Mustangs media outlets thrive at Waldo

By Monserratt Castro & Giang Nguyen & Anali Juarez

We wanted to profile the news classes here at Waldo where students write many interesting and fun stories to share with other students and teachers. If you like writing stories, you should definitely join the news production class. There are two news classes here at Waldo. One is for JGEMS and one is for Waldo. Mr. Jones teaches for Waldo and Mrs. Carver teaches for JGEMS. We interviewed the two teachers about their classes:

(MM = Mustangs Mirror + MT = Mustang Times)

Q: Who usually writes the stories?
MM: The students in News Production class always write the stories.
MT: Students in my journalism class write all the stories.

Q: What do you guys usually write about?
MM: Any stories that students come up with involving Waldo.
MT: The students all come up with the ideas, which are things that middle school students are interested in.

Q: How many stories do you need to write to get an A?
MM: About 4 stories.
MT: About 2 for an edition. We also have writing assignments in class.

Q: Where do you guys publish your stories?
MM: In a website at http://mustangsmirror.blogspot.com/
MT: In the Mustang Times newspaper.

Q: Why do you guys write stories?
MM: So students can know what is happening in our school or any other places.
MT: Because it is fun to tell a story, and we hope students like to read them.

In conclusion, we want people to know that there are two news classes in our building. If you write the stories required, then it's pretty easy to get good grades. It's a fun class because you get to go around the school and interview people. Check it out!