From movies to books to basketball courts, the CSPA -- and its predecessor, the Scholastic Sports Association -- has alumni with interesting stories worth telling. CSPA Blogger is where those stories are shared.Dear Workshop participant,
This will be one of our final messages prior to the start of the 60th annual CSPA journalism workshop at Cal Poly in beautiful San Luis Obispo on Sunday, July 17.
Our workshop is the finest high school journalism seminar in the nation. The reason? All instructors volunteer their time. They volunteer because they have a sincere desire to help the next generation of journalists. Most of our faculty attended this same journalism workshop when they were in high school and they know the value of our curriculum. Not only do they volunteer their time, but most pay their own expenses.
Our dorm is Lassen Hall. Check-in for the workshop will be between 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. on Sunday, July 17 in room 1. Classes will begin at 4 p.m. Students traveling by bus, train or plane who made advance notification will be picked up at the station or airport.
We do have a special warning this year for parents driving their students up from Southern California: CalTrans is closing the 405 Freeway at the Mulholland Drive to demolish a bridge for freeway expansion and predicting major traffic delays. Please leave early and plan an alternative route. It is essential you arrive by 3 p.m. so the workshop can get off to a smooth start.
Back to the workshop:
We assign two or three students to a room, females on the top floor and males on the first floor. Many instructors also stay on campus. If you have a softball glove or a musical instrument, bring it. We will have a talent show in the second week.
We wish to remind all students that this is a fully programmed workshop. All classes and recreational activities are mandatory. For a tentative schedule of classes, and other information about CSPA, please go to our web site atwww.cspaworkshop.org. You should also check out our Facebook page.
We have a lot to teach in a short time, and we don’t have time to deal with disciplinary problems. Students who don’t follow the rules will be sent home. Expect full days of journalism, interviewing, writing, editing, discussing, reviewing and recreational activities.
We predict that the 13 days of the workshop will be the most thrilling, exciting, intense, fast-moving, educational and fulfilling days of your summer. You will meet other prospective journalists who will become your lifelong friends.
And when you receive your certificate of completion, you will realize that you have experienced a terrific time and achieved a considerable goal.
Graduation ceremonies will be at approximately 10:30 a.m. Friday, July 29. Parents and other family members are invited. The workshop concludes at 11 a.m.
See you in San Luis Obispo.
Larry Welborn,
Chairman, executive board, CSPA
How to get there: From Los Angeles, head north on route 101 to San Luis Obispo. Go through much of San Luis Obispo and exit at the Grand Avenue/Cal Poly exit. Turn left onto Grand Avenue and go (uphill) approximately 1/2 mile to the south entrance of the campus. Turn right on Perimeter Road. Lassen Hall is approximately 1/8th mile on the right. Map to Lassen Hall (building 104) is at http://www.maps.calpoly.edu/flashmap/CalPolyMap.html
