Publications Class Plans to Streamline Productivity

By Marshall DeLonay

The publications class this year has gone through many changes from the previous year.  The main change is the instructor, Mr. Fry.  It is his first year at Newman Catholic High School, but that does not mean he is short of talent.  He has many new ideas for the class and hopefully they will be implemented for next year.

There are not major changes that will take place, just a different way of doing things and putting them together that will make things run more easily.  He hopes to cover the yearbook and the newspaper in ways that will make them run more smoothly than they did this year.  This year’s class did get the yearbook finished and the newspaper has gotten rave reviews, but there were some deadlines for the yearbook that were missed, which he does not want to happen next year. 

Something that will help the students next year will be assigning various school events to different members of the publications staff so they can go and take notes, conduct interviews, and take quality pictures.  By doing this, everything will be covered in a timely manner and there will be equality in coverage.  There has also been some speculation in regards to the class receiving their own digital cameras.  This would be a great addition to the class, because this would ensure high quality pictures that would capture the true essence of the moments at school and sporting events. 

All in all the changes to the publications class are going to become a great addition to the already great curriculum here at Newman Catholic High School.  While the class this year has not had all of these opportunities, they still have done a fantastic job with being Mr. Fry’s first class, and he will surely never forget the laughs and fun they have had this year.