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Allendale fifth-graders present 'Paw Prints' student newspaper to board
Summary
Students from Allendale Elementary presented the Allendale Paw Prints fifth-grade newspaper to the Board of Education, describing plans for a spring issue and longer-term club goals; the board applauded and thanked students and staff.
Members of the Allendale Paw Prints fifth-grade newspaper club visited the West Seneca Board of Education meeting on April 14 and introduced the club’s first winter issue. Mrs. Cassimassa, the Allendale school librarian, said roughly 28 students participated in the first issue and described how the club is student-driven: members pitched ideas, voted on names and took assignments for articles, comics and interactive features such as a bookmark contest and word search.
Four students spoke briefly about their experience: Jayden Sauer said they enjoy writing and engaging readers; Amelia highlighted creativity and collaborative story work; Abigail described the satisfaction of knowing the school reads their work; and Molly Morella noted that family members enjoy seeing student work. The students said the spring issue will include features on global warming, Allendale history, a West Seneca SPCA piece, a Ramadan culture corner feature and a series of interviews.
Superintendent Dr. Krueger congratulated the students and parents for attending. The board applauded the students and offered copies of the winter issue to meeting attendees.
Next steps: students will continue work on the spring issue and the administration encouraged the board and community to support guest speakers and possible expansion into broadcast initiatives.
