Newspaper research leads to student creations

Published 9:29 am Tuesday, November 12, 2024

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It started with students reading copies of the Davie County Enterprise Record.
And for the sixth grade keyboarding and basic word processing students at South Davie Middle School, it ended with each student creating their own newsletter.
First, the students learned about newspapers and the role they provide in a community. They also got some tips on how to create a news article.
Their assignment was titled “Events that occurred on my birthday,” and each had to research to find four things that occurred on their birthday: a major news event, weather, sporting event scores, and a famous person born on that day.