Rooms full of eyebrow-furrowed, brain-boiling high schoolers packed Ernie Pyle Hall and Teter today, a signal that HSJI is in full swing.

Jessica Haney

Two students collaborate in designing a yearbook

Terry McCartin’s yearbook crew had fun with magazine collages while Ryan Gunterman’s group worked furiously on tip sheets, finishing deadlines, and starting on design. His engaged students explained that these HSJI assignments actually apply directly to next year’s yearbook at each student’s respective high school.

The next room over, Mike Frazier’s online journalism class was busy with Dreamweaver. Some students aim to improve their school’s news website, while others are simply interested in learning a new web design program. Either way, it’s important to peruse the internet for good examples– isn’t facebook’s design impeccable?

The newspaper bunch was nestled in Teter, where Tony Willis’s class discussed the importance of oberservation in digging out stories. Just down the hall, Kellen Hubert contributed to Jim Lang’s section with a story brainstorming exercise.

Now that the brains are cranking, expect some writing samples soon!