Three years ago, I wanted to find a way to spark leadership in my sixth grade students and so I decided to start up a Student Council for fifth and sixth graders. The group has been very successful and popular. They have organized rock concerts, overseen toy drives for needy families and fostered school spirit.
This year, they decided that they wanted to publish a student-written newspaper — and they did a fine job with the first edition. The Student Council leaders (with only some direction from me):
- Held a naming contest for the entire school and came up with Tigger Talk (a playful variation of the school newsletter, called Tiger Talk)
- Went on morning announcements and encouraged young writers
- Decided on which articles and cartoons would make it into the newspaper
- Added original artwork to the pages
- Did the lay-out the old-fashioned way — scissors, glue sticks and paper
- Took pride in becoming real newspaper publishers
You can view Tigger Talk at our Student Council website (or click on the picture)
Peace,
Kevin