On Page 6, readers will see one of the things local newspapers are truly meant to do: Fourth-graders in Cape Elizabeth did some investigative reporting and writing, and we are publishing their work, in their words.
While space did not permit us to run the pieces of all 21 students in the paper, our Web site does.
At www.keepmecurrent.com, everyone can see the great work all of these kids have done in school. When you go to the site, in the upper right-hand corner you will see a box labeled “Take It Online.” In that box, simply type the number 2473, and reporter Whit Richardson’s story will appear, followed by all of the kids’ stories.
Please let us know what you think of their work, and of our new capability to showcase it. You can submit comments directly from the story page on the site, and your thoughts will be automatically linked to a continuing conversation about their pieces.
The kids should be proud that their efforts have paid off, most immediately in improvements to healthy foods available at lunch at Pond Cove School. We look forward to watching – and reporting – as their investigations, both now and in the future, bear fruit by bringing change.
Their parents should be proud that their children are all developing such inquiring minds, and are willing and able to do the work involved in learning about a complicated issue and explaining it to others in writing.
Teacher Erik Nielsen and all the faculty and staff members at Pond Cove should be proud of their role in the development of these young writers.
We here at the Current are proud to be able to publish their work, and look forward to publishing more students’ writing in the future, both online and in the paper. If you are a teacher at any grade level whose students are doing writing assignments, please get in touch with me, at currnews@maine.rr.com, or by phone at 883-3533.
Correction
In last week’s editorial, I unfairly characterized the actions of Scarborough Superintendent Bill Michaud regarding media access to a state officials’ tour of the high school construction site. While Michaud and I agree his statement that the tour was like an executive session was not the best analogy, he had asked the state officials if reporters could come along, and had told them he had no problem with their attendance.
Jeff Inglis, editor
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