March 2007 Vol. 16 No. 3 C.D. Hylton High School Woodbridge, VA
Publications vist the Big Apple
By Heather Gioia
Features Editor
As the charter bus pulls up in front of Hylton, students dressed and half asleep will slowly load the bus and begin their journey at 2:00 AM on Thurs., Mar. 15 to New York City. Students from different publications will make yet another journey to participate in the Columbia Scholastic Press Association’s (CSPA) Annual Scholastic Convention at Columbia University. The Convention spans three days and is full of fun classes and other activities.
CSPA’s 38th Annual Scholastic Convention is held from Wed., Mar. 14, through Fri., Mar. 16. While attending, students will be able to chose from more than 300 sessions including classes in newspaper, yearbook, magazine, online media, video/broadcasting, and law and ethics. On the final day of the Convention, CSPA will announce the winners of the Crown Awards for top publications, and the Gold Circle Awards for top individual student awards.
Hylton’s The Watchdog, The Legend, and The Promethean staff members will attend different classes that specialize in their specific publications. While the students will run all across the campus of Columbia University, the weekend will not be all study, study, study.
Students will attend dinners in the city, grab lunch on their own during the day, and find themselves being treated like adults in the real world. Students will plan to attend (insert name of show) on Broadway, and will have the opportunity to visit Ground Zero and the Empire State Building.
“It's a once in a life time opportunity! A lot of students have never been out of Virginia and this gives them an opportunity to not only take classes on the campus of a major university, but also see Times Square,” explained Ms. Kellie Solhiem-Chabot, Literary Magazine Sponsor.
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