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Student Voices in Print

WIN Enrichment Newspaper Project

Hannah Abraham

Baylee Cartwright

Lucas Flounders

Gabriel Gale

Addison Heald

Gia Kaur

Sammie Knytych Victoria Lapsczinski

Charmain Liu

Miles Louthan

Nile Lowrey

Yasmine Mahfoudi

Briana Mehmeti

Daniel Pahomovs

Charlotte Plourde

Konstantin Poposki

Niko Ramirez

Emma Ramos

Andre Ristov

Kingston Shepherd

Juliana Shuman

Jonathan Zalabak

Lace Elementary School

5th-Grade Journalists

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WIN Enrichment Newspaper Project

This project took place during our WIN enrichment block and focused on creative writing through journalism.

The 5th-Grade team’s goal was to give students an opportunity to explore writing in a real-world format while also sharing ideas and topics that matter to students.

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Learning the Craft of Journalism

Before writing our articles, we learned how newspapers are organized and how journalists structure their stories.

� We studied the anatomy of a newspaper, journalism vocabulary, and the inverted pyramid strategy, which helps writers present the most important information first.

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Applying for Newspaper Jobs

After learning the basics, we applied for positions on the newspaper team, just like in a real newsroom.

Students worked in teams of three and were assigned sections of the newspaper where we collaborated to plan and write our articles.

Our newspaper included many different sections, such as:

Entertainement

Editor-in-Chief: Addison

Managing Editor: Nile

Associate Editor: Charlotte

Home & Culture

Editor-in-Chief: Yasmine

Managing Editor: Niko

Associate Editor: Victoria

Travel & Tourism

Editor-in-Chief: Emma

Managing Editor: Gia

Associate Editor: Gabe

Busines & Finance

Editor-in-Chief: Konstantin

Managing Editor: Hannah

Associate Editor: Lucas

General, Foreign, Local

Editor-in-Chief: Samantha

Managing Editor: Addison

Associate Editor: Nile

Editorial

Editor-in-Chief: Miles

Managing Editor: Charmaine

Associate Editor: Daniel

Sports

Editor-in-Chief: Kingston

Managing Editor: Juliana

Associate Editor: Johnny

Advertisement

Editor-in-Chief: Andre

Managing Editor: Baylee

Associate Editor: Briana

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Skills We Built

Through this project we developed many important skills including:

  • Writing and research�
  • Collaboration and teamwork�
  • Editing and organization�
  • Communication and creativity

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What We Produced

In total, our class produced 22 articles, along with comics and advertisements.

Each team researched, drafted, edited, and finalized their work before it was included in the final newspaper.

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Our Published Newspaper

At the end of the project, every student received a printed copy of the newspaper, and we also created a digital PDF version so it can be shared with others.

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Thank You for Supporting Student Voice

Scan to read The Daily Drool created by our student journalists.

Questions?