Their newspaper, The Locust Lion , is distributed in school as well as around the community. They also formed a partnership with the local newspaper and a printing company.
Students learn about newspaper publishing as they interview, research and write articles.
Social studies, math and science are integrated into the project as student reporters write about field trips, special science projects or math story problems. In addition, the staff artist collaborates with reporters to illustrate stories. Bonnie's goal is to integrate technology into language arts, math, science and social studies in order to meet curriculum goals, improve reading and math scores and develop writing skills. In order to become lifelong learners prepared for the 21st century, students need to acquire higher level thinking skills, to learn how to communicate effectively, and to access, analyze and synthesize information from a variety of on and off-line reference sources. She uses a variety of hardware and software to help reach these goals.