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A school newspaper needs to report the facts but it also needs to be exciting and entertaining!
Here are some ideas we can include in our school newspaper:
News - What is going on around our school? Are there any new projects or rules? What big events are happening in the different classes?
Features - What human interest stories would appeal to our school community? They can be school-related but they can also be general stories that simply are important to students.
Sports - Report the scores and stories. Not to give a play by play, just relate the highlights and mention the names of those who made the player of the day
Editorial - The school editor can write about whatever is being talked about in school the most that month. Give opinions but be clear that it is strictly the editors viewpoint.
Reviews - What is the hit new movie, TV, or best-selling book and what does the reporting student think about it? Thumbs up or thumbs down plus explain why.
Puzzle Corner - word puzzles: either mini crosswords, word searches, or even trivia questions.
Comic Strip – Maybe you have a good artist in the class that could create their own cartoon. Possibly "The Life of a Student" or something similar the student readers can relate to?
Poem - Run a poem each issue - either something made up by the staff or a poem submitted by a reader.
Advice Column - Let readers ask questions (anonymously) and have a range of answers given by a student, a teacher, and a parent.
Spotlight On - Highlight one person by putting their photo in the paper and giving basic info about them, such as likes and dislikes, hobbies, etc. The person can be a student, teacher, BOT member etc
Letters to the Editor – (if there are any!)
Photos – Pictures of what we are discussing, shots of the sports in action, and so forth.
What you can do to decide on what articles to write:
See everyone as a potential news source! Listen.....
Read your newspaper. Keep a particular eye out for stories worth a write up in our own student paper.
Set up an informal focus group of your friends. What would they like to read in the paper? What are they concerned about, excited about, frustrated about?