Journalism at Work

On Wednesday the English II class visited our local newspaper, the Hagerstown Herald-Mail, to tour the facilities and learn about journalism. We had a great trip and enjoyed learning about the journalistic process. The class has begun a pen-pal relationship with students at Rocky Knoll SDA Elementary School, and they will be sending the kids their newly produced sophomore English newspapers entitled The Tartan Times and The Daily Payne. They look forward to a great relationship with their new pen pals!

Celebrate Autumn with Poetry, Apples, and Caramel!

Today the American Literature class and the English IV class celebrated the season with an outdoor feast of apples and caramel along with some readings and creations of autumn poetry! The following is the English IV group poetry project (each group wrote two lines):

It's the season of fall
The leaves dance as they fall to the ground
Leaves as large as a wall
As they fall by the pound
Giving folks thousands of leaves to haul
Under your feet there's a crunching sound
It's autumn ya'll
But what makes the world go round
Is Autumn fashions at the mall
While birds fly south, homeward bound.
--Class of 2008

CUC Writers' Conference

Do you like to write? Would you like to learn more about writing? Discuss your writing with others? Attend a play in Washington, DC? Then Writers' Conference is the place for you!!

If you would like to attend Writers' Conference, which takes place Sunday, October 28 - Tuesday, October 30, you must submit a creative poem explaining why you should get to go to Mrs. Payne by Friday, October 5, at noon.