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MY EVOLUTION AS A HIGH SCHOOL

JOURNALISTANTHONYESTOLANO

A few years ago I had the decision of fol-lowing the stereotypical choices that seemed to be made by my minority or to succeed in life.

Thankfully I went down the right path and could not be more satisfied with the result and it was all thanks to my personal work ethic and my mother.

My mother came into the United States illegally. She fell in love with my dad and conceived both my brother and me. A few years passed and my mom was able to get her citizenship. She tried looking for jobs with her master’s degree from Mexico, but was not successful.

Recently my parents got divorced and I now live with my mom. Now that I am a se-nior, my mom has successfully led me in the right direction. Because of her, I have wanted to succeed and get a career in the field I love — journalism. I want to make my mom proud by doing something she never got the chance to do. I have strong memories of my mom coming home after her jobs searches that she did for hours. I felt the pain that my mom had for being turned down. She was even told that she would possibly never find a job because she would never match the skills of other who had he same degree. Fortunately my mom was able to make connections at the VA

hospital where she works as a chef and she is now currently working on getting a nursing license. Like my mom, I also decided that I wanted to be successful like her.

I faced the negative critiques of others along the way, but they all boosted my moti-vation to try harder. I have even been told that a person like me could never be successful because of my family’s background.

I have proven that idea wrong.I was more than thrilled when I was given

the opportunity of being Editor-in-Chief of my school’s yearbook. I never expected the long workweeks, rushed deadlines and of how much I hated pizza. It was all a part of maturing as a leader and a part of my plan to succeed in life.

My road to success has not ended; it is just becoming a longer highway. With the help of others I have been accepted to Texas Tech University, where I will be majoring in journal-ism. As a part of learning all fields of journal-ism, I will mostly focus on the broadcast field. My dream is to one day be an anchor for a news station and deliver the most accurate and truthful news to my viewers.

I have made my mom proud by all the things I have accomplished and I know that with her support, I can make it anywhere I want to be.

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ANTHONYESTOLANO

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210-837-55061035 Magnolia CrestSan Antonio, TX 78251

HIGH SCHOOL OVERVIEW

LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE

FRESHMAN YEAR

SOPHOMORE YEAR

JUNIOR YEAR

SENIOR YEAR

2010-2011 Academic StudiesBiology Pre-APEnglish 1 Pre-APGeometry 1 Pre-APWorld Geography Pre-APJournalism 1German 1Concert Band

2011-2012 Academic StudiesChemistry Pre-APEnglish 2 Pre-APAlgebra 2 Pre-APWorld History APAdvanced Yearbook 1German 2 Pre-APSymphonic Band

2012-2013 Academic StudiesPhysics Pre-APEnglish 3 AP Dual CreditStatistics APUS History AP Dual CreditAdvanced Yearbook 2Wind Ensemble

2013-2014 Academic StudiesBiology APEnglish 4 AP Dual CreditGovernment AP Dual CreditEconomics APAdvanced Yearbook 3ISM JournalismWind Ensemble

Editor-in-Chief 2012-2014 John Paul Stevens HS Yearbook TraditionHigh Brass Section Leader Stevens Band 2013-2014 Social Vice President Stevens Band 2013-2014Assistant Editor-in-Chief 2011-2012 Yearbook TraditionBusiness Manager 2011-2012 Yearbook TraditionUniform Captain Stevens Band 2011-2012

AWARDS

Making it big in this world has always been a goal of mine.

Entering high school I nev-er expected to end up where I am now. As Editor-in-Chief of the Stevens yearbook I have had more real world experiences than I could ever imagine. Working on spreads and news stories may seem like a boring task to other students, although to me it is my forte. Not only do I record the history of my school, but also it’s a constant reminder of what I want to become in the future.

Behind my big macintosh computer I feel powerful. Compared to most of our youth who feel that drugs can accomplish that feeling

for them. Spending most of my time

at school, you can basically say journalism is my job

Instead my actual source of income comes from my self owned photography and choreography business. I have done a wide variety of photo shoots with different clients varying from senior portraits to family portraits. I have also choreographed many quinceañeras and sweet sixteens.

It may seem that I know quite a lot already, inevitably that is incorrect. The world is filled with oceans of knowl-edge, and I am a sponge waiting to soak up that knowledge when the oppor-tunity arrives.

ABOUT MEAdobe Suite:InDesignPhotoshopIllustratorPremiere Pro

iMovieVideographyChoreography

Budget PlanningPromotion &AdvertisingMarketing Selling Customer relationsMarket researchConcept BrainstormingReporting Researching Copy editing Photo editingGraphic artsPublic relations Media lawDesignBusiness softwareDesktop publishingOnline researchCommunicationLeadershipTime management Problem Solving Writing Photography Team building Conflict resolutionPublic Speaking

Attended JEA National Convention in town. The convention hosted more than 3000 student jour-nalists. I received the “Honorable Mention” award for Yearbook layout-Theme write-off contest (2012)

Attended JEA National Convention in Boston. The convention hosted more than 5000 student journalists. I received the “Excellence” award for Yearbook layout-Theme write-off contest (2013)

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CAMP L.E.A.D.

URBAN JOURNALISM WORKSHOP

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I attended Camp L.E.A.D at Texas Tech University in the summer of 2012. The camp was designed for sopho-mores about to go into their junior year. Camp L.E.A.D. (Leadership Education and development) was intended to help student develop already present leadership skills. Only 45 students statewide were selected to attend the full paid trip to Lubbock, TX. I was awarded a certificate for my excellence in leadership at the end of the camp.

For two weeks, I attended San Antonio College to eat, sleep, and breathe journalism as part of the Urban Jour-nalism Workshop—one of 26 workshops in the nation. Only 10 student journalist out of the whole city were accepted to leave their home comforts and attend the camp. Activities ranged from day to day. One of my per-sonal best experiences was when we got to shadow a reporter at the San Antonio Express News. Our Product of the camp was to write our own news story that would be published in the 2013 summer edition of Y.O.U. SA. This camp helped me realize that there was more to journalism than just a high school publication. At the end of the two-week boot camp, few scholarships were to be awarded. Not every student received a scholarship. I was one of the few students lucky to receive a scholarship. The $500 an-nual scholarship will be given to me if I decide to go to San Antonio College.

In the 2011 legislative session, public school funding was cut by $5.4 billion, leaving schools statewide scrambling to rearrange their budget priorities.

Despite the Texas Senate Finance Committee adding $1.5 billion back into the budget this Feb-ruary, public schools are still coping with shortfalls.

Amid hiring freezes, induced retirements and slashed operating funds, cuts also have forced school districts to decide how much money to spend on subsidies, such as paying for Advanced Placement exams that allow students to earn

credit for college-level courses.The College Board, the company that builds

and sells the tests, charges $89 for each exam a student takes.

Students can take multiple exams per year, depending on how many AP classes the student has enrolled in.

Kevin Brown, Alamo Heights ISD superinten-dent, said a few students take and pass enough AP tests to enter college as juniors. That is the equivalency of earning 60 college credits, or test-ing out of 20 courses.

SPECIAL EXPERIENCES

AWARDSAttended Walsworth Yearbooks summer work-shop hosted in town at Holmes High School. Leadership team for 2012-2013 yearbook staff in attendance was awarded second place for yearbook designs.

Won Homecoming Lord for the Class of 2014 (2010)

The yearbook received Gold Medalist from Columbia Scholastic Press association for the 2013 yearbook “Make It Personal.” This was my first year as Editor-in-Chief.

One of my yearbook spreads was published in the NSPA Best of the High School Press annual books in 2012. The Spread was entitled “Los Leones.”

At the Urban Journalism Workshop, I was awarded best designs for our summer issue of Y.O.U. SA.

Second place team for U.I.L. Social Studies at district meet (2011)

Attended Walsworth Yearbooks summer workshop hosted in town at Holmes High School. Leadership team for 2013-2014 yearbook staff in attendance was awarded second place for yearbook designs and an individual award: First place design.

Helped the campus newspaper “The Talon” receive second place Best of Show at the JEA national convention in Boston. I designed a major-ity of the newspaper including the center spread and new flag.

Received sixth place in headline writing at U.I.L. Academic meet hosted at Boerne High School(2012)

Received second place in headline writing at U.I.L. Academic meet hosted at John Jay High School(2013)

Received seventh place in Headline writing at U.I.L. Academic meet hosted at Roos-evelt High School (2012)

PERSONALRESUME

First place Feature writing Churchill HS UIL Meet 2014 Fourth place Headline Writing John Jay HS UIL Meet 2014

Third place News Writing Churchill HS UIL Meet 2014 Fourth place News Writing McArthur HS UIL Meet 2014

Fifth place Headline Writing Churchill HS UIL Meet 2014 Fifth place Headline Writing McArthur HS UIL Meet 2014

Third place News Writing McCollum HS UIL Meet 2014 Sixth place Feature Writing Roosevelt HS UIL Meet 2014

Third place News Writing John Jay HS UIL Meet 2014 Ninth place Headline Writing Roosevelt HS UIL Meet 2014

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YOU S.A.Volume 29, Issue 1

June 2013Urban Journalism Workshop

at San Antonio CollegeStory And Photo

By Anthony Estolano

In the 2011 legislative session, public school funding was cut by $5.4

billion, leaving schools statewide scrambling to rearrange their budget priori-

ties.

Despite the Texas Senate Finance Committee adding $1.5 billion back

into the budget this February, public schools are still coping with shortfalls.

Amid hiring freezes, induced retirements and slashed operating funds,

cuts also have forced school districts to decide how much money to spend

on subsidies, such as paying for Advanced Placement exams that allow

students to earn credit for college-level courses.

The College Board, the company that builds and sells the tests, charges

$89 for each exam a student takes.

Students can take multiple exams per year, depending on how many AP

classes the student has enrolled in.

Kevin Brown, Alamo Heights ISD superintendent, said a few students

take and pass enough AP tests to enter college as juniors. That is the

equivalency of earning 60 college credits, or testing out of 20 courses.

The testing cost for a 60-credit student would be $2,136, but many

students do not have to pay the entire cost for the exams.

Prior to 2011, the state provided a $30 subsidy for each student. Since

then, the subsidy has only been provided to economically disadvantaged

students.

In addition, the College Board pays $26 dollars of the cost of each test

taken by economically disadvantaged students and waives an $8 site fee

which districts cannot charge low-income students.

In addition, the Texas Education Agency has applied for a federal grant,

which will further subsidize the tests for economically disadvantaged stu-

dents, bringing the total cost to $9 per test for low-income students attend-

ing public schools.

After these cost-saving measures, San Antonio school districts reach into

their own budgets to further lower costs, but they do so in different ways.

Alamo Heights, for example, provides subsidies on a case-by-case basis.

Prior to the exam, the district informs all students they can get help with the

costs if they need it.

“A low-income student might pay $10 to take the exam,” Brown said.

“We want them to pay a little bit just so they have ownership in it. But we

also do not want the cost to prevent them from getting college credit.”

The local money in Alamo Heights ISD, therefore, is potentially given to

students who are classified as economically disadvantaged and some who

are not.

“Unfortunately, we have been cut so much, we don’t have many local

funds, so everything is a stretch,” Brown said. “That is one reason we de-

cided not to just do a blanket incentive for everybody.”

In the San Antonio, Harlandale and Edgewood Independent School

Districts, all students enrolled in an AP class take the test at no cost if they

are on the free or reduced lunch program.

The local money in these districts is going to students who are economi-

cally disadvantaged, and with 92.2 percent low-income students in SAISD,

and 100 percent of the students at Harlandale and Edgewood qualifying

for the lunch program, nearly all students who take the test fall into this

category.

And that subsidy takes a large bite out of the budget.

SAISD set aside about $115,000 this past year for AP testing, said

Nancy Rodriguez, SAISD’s senior coordinator of advanced academics.

Travis Early College High School, a partnership of SAISD and San Anto-

nio College, has about 85 to 90 percent of its students taking AP exams.

Principal Orlando Vera said SAISD subsidizes all the AP exams and

schools are only accountable for the cost when students do not show for an

exam.

He said the most Travis High School has had to pay for AP testing on

one occasion is $26, when two students skipped a scheduled exam.

“I don’t think they would take it if it was up to them, fully, without the

district helping,” Vera said. “Money plays a big part. With the era changing,

budget cuts, I think the economic disadvantage does make a difference.”

But he said he understands larger districts might have more problems

ensuring students take the AP exam for which they are registered.

Travis High School has an enrollment of 355 students, so he said it’s

easier to monitor students’ progress.

Rodriguez stresses the importance of students taking the AP exam.

“We want to give every student the opportunity to take the test if they are

currently enrolled in an AP course,” Rodriguez said.

“Of course, that will give them the opportunity to earn college credit if

indeed they do pass the test.”

Northside ISD does not further subsidize economically disadvantaged

students but provides a subsidy to students not on that list that lowers the

cost from $89 to $19 for each exam.

Northeast ISD provides a subsidy for both economically disadvantaged

students and the rest of the students as well. Students on the free or re-

duced lunch program pay $8 per exam instead of $9, and the rest pay $17.

“We have been very fortunate, we have not had to increase the price to

the students yet, but because of some of the limits we have and because of

the strict budget, there is always a conversation about either charging more

for the test or limiting the number of tests students can take,” said Mary Rei-

hner, a counselor at International School of the Americas, a magnet school

at Robert E. Lee High School.

“There’s also always an argument, kind of a fine line, a philosophical

argument – how much do you subsidize for a test to make it both accessible

for a student, but also make it worth their while to take the test? Research

will show if you make a test too cheap, a student may be more likely not to

take a test.”

She said students who pay nothing or very little for an exam might not be

as invested in taking it as those who pay a more expensive, subsidized price.

AP TEST PROVE COSTLY TO SOME SCHOOLSEach high school finds a different method to subsidize placement exam fees.

BY ANTHONY ESTOLANO

DESCRIPTION: This past summer I participated in the Urban Journalism Workshop in San Antonio, TX. The two week camp tremendously helped me with my writing, interviewing, photography and design skills. When we were planning the

issue, I was assigned the subject and AP testing. At first I thought I was not going to able to find an interesting story on this, although I was able to find out that not all school districts subsidize prices equally, leaving some students to completely pay a full exam fee. Only 10 students were selected out of the city to attend.

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TRADITIONVolume 9

Breaking Through256 Pages2013-2014

Editor-in-Chief

Dancing ballet folklorico had always been an interest for freshman Danielle Torres. Inspired by her grandmother, Torres took the initiative to join the dance club when a flyer captured her attention in the sixth grade.

Torres soon got the idea to drag her twin brother, Daniel, into dancing folklorico with her.

“What got my interest in folklorico was that Nel-lie (Danielle) did it in sixth grade, and she decided to drag me into it in seventh grade,” Daniel said. “At first I thought I was not going to enjoy it, but it turns out it’s one of my biggest passions now.”

Ballet folklorico originated in Mexico City in 1952. The ballet contains choreographed numbers that represent various parts of Mexico. Along with sophis-ticated dances, female dancers wear extravagantly designed dresses that represent different parts of Mexico and culture.

“My favorite part about folklorico is performing,” Danielle said. “The adrenaline rush— you’re nervous before you get on the stage, but once you perform and see the audience, it feels really good.”

Along with performing at their middle school, the Torres twins have also performed downtown at the Arneson Theater on the Riverwalk.

“I learned not to judge a book by its cover,” Daniel said. “Go for anything that you might be interested in, and it can turn out to be something better than that.”

The Torres twins plan to continue their passion for dancing folklorico. They have helped spread the word to start a folklorico club on campus, along with a few other students.

“It feels great dancing together, because I grew up with him, and we do everything together,” Danielle said. “It feels nice to know that we will always have something that we can share.”

TWIN TALENTTorres twins discover dance passion, help create new folklorico club

PHOTOS AND STORYBY ANTHONY ESTOLANO

DESCRIPTION: The Torres twins were two freshmen at our school. Most people did not know that both twins danced Ballet Folklorico, a traditional Mexican dance. I volunteered to help tell their story by photographing a full dance they typi-

cally performed. To fit on a typical feature for a yearbook page, I decided to write the story with the best and most interesting information.

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THE TALON

DESCRIPTION:

Volume 9, Issue 1October 2013Second Place

BEST OF SHOW in the Nation,

16-18 page tabloids, NSPA, Boston, Mass.

Nov.16, 2013

My goal for my first year on my school’s newspa-per staff was to remodel the design. I decided to go with a more modern design compared the past years papers that consisted of Times New Roman. Instead I went Steelfish and Helvetica fonts. For the Center spread I decided to design a spread that consisted of most first few days of school feelings, that students face. This issue of The Talon was awarded Second Place Best of Show at he National Convention in Boston.

PROFESSIONAL DESIGN SKILLS

THE TALONVolume 9, Issue 2

December 2013Double Truck Design By Anthony Estolano

DESCRIPTION:With this issue of The Tal-on, I decided to design a student silhouetted and also smoking a cigarette. The center spread dealt with mostly drugs and Red Ribbon Week. I was able to help visual-ize the daily problems that students face in this era.

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THE TALONVolume 9, Issue 3

December 2013Double Truck Design By Anthony Estolano

DESCRIPTION:This issue of the Talon, was an Express issue. The front page flag was remolded to include the word “Express,” for it be-ing made in one week.The center contained a year in review for 2013. All information was com-piled by me and other staff members.

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THE TALONVolume 9, Issue 4

February 2014Double Truck Design By Anthony Estolano

DESCRIPTION:This issue of the Talon, was the valentine issue. The center spread was designed with a small collection of infographics that contained relation-ship abuse, a growing statistic. The other half contained valentine grams to students.

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TRADITIONVolume 8

Make It Personal2012-2013

GOLD MEDALISTColumbia Scholastic

Press AssociationEditor-in-Chief

First Class NSPA

DESCRIPTION:My first year as Editor-in-Chief consisted me learning principle fun-

damentals to advanced design. The theme pack-

age was designed and created by me. I wanted to capture the personal details that were going

on in our school and with our students. The book

was awarded Gold med-alist from CSPA and First

Class NSPA.

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DESCRIPTION: The rest of the spreads on here were designed by me and included photographs that were taken by me. All spreads included elements that helped tell a visual story whether it is the design or photography.

TRADITIONVolume 8

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GOLD MEDALISTColumbia Scholastic

Press AssociationEditor-in-Chief

First Class NSPA

DESCRIPTION: This spread was featured in the Jostens Look Book. I had designed this spread to cover the advanced science class. I included easy readable modules and easy eye flow surrounding the dominant photo.

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DESCRIPTION:This volume the Tradition was designed to capture

the different approach that students were taking

throughout the school. The book includes many different design elements

that all help visualize a story, not necessarily

through words but also through strong design and photography. The

cover and all theme package items were

designed and created by me.

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DESCRIPTION: Using strong graphic design, I am able to visually communicate a story with using a lot of words. These spreads all were designed by me, they also were completed by me writing the copy and captions. Except for

the spread above which was only designed by me, but was used as a template for all elective pages throughout the book.

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DESCRIPTION: The spreads included on here were from my first year on staff. I was the business manger on staff and then promoted to Assistant editor the second semester. All spreads included on here were a part of the specials

section. They were designed and produced by me in a span of sevens hours in order to fill up holes in our ladder to meet an important deadline. Photos on the blue bonnet spread were also taken by me. The Los Leones spread featured above was published in the NSPA Best Of The High School Press book in 2012.

DESCRIPTION:As a visual journalist, my eye tends to look

for the most captivating and interesting things

that can tell a story. The following pages include

photos that I have taken and have or will be in

my school’s publications over the four years I have been in journalism. To me

these photos were cru-cial to telling the story.

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DESCRIPTION:These two different

photos I decided to use are part of my personal photography business. I was able to create my

business through the skills I effectively learned

while in journalism.

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CHECK IT OUT

CHECK IT OUTDESCRIPTION:

These two commercials were created by me in

my time spent in journal-ism . I have learned many different editing software

and have improved my skill. Scab the qr codes

and check out other videos I have created for

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Advertisement The Talon May  2012 Page 5

Thank you for allow-ing Brent and Patrick to speak their opin-ions freely. You are a wonderful principal, we could not ask for any-one better.

Mrs. Keyser-Fanick

The service you provide to this school is above and beyond. Patrick will make sure to thank you before anyone else once on TV. Thank you for always giv-

athletes and getting them back to what they love.

Ms. ReynoldsBrent and Patrick loved debating you. Thank you for pre-paring them for their futures and helping develop them into gentlemen.

IMPACT:

Thank you Stevens High School for a wonderful eight years. We

will love you forever.

Ms. Irwin, Coach Hesson, Coach Foster, Coach Cook, Mr. Hailey, Mrs. Thomas, Mrs. Craig, Mrs. Morgan, Mrs. Mora, Ms. Spangler, Mrs. Wheeler, Ms. Meurin, Ms. Gomez, Coach Hoog, Mrs. Eno, Mr. Sensiba, Coach Puente, Ms. Rangcapan, Ms. Cuellar

- Bridget, Brent and Patrick Harris[ ]

One thing I have always told my sons is “Great leaders are not nec-essarily those with all the awards. Great leaders are those who make everyone around them great.” This is, you Mrs. K. The impact you make on students that come through your path is indescribable. Thank you for everything.

Mr. Maldonaldo

Coach K

“Life is a classroom not a playground.”—Pastor Richard Rubi

THANK YOU

On behalf of Global Passports and myself, Bridget Harris, we would like to thank every administrator, teacher, coach, trainer and friend

who has had an impact on my sons, Brent and Patrick

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To our Lord and Savior, our Best Friend, Jesus Christ. Thank you for allowing these men and women to make an Impact.

Coach CookYou allowed Patrick onto the tennis team and changed his high school career. Thank you for helping intro-duce him to the sport he loves.

DESCRIPTION:I have also had experi-ence with creating ads for both yearbook and newspaper.