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Students working hard in Newspaper class

February 28, 2014
Students working hard in Newspaper class

The livewire.aasdcat.com is the Altoona Area Junior High School’s newspaper.  This class can be taken in ninth grade and is an all year course.  This class is basically made into three groups: photography, opinion and writing groups.  Each group is required to update their part of the newspaper every week.  Each group has an editor of the staff.  The teacher for this class is Wanda Pletcher in room C234.  This class is for people with an interest in writing and photography.  Check out some of these pictures to find out more!

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Leader Power! Co-captain, Devon Kennedy, is changing the dates because students do not have school on Feb. 17, 2014. He did this so that his group would have enough time to finish his project. Photo by Jacob Hord

 

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Good Teacher! Mrs. Pletcher is helping out Devon Kennedy on the writing assignment he has this week. He had trouble with the assignment so he asked for her help. Photo by Jacob Hord
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Highlighter power! Madison Shetrom is highlighting information on the sheet of paper for class. She used the highlighter to find information for her assignment. Photo by Jacob Hord
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Go Ally! Ally Fama is typing her essay on the computer the students have in the classroom. She was writing so that she could get her paper in before the deadline. Photo by Jacob Hord
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Blogger expert! Alexa Young is a blogger for the AAJHS newspaper. She was helping her group out for that week’s project. Photo by Jacob Hord
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Hanna to the rescue! Hanna Feathers is looking at a photo she took for that week’s assignment. She was making sure she followed the photography rules. Photo by Jacob Hord
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Go Kim! Kim Nguyen is looking at a photo that someone took from the photography group. She was using the photo to use in her story. Photo by Jacob Hord
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    SARA S. • May 29, 2014 at 8:27 pm

    This class looks super fun!

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