Our school had a monthly newspaper the journalism class would produce as a promotion for the academy. Although to take the class you had to be at least a freshman, that didn’t stop me from writing articles for fun and practice. One of my earliest stories was a feature on a new focus of science fair: multiple students from the school accidentally met up at the local library on the weekend while doing their science research. The article was one that jumpstarted my love for journalism and investigating original sides of stories others might overlook.
The story can be found on page six of the original web paper: October 2010 Newspaper
(Note: last names were taken out in the web version).
Deadlines force an unexpected meeting
Students cross paths at Pohick Library
by Jenneth Dyck, 8th grade
Apparently the library is the place to be on a Saturday afternoon. On Oct. 16, at Pohick Library, students accidentally converged together at the exact same time, all with the same quest: to research books for the science fair bibliography page.