Santos-Stanton47
04-23-2007, 05:57 PM
i trust you guys so lemme kno...
this past week our community in Maine, just lost two great people from the same family. 85% of staff were out today to go to the funeral of Craig Turgeon who had cancer for 20 years, and his dad, John, died of carbon monoxide poisoning from sleeping above a generator in the NE floods.....some side notes. Steve Turgeon Uncle of Craig, Twin Brother Of John, is our MAIN guidance counselor, and his sister is another guidance counselor
so basically. Craig started this Maine Childrens Cancer Program, who this year my HS raised over 4,000 dollars in pennys and dollars and stuff.... well, a vast majority of that money was raised by my science class teacher, and our classes combined. when he heard we raised that much, craig came in, and talked to us, answered questions and told his story. he was an upbeat guy and whatnot really good guy.....
i am considering writing a memorial peice for the family in our school magazine. (which i am the sports editor, and special peices writer)
i dont know if its a good call considering the impacts that the deaths have had on our school and what not. its a VERY touchy subject, but i feel its a medium risk, high reward for a deserving story.
if i did it on how great these people were, and how strong the family is, and how much they meant, to us as a school and what i learned from actually meeting him. is it a safe idea?
would i be risking some serious frowning upon by my school or if done carefully, do a great peice and lift some spirits for a sad HS at this time.... any advice wouldbe great, cuz im really thinking about this, but its hard to decide on whether its a good idea or not
thanks guys
this past week our community in Maine, just lost two great people from the same family. 85% of staff were out today to go to the funeral of Craig Turgeon who had cancer for 20 years, and his dad, John, died of carbon monoxide poisoning from sleeping above a generator in the NE floods.....some side notes. Steve Turgeon Uncle of Craig, Twin Brother Of John, is our MAIN guidance counselor, and his sister is another guidance counselor
so basically. Craig started this Maine Childrens Cancer Program, who this year my HS raised over 4,000 dollars in pennys and dollars and stuff.... well, a vast majority of that money was raised by my science class teacher, and our classes combined. when he heard we raised that much, craig came in, and talked to us, answered questions and told his story. he was an upbeat guy and whatnot really good guy.....
i am considering writing a memorial peice for the family in our school magazine. (which i am the sports editor, and special peices writer)
i dont know if its a good call considering the impacts that the deaths have had on our school and what not. its a VERY touchy subject, but i feel its a medium risk, high reward for a deserving story.
if i did it on how great these people were, and how strong the family is, and how much they meant, to us as a school and what i learned from actually meeting him. is it a safe idea?
would i be risking some serious frowning upon by my school or if done carefully, do a great peice and lift some spirits for a sad HS at this time.... any advice wouldbe great, cuz im really thinking about this, but its hard to decide on whether its a good idea or not
thanks guys