Yearbook Class Takes Trip to the EO

On the exciting day of October 29th, 2014 the eighth grade publication's class of Sunridge Middle School took a trip to the East Oregonian to learn some new knowledge on writing and taking photos for their yearbook. Publications class is an extra-curricular class for the students that can manage to keep their academics up and have an interest in taking photos for the school. Not only do they have to create a yearbook, but they also have to make an end-of-the-year slideshow of all the kids and staff at Sunridge Middle School throughout the whole year.

The class of twenty-one students loaded the bus at 12:45 p.m. right after lunch, and were on their way to the EO. When they arrived, they unloaded the bus, and were greeted with the top editor, Daniel. He then showed them the way into the building where they would meet all of the editing team and the people that all have an important part in writing, publishing, and printing the newspaper. After a while of showing and telling the students about their famous photos and awards from previous years, he took them into an open area filled with desks and computers and other important equipment. He then introduced them to a few people that were working and another important person that likes to do multiple things instead of just one whose name was Tim. Daniel and Tim then showed them into a back room where there were tables, with notepads on top of them with chairs all around for them to sit in. As they filed in and sat down, the photographer E.J. came in to also help answer some of their questions and tell them about photography, and showed them a few of the pictures that he took.

The students then asked them questions about their job, writing, and the newspaper. One question was, “How many newspapers do you print in one day?” Lilli Oja asked. Daniel then answered saying that they print an average of 7,000 per 15 minutes and 35,000 each day. Their visit to the EO went as planned asking interesting questions about their job to how long they have worked for the newspaper. The trip to the East Oregonian helped the SMS students with their skills on picture taking and writing.

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