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Welcome to my home page! I am the Ninth Grade Journalism 1 --
Newspaper/Yearbook teacher at
Georgetown High School Ninth Grade Campus.
Education & Teaching Background:
 | I Graduated from San Diego State University with a degree in Journalism
and a minor in political science. |
| My graduate credential work was completed at California State University,
San Marcos. |
| This is my fifth year of teaching. I retired from the U.S.
Marine Corps December 2003. I served as a Marine Corps public affairs officer for more than 21 years.
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| In 2006 I attended a graduate training fellowship for high school
journalism teachers at Kent State University in
Ohio. |
| I am currently working on my Master of Library and Information Science
at the University of North Texas and plan to complete the program this
spring. |
Contact Information:
| Ninth Grade Campus (512) 943-1800 ext 8067 |
| millerki@georgetownisd.org |
This year the newspaper class will be learning about:
| The history of journalism in the United States |
| Various styles of journalistic writing |
| Putting together a high school yearbook. |
| Working on a school newspaper. |
| Media Ethics |
| Issues involving the media |
This year the yearbook class will be producing an 84-page all color yearbook.
Students will learn vocabulary, software, layout and design as they relate to
producing a yearbook. The last nine weeks the yearbook class will learn about the
history of journalism and will write a movie review.
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