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VIKING SCROLL STYLE SHEET

Font: Front page: Staff box:

When first referring to a teacher or staff member, use a title of respect (Mr., Mrs., Ms., Dr.) and the person's first and last name: //Mr. Duane Russell// or //Dr. Wanda McCargar// or //Ms. Stephanie Luna// Add the staff member's department or title: //Mr. Duane Russell, principal// or //Mr. Scott Bier, English department// or //Mrs. Janette Rodriguez, counselor//


 * Style Sheet**


 * LAYOUT**

The front page always includes the masthead, and the following information just below the masthead:

Month/YYYY Mountain View High School El Monte, California Vol No

(The volume number for 2009-2010 is . "No." refers to the issue number for that volume, or year.)

The opinion page always includes the staff box, with the following information: On the bottom left side it has the box where our school address and number is located for advertising.The bottom right side includes: editor(s)-in-chiefmanaging editor(s)advisor news editor photographeropinion editor web editorfeature editorsports editorcolumnist

Except for the front page, all pages must include at the top, in Times 18 point font: page number Viking Scroll **MOUNTAIN VIEW HIGH SCHOOL** Month / Year

The placement of articles is at the discretion of the editors.

Headlines are Helvetica Bold font, sizing depends on layout.

All articles (except editorials) must have a byline to give credit to the writer(s). The byline includes the staff member's position.

The **BYLINE** is all caps, size 11 Times, justified. The staff member's position has the first letter of each word capitalized, size 11 Times, regular (not bold)

The advice column's byline includes the phrase is "As told to" in (size)-point (font) above the name(s) and position(s) of the lead writer(s) for that issue's column.

The body text of articles is size 11, font type times new roman, justified.

Photos must have a caption (short phrase that refers to the photo) and cutline (complete sentence that further explains or describes the photo). Photos must also give credit to the photographer(s).

The caption is **BOLD AND ALL CAPS**, (size)-point (font), and followed by a colon.

The cutline is sentence-case, is size 11, times new roman, and must end with punctuation.

Example: **BRISK BUSINESS:** Vinnie Viking and Monica Mountainview, juniors in the VISTA academy, sell tacos at Early California Day.

The cutline should include the following information:


 * Who is that? (And, in most cases, identify people from left to right unless the action in the photograph demands otherwise.)
 * Why is this picture in the paper?
 * What's going on?
 * When was this?
 * If it happened off-campus, where was this?

(adapted from http://web.ku.edu/~edit/captions.html)
 * Why does he/she/it/they look that way?
 * How did this occur?

The attribution of credit is //in italics//, (size)-point font, and right-justified, in the format //Photograph by (staff member)// Example: //Photograph by Bob George// If an article includes a continuation on another page, the following must be included:

FORMATTING FOR SYMPOSIUMS: A symposium must include a short introductory paragraph.Quotes should be formatted in size 11, times new roman justified, made into its own paragraph (return)Attribution of quotes is in **bold** size 11-point font, and must include the student's year in school [ex. ('09)]. You may omit the year in school if it obvious from the context (for example, in a Senior Symposium, it will be clear that all the respondents are seniors)


 * WRITING STYLE**

When first referring to a teacher in an article, include a title (Mr., Ms., Mrs., Dr.) and give the teacher's department or position after his/her name.

Example: Mr. Greg Schillo, math department, was a leader in setting up School Loop. Example: Mr. Michael Weller, English department, became journalism adviser in 2007. Example: Ms. Heidi Bjornsen, assistant principal, is an Arroyo graduate. Example: "I enjoyed the play," said Dr. Wanda McCargar, foreign language department.

If the teacher's department or position is obvious from the context, you may omit the reference to department or position after the teacher's name.

Example: Ms. Debbie Buck became the assistant principal for activities in 2008. Example: Students in Mrs. Kelly Hamilton's English class took part in a Socratic Seminar.

After the first reference, include only the teacher's title and last name.

Example: Mr. Weller said, "I love tacos."

When referring to a department, only "English" in "English department" is capitalized.

When first referring to a student in an article, indicate the student's year in school in parentheses after the student's name. Use an apostrophe and the last two digits of the year.

Example: Victor Viking ('10) said, "The play was great."

If the student's year in school is obvious from the context, you may omit the apostrophe + digits in parentheses.

Example: One of the juniors who went to the football game was Veronica Viking... Example: Vance Viking, sophomore class president, said, "We raised a lot of money today."

After the first reference, include only the student's (first or last?) name.

Example: (first or last name) said, "I love tacos, too."

The word **said** is preferred to its synonyms (e.g., declared, exclaimed) in news articles. Do not use **says.** Avoid using the word **our** when referring to Mountain View; instead, use **Mountain View** or **this school.__**