“Yes, I like this class A LOT,” said Angelina Joiner when asked if she was going to come back next year to Junior Journalism, taught by Mrs. Christine Kindon. This is already Joiner’s second year in this course.

On the first day, students in fifth through eighth grades were informed what they’d be doing in the class. In Junior Journalism, students interview participants and make an online newspaper about all the classes in the program.

When asked why she picked this class, Alyssa Winegar replied, “Because I thought it would be exciting to write a newspaper.”  Students have been busily interviewing teachers and getting information on all of this year’s exciting activities. Hallie Liberti’s favorite thing is that “we get to be on the computer a lot.”

When asked if she has been in Junior Journalists before, Kiana Thomas answered, “No, but I’m happy I picked this class.” Avery Budel said that the thing he wanted to gain from this class was “knowledge on how to be a journalist.”

Angela Loewen, Meagan Arnold, Haley Lorson and Kate Glossner, the assistants in the class, have been a big help to all of the students. Besides guidance with their photos and interviews, they have been a great part of the learning experience itself.

Kindon, the teacher of Junior Journalism, was happy with the turn-out this year. When confronted with the question of the curriculum changing, Kindon responded, “Yes, we are trying to build on last year’s major overhaul, which was when the focus went from creating a printed newspaper at the end of a two-week program to online publishing in one week.”

Hopefully all the other students like their classes as much as the kids here do! Because the newspapers are kept online, evidence of the accomplishments from previous years is still available.

Nighttime crawlies? Not really.

The second and third graders in Mrs. Janet Woodruff’s “Creatures of the Night” course are learning a lot of things about owls. When you walk into the classroom, elaborate decorations and pictures are all over the place, making the learning environment for the kids very exciting.

Connor Scruggs, one of the rambunctious boys in the class, likes “the bats and owls;” the bats refer to Woodruff’s first class, AcroBATS. Mitchell Avallone, a delightful and charismatic boy, was informing everyone what all the students are learning in the class, gave an extensive description of owl pellets. “Owls,” said  Avallone,
“have pellets because they can’t digest bones, feathers, and some other things,  and their stomachs digest pellets easily.”

Mary Strein, a nice girl who is enjoying her first year at CFK, enjoys the learning experience and believes that CFK is fun “because we get to do crafts and stuff.”

Besides learning many interesting facts on owls, which is what Creatures of the Night is based on, the kids all go on field trips a lot. In fact, Mackenzie Clark’s favorite thing is “learning about owls.”

When asked, ‘If you could, would you tell some of your friends about what you’ve learned?’ Laura Zeigler replied, “Yes. I’d ask them if they wanted to come and tell them it was really fun.”

Whoooo wouldn’t love this class?!