Holiday Photo Contest Deadline is Dec. 15, 2008 Circuit City and the City Committee is hosting a Holiday Photo Contest. The City's goal is to teach, help and entertain their guests so the winner will recieve a Circuit City Gift Card and the winning photo will be displayed in-store and online. An entry form is included below with all the terms and conditions. |
Welcome to my home page. I hope you find this information listed here helpful. Below are the course catalog descriptions of the courses I teach and their prerequisites. Please choose one of the links to the left for additional information.
The basic skills of journalism are taught. These include interviewing; news writing; news style; feature, editorial, and sports writing; copy reading; headline writing; and picture placement and cropping.
Prerequisite: Freshman/Sophomore
Credit: 1 unit
This course is designed to provide opportunities to plan photographs in relation to assignments, teaches how to use a camera, process film, apply principles of composition, and develop a system for photo editing. This is a self-directed course where students work independently and in groups, shooting photos and video as well as working in the darkroom with minimal teacher supervision. Students who sign up for this class should be self-motivated and responsible. Parents should know that students will be working with expensive photographic equipment and that they (parents) must sign a permission form accepting financial responsibility for damage or loss of equipment.
Prerequisite: None. Digital camera recommended
Credit: 1/2 unit
This course addresses the same principles as Photojournalism on a more advanced level. The emphasis will be on both artistic and journalistic photography.
Prerequisite: An A or B in Photojournalism; 35mm and digital camera recommended
Credit 1/2 unit
This course gives students the opportunity to use skills learned in journalism to plan and organize a school yearbook. Students also learn techniques of layout and design, preparation and selling of advertisement and the selling of and marketing of the publications. Students who plan to be yearbook editors should plan to sign up for Honors Independent Study Journalism as well as this course if their schedule allows.
Prerequisite: Journalism I or adviser approval
Credit: 1 unit
In this course, the skills learned in journalism are put into practice by working on the school newspaper. Students publish and edit the paper as a class project. Students who plan to be newspaper editors should plan to sign up for Honors Independent Study Journalism as well as this course if their schedule allows.
Prerequisite: Journalism I or adviser approval
Credit: 1 unit
Under the supervision of a mentor/instructor, the high-achieving student in journalism is provided the opportunity to select an area of interest, to conduct research, and to produce an original work in print or another medium. Students who plan to be publications editors or video production editors should plan to take this class in addition to Advanced Journalism Yearbook or Advanced Journalism Newspaper if their schedules allow.
Prerequisite: Journalism I and teacher approval
Credit: 1 unit
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