Photo Story Telling
IHSA Sample Prompt
Blocks A & B
Computer Lab
Be sure to put your contestant
code in the upper right-hand
corner of each page of your
entry. Do not put your name
or school name on the entry.
If you do, your entry will be
disqualified.
DIRECTIONS
Photographers will submit a series of three photos with a common theme to collectively tell a story. Photoshop can be used to
enhance the images but not alter the content. The submission must include a brief written summary to provide context for the photo
story, although the written portion will not be scored.
Using a digital camera, you are to complete a photo assignment on a given topic below. All cameras are to be provided by the
competitors and will be checked to ensure that there are no previous pictures on the memory card. You will be allowed to go out during
Block A of competition to take pictures. You may come in no later than the beginning of Block B to download and prepare your
pictures. You will be submitting a total of three photos to be judged.
Naming Convention: Place your submitted photos in a desktop file labeled by your contest code. For example if your contest code
is 210, that should be the name of your folder.
Sizing of Photos: Whether the submitted photo is horizontal or vertical, the widest side should be saved at 1000 pixels, with a resolution of 72.
TERMS & CONDITIONS EVENT RULES
Photographers will submit a series of three photos with a common theme to collectively tell a story. Photoshop can be used to
enhance the images but not alter the content. The submission must include a brief written summary to provide context for the photo
story, although the written portion will not be scored. No previous pictures are allowed on the memory card.
ASSIGNMENT
The subject of the photography competition is “Telling Stories: A Day In The Life Of Eastern.” Please document the people of
Eastern Illinois University at work, study and play in your three submitted photos. You may take photos anywhere on the EIU campus.
Your focus will be to shoot and present three photos that you believe best represent the subject.
You may submit these photos on the computer in either black and white or color.
Broadcast News
IHSA Sample Prompt
Blocks A & B
Be sure to put your contestant
code in the upper right-hand
corner of each page of your
entry. Do not put your name
or school name on the entry.
If you do, your entry will be
disqualified.
DESCRIPTION OF SCHOOL
School: Abraham High School (AHS), 2715 McGraw Drive, Middleland, Ill.
(518) 554-2334 (518) 554-2339 (fax) www.abrahamhs.edu
Mascot: The Loggers
School Colors: Brown and White
Location: Middleland, Ill.
School Size: 789 (9th-12th grades)
School Newspaper: The Standard
Yearbook Name: The Annual
Radio Station Call Letters: WMIL
TERMS & CONDITIONS EVENT RULES
Students will provide their own equipment to create an audio MP3 clip of a 75 second news broadcast with a minimum of two
sound bites using live and written information received at a press conference. Recording devices with headphones are allowed in the
press conference. The students MP3 file must be transferred to a blank flash drive provided by the competitor and submitted for judging. Students shall be judged on news value, news judgment and convergence. Pre-recorded material is prohibited.
DIRECTIONS
Recording devices with headphones are allowed at the press conference. Available equipment may include but not be limited
to: jump drives/flash drives, MP3 players, laptops, IPad, IPhone, and recorders.
You are on staff for the Abraham High School's Broadcasting Club (Middleland, Ill.). Your director has assigned you to cover this
press conference and present a 75-second audio clip. The press conference will last no more than 10 minutes. From the given information and the presentation at the press conference, edit a 75-second story for the next broadcast. All editing must be done in the
event classroom with your equipment. You may leave the classroom to find a quiet place where you can read your script out loud.
Edit the audio clip for your high school broadcasting station. Decide on story possibilities. Decide on how to develop your story
angle. Organize your information and decide on your approach to the story. Edit a clip that would interest your audience. Each story
must end with: Reporting from Abraham High School, this is J.T. Jones with WMIL.”
You must convert your finished story into an MP3 file and deliver it to the judge on a flash drive. Make sure your contest number is on your flash drive.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
News Conference: Special Olympics
Speakers:
Stephanie Woodley is an assistant professor in the special education department at Eastern Illinois University and she coordinates
the Teacher Assessment Support Center at the school. She is a co-adviser for Sigma Rho Epsilon, an honorary fraternity in the department. Her community service includes the Special Olympics Family Festival, Area 9 Special Olympics and Class A Volunteer Special
Olympics Polar Plunge. She has a bachelor’s and master’s degrees in special education from EIU, and she is a nearly finished with her
doctorate in special education at Illinois State University.
Baylee Dibble is a junior special education major at Eastern Illinois University from Minooka, Ill. Baylee chose to teach special education because she believes all children can learn, and she wants to help facilitate that learning for children with disabilities. Baylee is
also a veteran of the IHSA Journalism State Finals, placing first as a team in 2013 and third in copy editing.
Katie Price is a senior special education major at Eastern Illinois University from Dawson, Ill. She played softball at Lincoln Land
Community College before transferring to Eastern. Katie wants to be a special educator because she wants to help ALL children reach
their potentials. Her mother is also a special education teacher, which has greatly influenced her career choice.
Continued on next page
Broadcast News
IHSA Sample Prompt
Blocks A & B
Be sure to put your contestant
code in the upper right-hand
corner of each page of your
entry. Do not put your name
or school name on the entry.
If you do, your entry will be
disqualified.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION, CONTINUED
Facts about Special Olympics
The mission of Special Olympics is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports
for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. We give them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate
courage, experience joy, and share personal skills, gifts of spirit, and friendship with their families, their fellow Special Olympics athletes,
and the world. In all that we do, Special Olympics strives to awaken the world to the precious abilities and dignity of every human being.
Beginnings
It all began in the 1950s and early 1960s, when Eunice Kennedy Shriver saw how unjustly and unfairly people with intellectual disabilities were treated. She also saw that many children with intellectual disabilities didn’t even have a place to play. She decided to take
action.
Soon, her vision began to take shape, as she held a summer day camp for young people with intellectual disabilities in her own
backyard. The goal was to learn what these children could do in sports and other activities – and not dwell on what they could not do.
Throughout the 1960s, Eunice Kennedy Shriver continued her pioneering work -- both as the driving force behind President John
F. Kennedy's White House panel on people with intellectual disabilities and as the director of the Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation.
Her vision and drive for justice eventually grew into the Special Olympics movement.
20 July 1968
The first International Special Olympics Summer Games are held at Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois, USA. A thousand people with
intellectual disabilities from 26 U.S. states and Canada compete in track and field, swimming and floor hockey.
In Illinois …
Area 9 / East Central
Area 9 was founded in 1979 and provides programming for people in the counties of Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland,
Douglas, Edgar, Effingham, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland and Shelby.
There are many opportunities available for you to get involved with Special Olympics including serving as a volunteer or committee
member, helping with fundraising, or competing as an athlete. If you live in the Area and want to find out more about the local program,
please contact the Area Director.
Area 9 Spring Games:
April 22, 2016 @ 8:00 am – 3:00 pm
EIU, O'Brien Field
Eastern Illinois University
Copy Editing
IHSA Sample Prompt
Block A
Be sure to put your contestant
code in the upper right-hand
corner of each page of your
entry. Do not put your name
or school name on the entry.
If you do, your entry will be
disqualified.
DESCRIPTION OF SCHOOL
School: Abraham High School (AHS), 2715 McGraw Drive, Middleland, Ill.
(518) 554-2334 (518) 554-2339 (fax) www.abrahamhs.edu
Mascot: The Loggers
School Colors: Brown and White
Location: Middleland, Ill.
School Size: 789 (9th-12th grades)
School Newspaper: The Standard
Yearbook Name: The Annual
Radio Station Call Letters: WMIL
TERMS & CONDITIONS EVENT RULES
Students will be provided a newspaper story that they will edit for AP style, accuracy, attribution, correct paragraphing, grammar,
spelling and redundancy. Students will be asked to locate and correct all errors. All marks must be made in pencil. Students may use a
current AP Stylebook and dictionary for this contest (non-electronic format only).
DIRECTIONS
You are a staff member of the Abraham High School's The Standard (Middleland, Ill.). You have been assigned to edit the accompanying story. Edit for style, accuracy, attribution, correct paragraphing, grammar, spelling and redundancy. Use copy editing symbols
wherever possible. You may write your corrections above the line containing the error. Do not rewrite the story. You are permitted to
use an AP stylebook and dictionaries that you provide.
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Copy Editing
IHSA Sample Prompt
Block A
Be sure to put your contestant
code in the upper right-hand
corner of each page of your
entry. Do not put your name
or school name on the entry.
If you do, your entry will be
disqualified.
EDITING PROMPT
Drivers under the age of 21 make up about 10 percent of all licensed drivers, but are
involved in 17% of alcohol related accidents, Illinois State Police officer Hank Anderson told
Abraham high school students at an all-day assembly about drunk driving.
“If you’re driving drunk and cause an accident, you will go to jail — if your still alive,”
Anderson said.
On Tuesday, April 26 the Middleland police worked together with Abraham High School’s
Mothers Again Drunk Driving group to present an all-day assembly aimed at raising awareness of
the dangers of driving while drinking.
The day was capped off by a ‘real life’ simmulation at the school.
The program presented a drunk driver, played by SeniorAlvin Trenter, who lost control of his
vehicle and caused a accident on Crabtree Ave. outside the school.
In the collission, two innocent teens, played by Junior Roz Grossman and Sophomore Jaime
Rodriguez, were killed when their car was struck by Trenter’s.
Copy Editing
IHSA Sample Prompt
Block A
Be sure to put your contestant
code in the upper right-hand
corner of each page of your
entry. Do not put your name
or school name on the entry.
If you do, your entry will be
disqualified.
AHS students were assembled in the parking lot to watch as firefighters cut Rodriguez and
Grossman out of their car and then as paramedics from the Middleland fire department attempted
to save Rodriguez’s and Grossman’s lives. The two “died” at the scene of massive injuries sustained
in the accident.
Students also watched as police administered a breathalyzer test to Trenter and made him
perform other tests like walking a straight line, touching his nose with alternating index fingers and
reciting the alphabet backward. They then hand-cuffed him and put him in the back seat of a police
cruiser.
M.A.D.D. President Malcolm Warner told students the group decided to try to to have the presentation now because Prom is only 3 weeks away.
Warner said: “We just don’t want Prom to turn into a tradgedy with an accident. We want to see
everybody back here on Monday.”
Then Officer Anderson talked about the penalties for students who are caught Driving Under the
Influence as underage drinkers.
Copy Editing
IHSA Sample Prompt
Block A
Be sure to put your contestant
code in the upper right-hand
corner of each page of your
entry. Do not put your name
or school name on the entry.
If you do, your entry will be
disqualified.
For a first offence, a driver under the age of 21 convicted of DUI will lose his driving priveleges for a
miminum of 2 years, a maximum $2500 dollar fine and a possible jail sentence for up to 1 year.,
Anderson said.
He noted that the penalties for additional convictions underl the age of 21 increase. A third arrest
under the age of 21 is a Class 4 felony with a mandatory 18 to 30-month periodic imprisonment
and a possible prison sentence of seven years and a maximum fine of $25000.00.
If a drunken driving accident that results in “great bodily harm or permanent disfigurement” is also
a Class 4 felony and carriesa prison sentence of up to twelve years and a maximum fine of $25000,
Officer Anderson said..
Even if no one is injured, a first-offense where a teenager has a blood-alcohol content of 0.08 or
more brings a mandatory six-motnh drivers license suspension, Anderson said. Refusing to take a
BAC test results in a mandatory twelve-month suspension.
And under Illinois’s Zero Tolerance Law, any trace of alcohol, even if under the legal limit, will
result in a three-month drivers liscense suspension for a first violation. That “trace” is a BAC of just
0.01, Anderson noted.
Copy Editing
IHSA Sample Prompt
Block A
Be sure to put your contestant
code in the upper right-hand
corner of each page of your
entry. Do not put your name
or school name on the entry.
If you do, your entry will be
disqualified.
A teenager who weighs 140 lbs. would exceed that level with just one drink, Anderson said,
showing a table that gave body weights and the number of drinks it would take to have an affect on
blood-alcohol content.
Fore example, a 140-pound person would have a BAC of 0.023 after one drink an 0.046 after
two.
One drink equals 1 ounce of hard liquor, three oz. of whine or 12 oz of Beer, And erson said.
Most AHS students took the presentation to heart.
“I feel like I am going to make the right choice now that I know what can happen to me or
anybody else,” said Senior Zinika Jefferson.
Grossman said the simulation effected her more than she thought it would. “At first, I thought it was
going to be fun,,” she said. “But imagining how my family would feel if this were real was really
hard.”.
Rodriguez said teen-agers have to take responsibility for their actions.
“We are all young adults who should know rite from wrong by now,” he said.
Copy Editing
IHSA Sample Prompt
Block A
Be sure to put your contestant
code in the upper right-hand
corner of each page of your
entry. Do not put your name
or school name on the entry.
If you do, your entry will be
disqualified.
But Freshman Fern Thompkins said she did not think the presentation would convince anyone who didn’t want to be convinced.
“It wasn’t real,” Thompkins said. “I feel like people who are going to drink are stilll going to
drink anyway even after they see this. People who weren’t going to drink still won’t drink.”
Thompkins said however that she was glad she got out of classes for the day.
Members of M.A.D.D. gave away keychains to all students and had a trivia quiz going during
both lunch hours in the cafeteria.
Throughout the day, students in drivers edication classes got to try driving in the parking lot
while wearing drunk-driving goggles, glasses that make the wearer feel drunk.
“That was a lot of fun,” said sophmore David Thomas. “It wass really hard to keep the car
from knocking over the pylons, but it was cool.”
Mr. John Smolina, the driver’s education teacher, said the activity wasn’t meant to be fun.
“I hope students became aware of how hard it is to control a car when you have alcohol in
your system,” Mr. Smolina said. “You mix inexperienced drivers with the impairment caused by
alcohol, and you have a recipe for disaster.”
Copy Editing
IHSA Sample Prompt
Block A
Be sure to put your contestant
code in the upper right-hand
corner of each page of your
entry. Do not put your name
or school name on the entry.
If you do, your entry will be
disqualified.
Sophomore Elaine Finley found driving with the goggles to be very scary.
“I mean, I knew I wasn’t drunk, but the goggles just put everything off-kilter,” she said. “I couldn’t
judge distance or speed or anything.”
Officer Hanson said police want students to have a scary experience with the goggles.
“This is serious. Each year in Illinois hunderds of people die needlessly in drunken driving or
drugged driving accidents,” the officer said.
News Writing
IHSA Sample Prompt
Block A
Be sure to put your contestant
code in the upper right-hand
corner of each page of your
entry. Do not put your name
or school name on the entry.
If you do, your entry will be
disqualified.
DESCRIPTION OF SCHOOL
School: Abraham High School (AHS), 2715 McGraw Drive, Middleland, Ill.
(518) 554-2334 (518) 554-2339 (fax) www.abrahamhs.edu
Mascot: The Loggers
School Colors: Brown and White
Location: Middleland, Ill.
School Size: 789 (9th-12th grades)
School Newspaper: The Standard
Yearbook Name: The Annual
Radio Station Call Letters: WMIL
If a live press conference or
press event is conducted with
this event, use the school
information provided in the
press
conference/press
event. Do not change it to
reflect the school information
on this paper.
TERMS & CONDITIONS EVENT RULES
Students shall receive both live and written interview information and then write a story based on the information provided. The
word limit will be 400 words. Stories will be judged on leads, clarity and accuracy of details, and proper style and mechanics in addition
to writing and organization. Students are permitted to use an AP Stylebook and dictionaries. Recording devices with headphones are
allowed in the press conference.
DIRECTIONS
Your editor has assigned you to cover this press conference and write a Page One story. From the given information and the presentation at the press conference, write a news story for the next issue. The word limit will be 400 words. Stories will be judged on
leads, news judgment, clarity and accuracy of details, use of quotations, proper style and mechanics, in addition to style and organization. You are permitted to use the AP Stylebook and dictionaries. Recording devices with headphones are allowed at the press conference.
Decide on story possibilities. Decide on how to develop your story angle. Organize your information and decide on your approach
to the story. Write a story that would interest newspaper readers.
Type the final word count at the bottom of the story before turning it in to the proctor.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
News Conference: Special Olympics
Speakers:
Stephanie Woodley is an assistant professor in the special education department at Eastern Illinois University and she coordinates
the Teacher Assessment Support Center at the school. She is a co-adviser for Sigma Rho Epsilon, an honorary fraternity in the department. Her community service includes the Special Olympics Family Festival, Area 9 Special Olympics and Class A Volunteer Special
Olympics Polar Plunge. She has a bachelor’s and master’s degrees in special education from EIU, and she is a nearly finished with her
doctorate in special education at Illinois State University.
Baylee Dibble is a junior special education major at Eastern Illinois University from Minooka, Ill. Baylee chose to teach special education because she believes all children can learn, and she wants to help facilitate that learning for children with disabilities. Baylee is
also a veteran of the IHSA Journalism State Finals, placing first as a team in 2013 and third in copy editing.
Katie Price is a senior special education major at Eastern Illinois University from Dawson, Ill. She played softball at Lincoln Land
Community College before transferring to Eastern. Katie wants to be a special educator because she wants to help ALL children reach
their potentials. Her mother is also a special education teacher, which has greatly influenced her career choice.
Continued on next page
News Writing
IHSA Sample Prompt
Block A
Be sure to put your contestant
code in the upper right-hand
corner of each page of your
entry. Do not put your name
or school name on the entry.
If you do, your entry will be
disqualified.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION, CONTINUED
Facts about Special Olympics
The mission of Special Olympics is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports
for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. We give them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate
courage, experience joy, and share personal skills, gifts of spirit, and friendship with their families, their fellow Special Olympics athletes,
and the world. In all that we do, Special Olympics strives to awaken the world to the precious abilities and dignity of every human being.
Beginnings
It all began in the 1950s and early 1960s, when Eunice Kennedy Shriver saw how unjustly and unfairly people with intellectual disabilities were treated. She also saw that many children with intellectual disabilities didn’t even have a place to play. She decided to take
action.
Soon, her vision began to take shape, as she held a summer day camp for young people with intellectual disabilities in her own
backyard. The goal was to learn what these children could do in sports and other activities – and not dwell on what they could not do.
Throughout the 1960s, Eunice Kennedy Shriver continued her pioneering work -- both as the driving force behind President John
F. Kennedy's White House panel on people with intellectual disabilities and as the director of the Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation.
Her vision and drive for justice eventually grew into the Special Olympics movement.
20 July 1968
The first International Special Olympics Summer Games are held at Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois, USA. A thousand people with
intellectual disabilities from 26 U.S. states and Canada compete in track and field, swimming and floor hockey.
In Illinois …
Area 9 / East Central
Area 9 was founded in 1979 and provides programming for people in the counties of Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland,
Douglas, Edgar, Effingham, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland and Shelby.
There are many opportunities available for you to get involved with Special Olympics including serving as a volunteer or committee
member, helping with fundraising, or competing as an athlete. If you live in the Area and want to find out more about the local program,
please contact the Area Director.
Area 9 Spring Games:
April 22, 2016 @ 8:00 am – 3:00 pm
EIU, O'Brien Field
Eastern Illinois University
Info Graphics
IHSA Sample Prompt
Block A
Computer Lab
Be sure to put your contestant
code in the upper right-hand
corner of each page of your
entry. Do not put your name
or school name on the entry.
If you do, your entry will be
disqualified.
DESCRIPTION OF SCHOOL
School: Abraham High School (AHS), 2715 McGraw Drive, Middleland, Ill.
(518) 554-2334 (518) 554-2339 (fax) www.abrahamhs.edu
Mascot: The Loggers
School Colors: Brown and White
Location: Middleland, Ill.
School Size: 789 (9th-12th grades)
School Newspaper: The Standard
Yearbook Name: The Annual
Radio Station Call Letters: WMIL
TERMS & CONDITIONS EVENT RULES
Students will be required to create a graphic to illustrate a given set of statistics for a story that will be provided to them. Entries
will be judged on originality, readability, clarity, and adherence to aesthetic control principles. Information regarding the platform and
available programs will be posted on the IHSA website. Adobe Creative Suite programs can be used in this event.
DIRECTIONS
You are a staff member of the Abraham High School's The Standard. Your newspaper editor has asked for you to prepare two computer-generated graphics based on the provided story. The graphics should follow the specifications outlined in the assignment.
Entries will be judged on originality, readability, clarity, and adherence to aesthetic control principles.
ASSIGNMENT
Design two graphics on the computer communicating the statistics reported below. You may use InDesign, Adobe Creative Suite
programs and/or PhotoShop. Clip Art is not permitted. The graphics must both fit on an 8 1/2 X 11 sheet. They can be vertical or horizontal. They should be black and white.
•
•
•
Only use the tools in the provided software programs
Calculators may be used for this category
Any internet image use is prohibited, including clip art
FO·MO
ˈfōmō/
noun
informal
1. anxiety that an exciting or interesting event may currently be happening elsewhere, often aroused by posts seen on a social
media website.
"I realized I was a lifelong sufferer of FOMO"
Social Media are prevalent at AHS. The story is about FOMO, defined above, and its effects. Your two graphics will accompany the
story about FOMO. Both graphics must appear on a single page.
Trends in Social Media Use and FOMO
250 students at AHS were given the following survey questions worded this way:
What social media do you use most?
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram
Snapchat
Pinterest
43 percent
18 percent
32 percent
5 percent
2 percent
How often are you distressed by something you read on
social media?
Daily
Weekly
Monthly
Never
12
44
26
18
percent
percent
percent
percent
Review Writing
IHSA Sample Prompt
Block A
Genre: Music Review
Be sure to put your contestant
code in the upper right-hand
corner of each page of your
entry. Do not put your name
or school name on the entry.
If you do, your entry will be
disqualified.
DESCRIPTION OF SCHOOL
School: Abraham High School (AHS), 2715 McGraw Drive, Middleland, Ill.
(518) 554-2334 (518) 554-2339 (fax) www.abrahamhs.edu
Mascot: The Loggers
School Colors: Brown and White
Location: Middleland, Ill.
School Size: 789 (9th-12th grades)
School Newspaper: The Standard
Yearbook Name: The Annual
Radio Station Call Letters: WMIL
TERMS & CONDITIONS EVENT RULES
Students will write a review suitable for publication in their high school newspaper. The word limit will be 350 words. Advisers will
be notified on the IHSA website of the genre of material to be reviewed one (1) week prior to sectionals/state. Students are permitted
to use an AP Stylebook and dictionaries (non-electronic format only).
DIRECTIONS
You are the entertainment reporter for The Standard. You are reviewing a live performance from the band Single Player. Write a
review of the music for the next issue of The Standard. The word limit will be 350 words. You are permitted to use an AP Stylebook
and dictionary. Type the final word count at the bottom of the story before turning it in to
the proctor.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Sean Neumann
I got a chance to talk to Sean Neumann for this segment. If you haven’t met him yet,
you should. He just finished up his freshman year at the U of I, and I would mark him as
one of the most genuinely nice people that I’ve met in this music scene. I saw him play
with his band Single Player for the first time at our very own Benefit Show this past winter. And, my friends and I agreed that he resembled an angel singing his heart out at
Mike N Mollys that night. He also plays with Easter and has written a lot about Illini
Women’s Softball. Unfortunately, I was only able to reach him by e-mail so I have a less
impressive interview for you today. Anyway, here’s a rad talk with Sean Neumann:
JT: What all music-related things are you currently involved in?
SN: I work at Polyvinyl Records Co., two jobs at The Daily Illini, I write for buzz, I play guitar with Easter and then I write my own
music and play with friends under the band name Single Player and another band called Bellicose Isle that never plays shows.
JT: Do you have any previous music groups? You can go back in your life as far back as you’re willing to go.
SN:The first real band I played in was called The Articulators. I also played in a band called Portland, then Bellicose Isle, Single
Player, and now Easter too.
JT: How did you first get involved in music?
SN: Pretty much every part of my life has trickled down from my friend Jake Karlson and his friends growing up. Even the way I laugh
could be traced back to him. He would get into something, then his brother Josh (who is my age and my best friend growing up)
would get into it and then Josh would get us into it too. One of the most important things that trickled down was getting into different types of music and starting bands. We’d see the older kids do it, and then we would want to do it too.
Continued on next page
Review Writing
IHSA Sample Prompt
Block A
Genre: Music Review
Be sure to put your contestant
code in the upper right-hand
corner of each page of your
entry. Do not put your name
or school name on the entry.
If you do, your entry will be
disqualified.
JT: What would you say is your most interesting story from the music world?
SN: Uhhh, I don’t really have any cool stories. I’ve hit my head a few times on ceiling fans and met all of my best friends from music. I
guess an alright story is when Easter played with Wavves in December, I kept ding-dong-ditching their “dressing room” about 10 or
15 times within the span of a few minutes and they didn’t take too kindly to that. But I used to play sports a lot, so I guess being a
pretty fast runner comes in handy in those situations.
JT: If you could tell your five year old self anything, what would it be?
SN: “On October 14th, 2003, do NOT watch the Cubs game.”
JT: Any other super interesting stories or last minute thoughts?
SN: I don’t know. Everyone’s cool in C-U and has been really accepting of me as a newcomer. It’s all cool.
JT: Thanks a whole bunch for doing this, Sean! I’m excited for what you’re going to make in the future.
Article by Jon Tracey on Sunday, May 26, 2013 posted on http://www.pizzafm.org/how-did-we-get-here-sean-neumann/
Recent tour dates late 2015-2016
Single Player
The band:
Sean Neumann—Lead Singer, Lead Guitar
Jake Mott—Drummer
Derrin Coad—Bass
Hometown: Mokena, IL
Hometown: Gibson City, IL
Hometown: Gibson City, IL
Working on new materials to be released this summer.
Lyrics on next page
Review Writing
IHSA Sample Prompt
Block A
Genre: Music Review
Be sure to put your contestant
code in the upper right-hand
corner of each page of your
entry. Do not put your name
or school name on the entry.
If you do, your entry will be
disqualified.
LYRICS
The Setlist:
#1
#2
#3
#5
Things
Running Away From My Own
Silver Dollar
Jen
21
#4
Cool
#7
I was only going after the girls with all the silver dollars.
#1
Someone told me there’s beauty in everything I see, but I don’t
believe.
Someone told me there’s someone who loved me from the start,
but I find it hard.
Love can’t contain us if everything else is so hard.
Love can’t contain us if you can’t pull your part.
#4
I have conversations when you’re not around.
I’ve got 3 words inside of my mouth.
I talk to you when you’re not around.
I’ve got 3 words inside of my mouth.
#2
I could tell a secret in my home.
I could tell a secret in my soul.
No one would hear a word I say.
No one would give a damn anyways.
#3
Why don’t they love me? Girls.
#5
Someone told me I’m free.
Someone told me release.
Others, they can’t believe that you don’t want to see me.
Things
I’ve been thinking of things I’d say to you if tomorrow I would
end up dead.
I’ve been thinking of things I’d say to you if tomorrow you
weren’t in my head.
Like, you’re kind of annoying but you’re kind of my best friend.
And you’re kind of a liar, but I’d believe each word you said.
If you told me it was just once or twice, and it was not that nice.
Running Away From My Own
Let me sleep with one eye opened up.
Time to make out with everything I’ve done.
I’m running away from my own.
I’m running away from the things I’ve become.
And I wouldn’t say what I’d become.
Silver Dollar
I was looking for my health.
I was looking for myself.
Jen
I wish you weren’t a lesbian.
Oh, the trouble that you and I have been.
I wish you weren’t alone. I wish we were alone with you.
21
Your friends they tell me one thing, that you are much too
young.
Your friend they tell me another thing, that you are much too
dumb.
21, and you’re sitting in a bar. You’re 21 and you’re stealing away
my heart.
Cool
If you want talking, then meet me after school.
If you weren’t thinking of me, I guess I’m just a fool.
If you’re planning just to use me, I guess I’m just that cool.
#7
Is it such a crime to wish that you were sleeping near me?
And after a while I’d know that I’d be sleeping to.
After a while I’d go and move to turn you over.
You would lie awake and kiss me on the shoulder.
You would lie awake and tell me that it’s ok.
Advertising
IHSA Sample Prompt
Block A
Be sure to put your contestant
code in the upper right-hand
corner of each page of your
entry. Do not put your name
or school name on the entry.
If you do, your entry will be
disqualified.
DESCRIPTION OF SCHOOL
School: Abraham High School (AHS), 2715 McGraw Drive, Middleland, Ill.
(518) 554-2334 (518) 554-2339 (fax) www.abrahamhs.edu
Mascot: The Loggers
School Colors: Brown and White
Location: Middleland, Ill.
School Size: 789 (9th-12th grades)
School Newspaper: The Standard
Yearbook Name: The Annual
Radio Station Call Letters: WMIL
TERMS & CONDITIONS EVENT RULES
Students will be given two business sheets from which they will design ads to fit certain sizes on provided 81/2 x 11” sheets.
Students may bring rulers, pens, pencils or black felt-tipped pens. They will not be allowed to use color. All artwork in the ad must be
original. Entries will be judged based on originality, readability, and the use of a dominant element that grabs attention and sells the
product or service.
DIRECTIONS
You are a staff member of the Abraham High School's The Standard (Middleland, Ill.). You are to design two business ads on the
advertising sheet given to you from the prompts provided.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Ad #1
Design a newspaper advertisement for the corresponding box on your design sheet.
Advertiser: A.J.’s Hamburgers
Product promoted in this ad: AHS students, faculty and staff: 20 percent discount every Tuesday with school ID.
Information that can be put in this advertisement:
•
11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday through Thursday and Sunday
•
11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday and Saturday
•
12 Winter Street, Middleland, Ill.
•
Fast service for students during their lunch hour
other highlights:
•
catering, takeout (call 555-274-3664), plan themed lunches, dinners in our special rooms, free wifi
Ad #2
Design a newspaper advertisement for the corresponding box on your design sheet.
Advertiser: A.J.’s Hamburgers
Special Promotion: summer help wanted for new location. A.J.’s Hamburgers is opening a second location in Middleland and needs to
hire a staff: line cooks, wait staff, hostesses, etc.
Information that can be put in this advertisement:
•
Restaurant hours will be the same as the main restaurant:
•
11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday through Thursday and Sunday; 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday and Saturday
•
New address: 176 Prairie Drive, Middleland, across from Friendly Laundry.
•
Apply in person. Application must be complete to be considered. Experience is not necessary.
•
Pick up applications at the AHS counselor’s office or at the main location
•
Deadline to apply is Friday, May 6
•
Must be available for interviews the weekend of May 7-8.
•
Pays $10 per hour to start.
Advertising Ad Layout Sheet
Ad #1
Ad #2
Yearbook Theme Development
IHSA Sample Prompt
Block A
Duo or Single Event
Be sure to put your contestant
code in the upper right-hand
corner of each page of your
entry. Do not put your name
or school name on the entry.
If you do, your entry will be
disqualified.
DESCRIPTION OF SCHOOL
School: Abraham High School (AHS), 2715 McGraw Drive, Middleland, Ill.
(518) 554-2334 (518) 554-2339 (fax) www.abrahamhs.edu
Mascot: The Loggers
School Colors: Brown and White
Location: Middleland, Ill.
School Size: 789 (9th-12th grades)
School Newspaper: The Standard
Yearbook Name: The Annual
Radio Station Call Letters: WMIL
TERMS & CONDITIONS EVENT RULES
Students will be given a theme provided at the contest site from which they will develop a colored cover page and black and white
title page (not a divider page) with graphics for a high school yearbook. Students competing in Yearbook Theme Development may
use the following materials: magazines, markers, colored pencils, scissors, glue/glue sticks. Information regarding the platform and
available programs will be posted on the IHSA website. Entries will be judged based on basic design principles, creativity and originality.
DIRECTIONS
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mark an “X” through each photo rectangle and write a brief description of the picture or graphic effect in the photo area.
Indicate caption locations.
If the theme development includes art work, feel free to sketch it or offer an explanation of its style and content.
Write “copy” in the areas where you have placed copy. Side bars may also be included. The more information you can give regarding type style, leading, size, etc., the better able judges will be to evaluate your work.
Write headlines in or indicate their placement with a wavy line.
Submit your explanation along with your design.
ASSIGNMENT
You are a member of the Abraham High School's yearbook staff. Your editor has asked you to design the cover/title page with
graphics for this year's book. Use the information below to develop a theme. You are to assume that all information below is correct
and that it is all that you will have to work with. Do not make up additional information.
Theme: It's personal
You are to use this theme/concept development by designing and providing detailed instructions for the following:
1. Cover of the book
2. Title page of the book
Use of graphics to enhance the development of the theme/concept will be considered necessary. Write a brief explanation discussing the theme development /concept and the use of graphics in its development. Explanation of how the theme/concept can relate
to each section should be included, as well as a brief description of how the copy could help develop the theme. The following items
may be used: magazines, markers, colored pencils, scissors, glue or glue sticks.
You will be judged on your use of the theme/concept idea and on your ability to design. Use special effects and graphics to develop
the idea. Any special effects you might use should be explained in detail on the layout page and in your written explanation.
The cover is full color; the title page can be full color or black and white
Newspaper Design
IHSA Sample Prompt
Block A
Be sure to put your contestant
code in the upper right-hand
corner of each page of your
entry. Do not put your name
or school name on the entry.
If you do, your entry will be
disqualified.
DESCRIPTION OF SCHOOL
School: Abraham High School (AHS), 2715 McGraw Drive, Middleland, Ill.
(518) 554-2334 (518) 554-2339 (fax) www.abrahamhs.edu
Mascot: The Loggers
School Colors: Brown and White
Location: Middleland, Ill.
School Size: 789 (9th-12th grades)
School Newspaper: The Standard
Yearbook Name: The Annual
Radio Station Call Letters: WMIL
TERMS & CONDITIONS EVENT RULES
Students will design a front page of a 16-inch tabloid newspaper. Elements will be provided at the contest site. Entries will be
judged on a well-balanced design that is appealing to the eye and incorporates basic design rules such as multiple points of entry and
good use of headline size. Stories chosen should reflect good news judgment. Information regarding the platform and available programs will be posted on the IHSA website. Only the elements provided at the contest site may be used. Adobe Creative Suite programs
can be used in this event.
DIRECTIONS
The Standard is a 5-column tabloid, 16 inches deep. The nameplate (flag) may be either 5 columns or 3 columns in width. The
nameplate, including information normally located in the folio, may not exceed a depth of 2 inches.
An index of stories is attached that summarizes each story available to you and mentions if a photo goes with the story. Every story
and photo available cannot be used. You will be judged not only on your design but also on the news judgment used in selecting the
stories and photos and the manner in which you place them on the page. You will not be judged on the quality of the photos, only your
cropping and sizing of them. Only the elements provided at the contest site may be used.
Attached is an index of available stories and copies of the available photos.
The design must be done on the computer using InDesign.
1. Open the Newspaper Design folder on the desktop. Here you will find an InDesign document named “page one dummy.”
Open the page one dummy.
2. Design your page. To import stories or photos into your design, return to the Newspaper Design folder. Inside you will find a
Stories folder and a Photos folder. Open either one of them and find the story or photo you want to import into your design. Do not
write real headlines for your stories, but include dummy heads in the size and style you want. Also write dummy captions for the photos
you use. Text must be in 10-point Times Regular, captions must be in 10-point Times Bold, and the nameplate and all headlines must
be in Helvetica (regular, bold, italic, bold italic). Obviously, you determine the size and style of all heads.
3.
Once you have finished your page, print it out at 59 percent to fit an 8 1/2 X 11 page.
Index of Available Stories
Newspaper design Page One budget
Story One
Special Olympics, with photo
Story Two
DECA student win awards, with photo
Story Three
Cheating, with illustration
Story Four
Teachers retiring, no art
Story Five
Teacher offering trip abroad in 2017, with art: Big Ben and
Eiffel Tower
Story Six
Mr. Logger competition, with Photo
Photos on next two pages
Story One
Story Two
Story Three
Story Five
Story Six
Sports Writing
IHSA Sample Prompt
Block A
Be sure to put your contestant
code in the upper right-hand
corner of each page of your
entry. Do not put your name
or school name on the entry.
If you do, your entry will be
disqualified.
DESCRIPTION OF SCHOOL
School: Abraham High School (AHS), 2715 McGraw Drive, Middleland, Ill.
(518) 554-2334 (518) 554-2339 (fax) www.abrahamhs.edu
Mascot: The Loggers
School Colors: Brown and White
Location: Middleland, Ill.
School Size: 789 (9th-12th grades)
School Newspaper: The Standard
Yearbook Name: The Annual
Radio Station Call Letters: WMIL
If a live press conference or
press event is conducted with
this event, use the school
information provided in the
press
conference/press
event. Do not change it to
reflect the school information
on this paper.
TERMS & CONDITIONS EVENT RULES
Students who compete in the sports writing contest will have interview information on a person who is involved in sports and then
write a story based on the material. The word limit will be 400 words. In addition to well-written and organized articles, judges will be
looking for the use of an interesting lead that pulls the reader into the story, accurate details about the information given by the subject,
and proper style and mechanics. Students are permitted to use an AP Stylebook and
DIRECTIONS
You are a sports writer for the Abraham High School's The Standard (Middleland, Ill.). You have been assigned to cover the 2016
IHSA Boys Basketball State Finals at Carver Arena inside the Peoria Civic Center in Peoria, Illinois on Friday, March 11, 2016. You are to
write a story based on the results of the Class 2A semifinal contest between Rockridge High School (Taylor Ridge, Ill.) and Hales
Franciscan High School (Chicago, Ill.). You will view the final 1:14 of the game on video. You will then view each team’s post-game press
conference. Please note that press conference questions are difficult to hear and have been provided in this prompt on the pages that
follow. Pencil and paper will be provided to take notes on the press conference responses, which are not provided. Students may also
place recording devices near the audio system to record the answers. The press conference portion may be played a second time upon
request. Final game stats, including play-by-play and team information are provided on the subsequent pages. In addition to well-written and organized articles, judges will be looking for the use of an interesting lead that pulls the reader into the story, accurate details
about the information given, and proper style and mechanics. The word limit will be 400 words. You are permitted to use an AP
Stylebook and dictionaries. Type the final word count at the bottom of the story before turning it in to the proctor.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Background information continued on following pages
Hales Franciscan Spartans
Record: 20-12 entering Rockridge game (Home Team)
Head Coach: Gary London (17th season, 330-182)
No. Name
Pos.
Ht.
1
Milton Wordlow (Captain)
G
5-9
3
Renardo Morgan
G
6-0
4
Austin Trice
F
6-8
5
Dantryll Pearson
G
5-10
10
Mike Mays
G
5-10
13
Nick McKenzie (Captain)
G
6-3
15
Dylan Anderson
G
5-9
21
Dakhari Ingram
G
6-2
22
Bryan Bolin
F
5-11
23
Karim Sameh
C
6-11
24
Chris Swan
F
6-5
32
Patrick McKenzie
G
6-1
34
Alfred Lott
F
6-3
Wt.
155
165
210
160
145
195
165
180
170
250
250
210
215
Yr.
Jr.
Sr.
Sr.
Sr.
Jr.
Sr.
Sr.
Sr.
Sr.
Sr.
Sr.
So.
Sr.
Rockridge Rockets
Record: 27-4 entering Hales Franciscan game (Away Team)
Head Coach: Toby Whiteman (10th season, 170-104)
No. Name
Pos.
Ht.
2
Brett Hilligoss
G
6-0
3
Carson Frakes
F
6-4
4
Gentry Whiteman
G
5-10
10
Peyton Bizarri
F
6-0
11
Connor Carroll
F
5-9
12
Dalton Woeber
G
5-8
15
Trafton Otting
F
6-1
20
Michael Griffin
F
6-1
23
Brandon Trost
F
6-4
24
Nick Holbert
F
6-2
32
Tyler Ulfig
F
5-11
33
TJ Martens (Captain)
F
6-5
34
Cade Kendall
F
5-11
42
Dakota McManus (Captain)
F
6-3
52
Zach Anderson
C
6-3
Wt.
160
170
150
185
145
170
140
185
145
160
175
180
175
235
220
Yr.
Sr.
Jr.
Jr.
Sr.
Sr.
Sr.
Sr.
So.
Jr.
Jr.
Sr.
Sr.
Jr.
Sr.
Jr.
ROCKRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL PRESS CONFERENCE
MEDIA NOTES
1) St. Joseph-Ogden High School (St. Joseph, Ill.) defeated Central High School (Breese, Ill.) 60-48 in the first
Class 2A semifinal on March 11. St. Joseph-Ogden High School will play the winner of Rockridge-Hales
Franciscan in the Class 2A State Championship on March 12 at Carver Arena at 8:00 PM.
Rockridge Press Conference ID, left to right
Dakota McManus, Gentry Whiteman, Head Coach Toby Whiteman, Carson Frakes, TJ Martens (blocked, not
visible)
OPENING STATEMENT by Coach Whiteman followed by…
QUESTION 1 to Coach Whiteman:
Q: What did it mean to you to see your kids persevere during the final two minutes of the game?
QUESTION 2 to Carson Frakes:
Q: What was going through your mind entering those last five seconds and taking the final shot?
QUESTION 3 to Coach Whiteman:
Q: Were you surprised that Hales Franciscan slowed the pace of the game?
QUESTION 4 to Gentry Whiteman:
Q: When you fell down, did you feel like the game was over at that point?
QUESTION 5 to Coach Whiteman:
Q: You talked about playing close games all season, did that help your team’s patience as you were fighting
back in the second half?
QUESTION 6 to TJ Mertens (blocked, off camera)
Q: TJ, you were the leading scorer tonight. What was your perspective on that whole last play? Where were
you? What did you see happening? What were your hopes for it?
HALES FRANCISCAN HIGH SCHOOL PRESS CONFERENCE
MEDIA NOTES
1) In the press conference, a Hales Franciscan player references “reviewing” the final play of the game. The
game was played under the rulebook of the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS),
which does not allow for video replay. The referees correctly called the shot good on the floor and that call
was immediately final. The play was not and could not have been reviewed.
2) In the press conference, Hales Franciscan references losing a player to injury. Starting center Karim
Sameh injured his leg in the team shootaround at Peoria High School (Peoria, Ill.) earlier that day and did not
suit up or play in the game.
Hales Franciscan Press Conference ID, left to right
Austin Trice, Head Coach Gary London, Milton Wordlow, Nick McKenzie (blocked, not visible)
OPENING STATEMENT by Coach London followed by…
QUESTION 1 to Nick Mckenzie (blocked, off camera):
Q: What was your thought on the final play and when you saw the shot go up and go in?
QUESTION 2 to Nick Mckenzie (blocked, off camera):
Q: You hit several big shots down the stretch, were you nervous at all about taking such important shorts at
that point in the game?
QUESTION 3 to Coach London:
Q: Outside of the last shot, can you talk about how well the team played and what the keys to the game
were?
QUESTION 4 to Coach London:
Q: Can you talk about the Wordlow to Trice play with five seconds left to take the lead?
Yearbook Copy Writing
IHSA Sample Prompt
Block B
Be sure to put your contestant
code in the upper right-hand
corner of each page of your
entry. Do not put your name
or school name on the entry.
If you do, your entry will be
disqualified.
DESCRIPTION OF SCHOOL
School: Abraham High School (AHS), 2715 McGraw Drive, Middleland, Ill.
(518) 554-2334 (518) 554-2339 (fax) www.abrahamhs.edu
Mascot: The Loggers
School Colors: Brown and White
Location: Middleland, Ill.
School Size: 789 (9th-12th grades)
School Newspaper: The Standard
Yearbook Name: The Annual
Radio Station Call Letters: WMIL
TERMS & CONDITIONS EVENT RULES
Students will be provided a fact sheet from which they will write a copy block suitable for a high school yearbook. The word limit
will be 350 words. In addition to a well-written and organized copy, judges will look for accurate details, and proper style and mechanics. Students are permitted to use an AP Stylebook and dictionaries (non-electronic format only).
DIRECTIONS
You are a staff writer for the Abraham High School's yearbook. Your editor has assigned you to write the yearbook copy for the
student section. Use the information gained from this prompt to help you write your story. Judges will evaluate the efforts as to how
well written and organized it is, how accurate it is and how proper style and mechanics were followed. All information that is available
is listed. Do not make up any additional information. Copy block should be 350 words. You are permitted to use an AP Stylebook
and dictionaries. Type the final word count at the bottom of the story before turning it in to the proctor.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Topic: Freshmen raise money to sponsor an honor flight escort.
Honor Flight Network is a non-profit organization created solely to honor America’s veterans for all their sacrifices. They transport
soldiers from World War II from all over the country to Washington, D.C. to visit and reflect at their memorials. Top priority is given to
the senior veterans – World War II survivors, along with those other veterans who may be terminally ill.
According to the Department of Veterans Affairs, an estimated 640 WWII veterans die each day. The time to express our thanks to
these brave men and women is running out. Honor Flight was founded to recognize World War II veterans by flying them all-expensepaid to Washington DC for a day of honor, remembrance and celebration.
The cost to the soldier, including the flight to and from Washington, is free, but guardians who escort a WWII hero each pay $498
for the privelidge.
The freshman class at AHS decided to fundraise throughout the year to raise enough money to pay for four escorts. The goal was
for everyone to particiapte in at least one event. Fundraising events had something for everyone:
•
•
•
•
leaf raking in the fall throughout the community.
selling fresh wreaths for the holidays.
New Year's Eve babysitting.
two car washes.
They exceeded their goal and raised enough to send six escorts.
Class President Howard Martinez
Vice President Lisa Smith
Treasurer Maxie Cane
Secretary Judith McKenna
Yearbook Copy Writing
IHSA Sample Prompt
Block B
Be sure to put your contestant
code in the upper right-hand
corner of each page of your
entry. Do not put your name
or school name on the entry.
If you do, your entry will be
disqualified.
QUOTES
Georgie Collins, freshman, project co-coordinator: I did the babysitting. We took reservations through Dec. 20, and then
matched two students with each family. I think everyone was very satisfied with the service. Each family paid a minimum of $50 for the
evening, but many paid more since it was a fund-raiser. I also helped with one of the car washes. It was great that the grocery store let
us use their parking lot. It was a great location, so we had a good turnout.
Maxie Cane, freshman class treasurer. The leaf raking was a biggest moneymaker. It was a donation only, and most people gave
more than $50. We used teams of four at each house, and parents drove us to the houses. It was a big job to collect all the money, but
we opened a savings account, and now, after giving $3,000 to the Honor Flight, we have the start of a savings account for things like
our senior class trip and junior prom. We did good.
Ms. Pauline Deborin, freshman class sponsor: This class is really special. This project brought everyone together and for an entire
year they worked to accomplish this. They were so selfless, thinking of others. Some of the soldiers from the area will be coming next
year to speak about their trip. I think this is wonderful. I am so happy to be working with this class. We had 100 percent participation.
Feature Writing
IHSA Sample Prompt
Block B
Be sure to put your contestant
code in the upper right-hand
corner of each page of your
entry. Do not put your name
or school name on the entry.
If you do, your entry will be
disqualified.
DESCRIPTION OF SCHOOL
School: Abraham High School (AHS), 2715 McGraw Drive, Middleland, Ill.
(518) 554-2334 (518) 554-2339 (fax) www.abrahamhs.edu
Mascot: The Loggers
School Colors: Brown and White
Location: Middleland, Ill.
School Size: 789 (9th-12th grades)
School Newspaper: The Standard
Yearbook Name: The Annual
Radio Station Call Letters: WMIL
If a live press conference or
press event is conducted with
this event, use the school
information provided in the
press
conference/press
event. Do not change it to
reflect the school information
on this paper.
TERMS & CONDITIONS EVENT RULES
Students shall receive both live and written interview information and then write a feature story based on the information provided.
The word limit will be 500 words. In addition to well written and organized articles, judges will look for the use of an interesting lead,
accurate details about the information provided by the subject, and proper style and mechanics. Students are permitted to use an AP
Stylebook and dictionaries (non-electronic format only). Recording devices with headphones are allowed in the press conference.
DIRECTIONS
Your editor has assigned you to cover this press conference and write a feature story. From the given information and the press
conference, write a feature story for the next issue. The word limit will be 500 words. You are permitted to use an AP Stylebook and
dictionaries. Recording devices with headphones are allowed at the press conference. However, you should take notes.
Stories will be judge on leads, clarity and accuracy of details, proper style and mechanics, use of quotations, in quotations, in addition to style and organization.
Type the final word count at the bottom of the story before turning it in to the proctor.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Topic: Fashion Design
Speakers:
Katherine A. Shaw, doctorate in retail merchandising and product development from Florida State University
Eastern Illinois University Associate Professor of Merchandising/Textile and Apparel Design in School of Family and Consumer
Sciences
Departmental Honors Coordinator/University Honors Council Chair
Belongs to the International Textile and Apparel Association
Awards: University Teaching Award Recipient, Achievement and Contribution Award, Eastern Illinois University, 2015
Outstanding Faculty Member nomination, Panhellic Council, EIU, 2013
Teaching Achievement and Contribution Award Nomination, EIU, 2012
Brittany William
graduate student at Eastern Illinois University in Family and Consumer Science
Focus: sustainable textiles
2015 EIU graduate in business administration with a focus in entrepreneurship
Class:
Pattern Development and Design
Course description: Application of flat patterning theories and techniques to create original apparel and accessory products using
industry state-of-the-art patterning software.
Students must have taken Clothing and Soft Goods Construction, a study of basic principles of clothing and soft product construction processes or have permission of the instructor after evaluation of clothing construction samples.
In this class, students design and create clothes in competition size 8, and also in full size.
Yearbook Layout:
Double Page Spread
IHSA Sample Prompt
Block B
Be sure to put your contestant
code in the upper right-hand
corner of each page of your
entry. Do not put your name
or school name on the entry.
If you do, your entry will be
disqualified.
DESCRIPTION OF SCHOOL
School: Abraham High School (AHS), 2715 McGraw Drive, Middleland, Ill.
(518) 554-2334 (518) 554-2339 (fax) www.abrahamhs.edu
Mascot: The Loggers
School Colors: Brown and White
Location: Middleland, Ill.
School Size: 789 (9th-12th grades)
School Newspaper: The Standard
Yearbook Name: The Annual
Radio Station Call Letters: WMIL
TERMS & CONDITIONS EVENT RULES
Students will create a layout for a double-page spread using elements supplied at the contest site. Entries will be judged on good
use of and variety of sizes and shapes of all elements, a design that is appropriate for the theme and audience, and use of dominant
element and readability of text. Information regarding the platform and available programs will be found on the IHSA website. Only the
elements provided at the contest site may be used. Adobe Creative Suite programs can be used in this event.
DIRECTIONS
This contest is designed to test your ability to plan a two-page yearbook spread. It will demand knowledge of layout and design,
photo cropping and sizing and copy positioning (including headlines and captions).
All the copy and photos available do not have to be used.
Attached is a copy of the available text and photos with caption information. You will not be judged on the quality of the photos,
only how you crop, size and integrate them into your design. Only the elements provided at the contest site may be used.
The design must be done on the computer using InDesign.
1. Open the Yearbook Layout folder. Here you will find an InDesign document called “YB dummy.” Open it. Type your contestant
number in at the very top of your pages.
2. To import text or photos into your design, return to the Yearbook Layout folder. Inside you will find a Copy folder and a Photos
folder. Open either one of them and find the text or photo you want to import into your design. Include headlines and cutlines for your
design. You may use dummy text for your photo captions.
3. You may use only three type fonts--Palatino, Gil Sans or Times. Within each font you may use the styles of regular, bold, italic
or bold italic.
4. Once you have finished both pages, the proctor will give you instructions on how to save your work and print it out. The layout
will be printed on an 8 1/2 X 11 sheet of paper at 56 percent.
Story information for double-page yearbook spread
Special Olympics
Kailey Aldridge chooses to spend time with special needs people for one driving reason: her own disability.
Aldridge, a junior special education major, lost hearing ability in her left ear 12 years ago due to auditory neuropathy,
a condition that cuts the sound off from coming to her brain.
“I struggled through school and had one-on-one teachers through elementary and junior high school,” Aldridge said.
Aldridge, who volunteered at the Special Olympics Family Festival, works at a special needs camp in northern Illinois
and wants to be a teacher for the mentally and physically handicapped.
“I like giving back to a community of understanding people who helped me,” she said.
The Special Olympics Family Festival is an annual event hosted by Lake Land College that allows for a volunteer, or
“Friend-For-A-Day,” to play carnival games with a special needs person. This year, Eastern provided 475 volunteers,
almost half of the 1,000 total volunteers.
Kathlene Shank, the department chair of special education, says the biggest challenge to running the Special
Olympics Family Festival is recruiting enough volunteers.
“The Daily Eastern News even ran a free half-page ad for us because we were short on volunteers,” said Shank. “I’m
not sure they had ever done that before.”
Sometimes, the “Olympians” give specific instructions to the coordinators on the type of “Friend-For-A-Day” they
desire. For example, a participant named Austin requested a friend who knew science fiction. Austin had prepared a science fiction test for his future friend.
“So I yelled ‘Does anyone know science fiction?’ and four big, muscled guys walked up,” said Shank. “Austin proceeded to ask them questions, and he finally picked a guy. I asked him if his new friend knew the most science fiction, and
Austin said, ‘No, but I can teach him the most.’”
Others volunteer because of a renewed perspective. Megan Childers, a senior mathematics major, met a non-verbal
mentally handicapped person on her latest mission trip, which inspired her to come out to the Special Olympics Family
Festival.
“One night, we had dinner with a lady named Diane and we all prayed before dinner,” Childers said. “We always
made a point to let Diane speak, even though no one knew what she was talking about.”
Meeting Diane opened Childers’ mind.
“It gave me a different perspective: to not judge a book by its cover. I had never met anyone like her before.”
Stephanie Woodley, a special education professor, says her best students are flexible and have open minds.
“You have to step outside of your box to get them to step out of theirs,” said Woodley.
“I tell my students that you have a new day everyday, it’s never boring.”
Story by Kristen Gisondi
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Ball Toss
Group
Horray
Number 1
Singing
Sling shot
Editorial Writing
IHSA Sample Prompt
Block B
Be sure to put your contestant
code in the upper right-hand
corner of each page of your
entry. Do not put your name
or school name on the entry.
If you do, your entry will be
disqualified.
DESCRIPTION OF SCHOOL
School: Abraham High School (AHS), 2715 McGraw Drive, Middleland, Ill.
(518) 554-2334 (518) 554-2339 (fax) www.abrahamhs.edu
Mascot: The Loggers
School Colors: Brown and White
Location: Middleland, Ill.
School Size: 789 (9th-12th grades)
School Newspaper: The Standard
Yearbook Name: The Annual
Radio Station Call Letters: WMIL
TERMS & CONDITIONS EVENT RULES
Students will be given information on a topic of general interest. After reading the material, students will write an editorial on the
topic using their ideas to support or oppose the proposition. The word limit will be 350 words. Entries will be judged on the quality of
the arguments and writing, organization, and proper style and mechanics. Students are permitted to use an AP Stylebook and dictionaries (non-electronic format only).
DIRECTIONS
You are a staff member of the Abraham High School's The Standard (Middleland, Ill.). Your editor has assigned you to write an editorial appropriate for the topic covered in the background material. Your editorial will be for the next issue of The Standard . The word
limit will be 350 words. You are permitted to use an AP Stylebook and dictionaries. Type the final word count at the bottom of the story
before turning it in to the proctor.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Topic: Tradition may be banned
For many years, the senior class has left its mark on the school. On the night before the last day of school, seniors sneak onto the school grounds
to spray paint the outside of the gymnasium. The 'art' stays on the side of the building for the entire year as a memento of the past year's senior
class. Over the years, the quality of the work has varied. Sometimes the 'culprits' are very talented and the school is proud to showcase the
work. Sometimes it represents the era, with peace signs during the late '70s or hip hop lyrics during the '90s, or it represents Illinois with corn
or Obama's portrait in 2008. Sometimes it portrays something about Middleland or the school, like a tribute to volunteerism or a student who
passed away. But sometimes it is not very good, disrespectful or just controversial. Recently it has reflected issues that seem to bring out the
worst in people. But the school cannot seem to do anything about it as it was a tradition. Till this year.
Abraham High School's new high school was completed in the fall of 2015. The School Board has proposed a penalty be given to anyone
caught painting on the side of the new building. The penalty: immediate suspension and being banned from graduation.
The proposal has created quite a stir among juniors and seniors. Jeremy Hobson, the senior class president, said: “I undertand where the board
is coming from, being a new school and all, but they have to understand and appreciate our point of view. This is a tradition. Heck, our parents
did this. We deserve to leave a mark on the school that represents us. This makes our town and our school unique. It's like they want to stifle
all creativity and expression.”
He was supported by Gwen Cresman, the art teacher, who said: “Over the years I have heard students plan their creations. Some are more
thoughtful than others, but they always take it seriously. The work itself started as graffiti, and I am sure some people still think of it that way,
but it has become something else, something meaningful. I support this class having a space of their own on this new building to keep up the
tradition and express themselves.”
Clair Monyhan, the principal, seemed mixed: “I love these kids, and I know they love this school. But I understand the board's point. This is a
new building. They want it to look good, at least for a little while. I will support and enforce whatever the board decides.”
Reggie White, a school board member and '88 AHS grad, said while it's a tradition, maybe it's time to start a new one. “It's a great opportunity
for the senior class to start a new senior tradition. Let's face it, sometimes we've had to look at crappy 'art' for an entire year. I challenge the
seniors to leave something meaningful to this new school.”
The biggest supporter of this proposal is the School Board President Tammy Swanson. She said, “We have worked too hard to have this brand
new building essentially vandalized so some seniors can express themselves. There are plenty of other venues for art in the school. They don't
need to paint on the side of our brand new building that the taxpayers have paid for. It's time for them to grow up and be respectful.”
The board will vote on this proposal at its meeting Wednesday.
Editorial Cartooning
IHSA Sample Prompt
Block B
Be sure to put your contestant
code in the upper right-hand
corner of each page of your
entry. Do not put your name
or school name on the entry.
If you do, your entry will be
disqualified.
DESCRIPTION OF SCHOOL
School: Abraham High School (AHS), 2715 McGraw Drive, Middleland, Ill.
(518) 554-2334 (518) 554-2339 (fax) www.abrahamhs.edu
Mascot: The Loggers
School Colors: Brown and White
Location: Middleland, Ill.
School Size: 789 (9th-12th grades)
School Newspaper: The Standard
Yearbook Name: The Annual
Radio Station Call Letters: WMIL
TERMS & CONDITIONS EVENT RULES
Students will be given information on a topic of general interest. After reading the material, students will be asked to design an
editorial cartoon supporting or opposing the proposition. Judges will look at a simple and clear editorial statement as well as evidence
of artistic ability and a creative approach. Students may bring rulers, pens, pencils or black felt-tipped pens, but final entries must be
submitted in black ink and all artwork must be original.
DIRECTIONS
You are a member of the Abraham High School's The Standard (Middleland, Ill.). You are expected to read and study the material
and then design an editorial cartoon appropriate for the topic covered in the background material.
Judges will look for the following in evaluating the cartoon:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
A clear editorial statement relative to the material
Evidence of artistic ability
A creative approach
Neatness
Absence of trite imagery
Submit a cartoon on plain paper (not ruled) provided by the site
Be original and do not bring any examples into the contest room
Final entries must be submitted in black ink and artwork must be original
You may bring rulers, pens, pencils or black felt-tipped pens
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Topic: Tradition may be banned
For many years, the senior class has left its mark on the school. On the night before the last day of school, seniors sneak onto the school
grounds to spray paint the outside of the gymnasium. The 'art' stays on the side of the building for the entire year as a memento of the
past year's senior class. Over the years, the quality of the work has varied. Sometimes the 'culprits' are very talented and the school is
proud to showcase the work. Sometimes it represents the era, with peace signs during the late '70s or hip hop lyrics during the '90s,
or it represents Illinois with corn or Obama's portrait in 2008. Sometimes it portrays something about Middleland or the school, like a
tribute to volunteerism or a student who passed away. But sometimes it is not very good, disrespectful or just controversial. Recently it
has reflected issues that seem to bring out the worst in people. But the school cannot seem to do anything about it as it was a tradition.
Till this year.
Abraham High School's new high school was completed in the fall of 2015. The School Board has proposed a penalty be given to anyone caught painting on the side of the new building. The penalty: immediate suspension and being banned from graduation.
The proposal has created quite a stir among juniors and seniors. Jeremy Hobson, the senior class president, said: “I undertand where
the board is coming from, being a new school and all, but they have to understand and appreciate our point of view. This is a tradition.
Heck, our parents did this. We deserve to leave a mark on the school that represents us. This makes our town and our school unique.
It's like they want to stifle all creativity and expression.”
Continued on next page
Editorial Cartooning
IHSA Sample Prompt
Block B
Be sure to put your contestant
code in the upper right-hand
corner of each page of your
entry. Do not put your name
or school name on the entry.
If you do, your entry will be
disqualified.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION, CONTINUED
He was supported by Gwen Cresman, the art teacher, who said: “Over the years I have heard students plan their creations. Some are
more thoughtful than others, but they always take it seriously. The work itself started as graffiti, and I am sure some people still think of
it that way, but it has become something else, something meaningful. I support this class having a space of their own on this new building to keep up the tradition and express themselves.”
Clair Monyhan, the principal, seemed mixed: “I love these kids, and I know they love this school. But I understand the board's point.
This is a new building. They want it to look good, at least for a little while. I will support and enforce whatever the board decides.”
Reggie White, a school board member and '88 AHS grad, said while it's a tradition, maybe it's time to start a new one. “It's a great
opportunity for the senior class to start a new senior tradition. Let's face it, sometimes we've had to look at crappy 'art' for an entire
year. I challenge the seniors to leave something meaningful to this new school.”
The biggest supporter of this proposal is the School Board President Tammy Swanson. She said, “We have worked too hard to have
this brand new building essentially vandalized so some seniors can express themselves. There are plenty of other venues for art in the
school. They don't need to paint on the side of our brand new building that the taxpayers have paid for. It's time for them to grow up
and be respectful.”
The board will vote on this proposal at its meeting Wednesday.
Headline Writing
IHSA Sample Prompt
Block B
Be sure to put your contestant
code in the upper right-hand
corner of each page of your
entry. Do not put your name
or school name on the entry.
If you do, your entry will be
disqualified.
TERMS & CONDITIONS EVENT RULES
Students will be provided with news and feature stories in which to write six (6) headlines. Dummy sheet will be provided.
Students will determine the font size and number of lines. Students will be judged on headline rules, creativity, and accuracy.
DIRECTIONS
You are to write six headlines for the six stories provided. Heads should be written downstyle with only the first letter of the first
word and proper nouns capitalized. Headlines must be designed to fit the required space.
1.
puter.)
2.
Open the Headline Writing document in InDesign. (Follow the directions of your proctor to find the document on your com-
Type in your contest number in the upper left where indicated.
3. Write headlines for the six stories provided. The size and space for each headline is already set. You cannot change the size
or space for the heads. With the exception of the Animal Shelter story, the size and space for each headline is already set. You cannot
change the size, font or space for the heads.
•
Animal Shelter: Art/feature headline: Create your own headline or headlines in the space above the story. You must use the
space appropriately based upon the stories tone and feature style.
•
Spring formal: three columns, 36 points, one line
•
Gold Crown Award: three columns, 36 points, two lines
•
Hearthstone champ: one column, 18 points, three lines
•
Service award: two columns, 36 points, two lines
•
Economics Fair: : four columns, 48 points, one line
So that you can read the articles, stories are in 12 point and the jumps are provided on the side of the layout sheet.
4.
When you are finished writing the heads, print the document at 59 percent to fit on an 8 1/2 X 11 sheet of paper.
Yearbook
Caption Writing
IHSA Sample Prompt
Block A
Be sure to put your contestant
code in the upper right-hand
corner of each page of your
entry. Do not put your name
or school name on the entry.
If you do, your entry will be
disqualified.
DESCRIPTION OF SCHOOL
School: Abraham High School (AHS), 2715 McGraw Drive, Middleland, Ill.
(518) 554-2334 (518) 554-2339 (fax) www.abrahamhs.edu
Mascot: The Loggers
School Colors: Brown and White
Location: Middleland, Ill.
School Size: 789 (9th-12th grades)
School Newspaper: The Standard
Yearbook Name: The Annual
Radio Station Call Letters: WMIL
TERMS & CONDITIONS EVENT RULES
Students will receive four yearbook photos from four categories (Academics, Clubs, Sports, Student Life) and a fact sheet with
overview information on each photo. Captions should state more than the obvious and further the story of the photo. Students will be
judged on creativity, accuracy and AP style on all four captions and a cumulative score provided. Captions should be at least two sentences, but no more than three sentences, and must fit within a provided caption box that meets the prompts requirements for text
size, font and spacing. Students are permitted to use an AP Stylebook and dictionaries (non-electronic format only).
DIRECTIONS
You are a caption writer for the Abraham High School yearbook. Your editor has assigned you to write captions to accompany four
photos from different areas of the high school (Academics, Clubs, Sports, Student Life) for the yearbook. Using the photos and the provided fact sheet, write a caption that is at least two sentences, but no more than three sentences, for each of the four photos. Type in
the text box provided, in 9 point Futura. Judges will evaluate the efforts based on if the captions further the story of the photos, demonstrate creativity, and use correct style, spelling, punctuation and grammar. You are permitted to use an AP Stylebook and dictionaries.
FACT SHEET
Photo 1: Academics
AHS Geography class prepares for competition after school. In the picture, from left: Mary Pettit, Marjorie Worrington and Brad
Smith
Students traveled to the University of Illinois to compete in a geography competition.
Practiced for one month. Categories were map reading, cultures, country facts. 62 schools competed. AHS placed third in its division. Several students placed. Junior Marcus Smythe took first in map reading.
QUOTES:
Sponsor Mrs. Amanda Snyder: I was so proud of everyone. We worked really hard. Lisa Payne, Mary, Marjorie and Brad all placed.
It was a way to showcase what we had been learning all year.
Junior Brad Smith: I did not know what to expect, but Mrs. Snyder and the team really prepared me. And I guess all that practicing
paid off.
Photo 2: Clubs
AHS Honor Society has ice cream social for seniors. In the picture: center, Luis Romero, Sydney Harris and Ryan Bishop make sundaes.
55 members this year
Two inductions. Three service projects, including a trash pick-up at Middleland Park.
QUOTES:
Sponsor Mr. Michael Boyle, assistant principal: We had such support for this group. It is always a pleasure to honor achievement,
but this group really bonded together.
AHS President Dan Hagen: It was my goal this year to be more than an honorary, to really reach out to the community. I think we
were appreciated. And the ice cream social was a great way to end the year and congratulate our seniors.
Continued on next page
Yearbook
Caption Writing
IHSA Sample Prompt
Block A
Be sure to put your contestant
code in the upper right-hand
corner of each page of your
entry. Do not put your name
or school name on the entry.
If you do, your entry will be
disqualified.
FACT SHEET, CONTINUED
Photo 3: Sports
Former AHS standout plays at Eastern Illinois
2014 AHS grad Travis Marcum now plays for Eastern Illinois University as a defensive back. Here he makes a tackle against a
Jacksonville State player in the one of the few games EIU lost this year. (Nov. 7, 2015. Lost 24-3. Overall OVC conference record 7-1)
QUOTES
AHS head coach Tommy Ludden: I was honored to coach Travis, and he has done great things at EIU. Plus he is getting his degree
in business, and I think he will come home to Middleland after he graduates and be a big asset to the community..
EIU sophomore Travis Marcum: It is great to still be playing football. I love it. My teammates and coaching staff are great. We are
a real family. But I would not be here without Coach Ludden. I did not have a big learning curve, because we had such good fundamentals at AHS..
Photo 4: Student Life
Family and Consumer Science Child Care
On Dec. 25, FCS students at AHS held a mommy’s day out day at the school. 35 children, ages 3-11, came for games, snacks and
fun 12 FCS students supervising. It was a fundraiser.
QUOTES:
FCS President senior Pam Craig: This is our biggest fundraiser of the year. We raised more than $700 in one afternoon. And I
want to thank the Basic Foods class for helping with the snacks.
FCS adviser Melody Cunningham: This took a lot of planning. All the games, play stations, crafts, how the day would play out in
terms of naps, story-time, etc. We were all tired at the end of the day, but moms really look forward to this day so they can do their holiday shopping. They trust us.
Photos on next two pages
Photo 1: Academics
Photo 2: Clubs
Photo 3: Sports
Photo 4: Student Life