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Sandown North students present school newspaper to board, describe reporting and mentoring process
Summary
Fourth- and fifth-grade students from Sandown North described their student newspaper: how they develop story ideas, interview and research, peer-review drafts and mentor incoming fourth graders; board members praised the project and suggested sharing it with other schools.
Students from Sandown North Elementary presented their school newspaper to the school board on Oct. 17, describing how they select topics, perform interviews, research stories and peer-review each other's work before publication. The presentation matters because it shows a student-led literacy initiative that teaches research, public speaking and collaboration skills, and the board discussed the possibility of extending the model to other district elementary…
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