Teaching Fellow: Olivia (ESCS)

Students in Youth-Led Journalism planned, created, and produced the very first edition of Phoenix’s Fire, the school newspaper. From coming up with and voting on the name of the paper, selecting topics, researching background information and conducting interviews and polls, to working together to layout and produce the paper, student reporters took the lead in our afterschool newsroom. Excitement was high when the inaugural edition was distributed at the WOW!

Ms. Dehm, a teacher from Citizen Schools, talks about why she started the newspaper club
 

Check out the final newspaper below—click for a full version!

Students: Maya, Damary, Ana Loren, Jayda, Jenny, Delilah, Deyani, Allison, Aden, Sophia, Steve, Gabby, Kayleigh, Sophie, Brian, Ariel, Guilhermy, Seline, Zoe, Leiosha, Aislin, Emily, Jessica