About Sara-Beth Badalamente
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Mrs. Badalamente (aka OC) is in her 14th year of teaching. She teaches intro to journalism, advanced journalism, and both the award winning yearbook The Enthymion and newspaper, The Emery. Badalamente spent her first eight years of her career at Grand Ledge High School. She teaches Introduction to Journalism, and is the adviser for both the award winning The Huron Emery website and newspaper and The Enthymion (the school yearbook). Badalamente earned her bachelors degrees in both English and Journalism at Michigan State University. She earned her masters in Journalism from MSU in 2010. She was named one of the winners of the American Society of News Editors' First Amendment Challenge for her innovative lesson plans on the First Amendment in 2015. She was named a "Rising Star" by the Journalism Education Association in 2011. Badalamente worked on her high school newspaper, The State News at MSU, The Novi News and most recently at The Midland Daily News. Her hobbies include reading, running, extreme couponing, cooking, playing soccer and enjoying her family. She is on the Michigan Interscholastic Press Association's Summer Workshop Director. She and her husband Ben (who works in athletics at UofM) are the proud parents of 8-year-old Francis, 6-year-old Thomas, and 2-year-old Matthew.
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Mrs. Badalamente with her three sons: Francis, Thomas, and Matthew
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The Midland Daily News
Caption: Mrs. Badalamente interviews a local film director in Midland. During the summer of 2010, Badalamente (formally O'Connor) worked at the Midland Daily News as a local reporter. Here is the link for the story she wrote after this interview: Movie Maker.
Photo by Nathan Morgan/The Midland Daily News
Here is one of her favorite articles she wrote: Opening doors for Alan.
For more stories see Mrs. Badalamente's scrap book for ALL of the stories, pictures and layouts at school.
Photo by Nathan Morgan/The Midland Daily News
Here is one of her favorite articles she wrote: Opening doors for Alan.
For more stories see Mrs. Badalamente's scrap book for ALL of the stories, pictures and layouts at school.
You can email Mrs. Badalamente at [email protected] (phone will be on silent during instruction time please leave a message and I will get back to you within 48 hours; email will be quicker).
