from other districts? 

Why is the school having so many problems with overpopulation?

How?  

How are you planning to solve this problem?

How is this affecting everyone in the school?

How is this affecting the school economically?

How are teachers dealing with overpopulated classes?

For student:

 How does it feel to be in a class that is overpopulated?

How are you dealing with it?

Other questions I’ll need to ask:

Do you think we need to make a change?

Is it uncomfortable in a school of too many kids?

Is this issue getting in the way of your learning?

After reading this story, the reader should have a clear idea of:

The problems of over populated schools, and what we can do to solve it.

Story: Over population

Section:

Deadline:

People I need to talk to for quotes / information                 When?

1. Principle                                                                                           1. at lunch

2. Class teachers                                                                                  2. afterschool

3. Students                                                                                           3. free time in class

4. Security                                                                                            4. morning

Six initial questions I’ll ask:

Who?   Decides what students go here?

What? What do you think we can or should be a solution to this problem?

When? When did the  school become so overpopulated?

Where? Where do you think if this becomes to big of a problem the students can go?

Why?  Why do you think there are so many students in each class?

How?  How did this happen

Other questions I’ll need to ask:

Do you think we need to make a change?

Is it uncomfortable in a school of to manu kids?

After reading this story, the reader should have a clear idea of:

The problems of over populated schools, and what we can do to solve it.

Who- College board
What-SAT scores
When- 2009
Why- To see the average scores in reading math and writing, and compare the scoreds with students wealth,race, and parents education
Where- New york

The New York times posted Average scores of students who took the SAT, showing that students parents who have a college degree get higher scores, and students families who have more money, have higher test scores, and with race scores differ also.