Elementary school students create dual-language newspaper

BURLINGTON — What started out as West View Elementary School classmates drawing comic strips has evolved into something more — the school’s own monthly newspaper, with a twist. Because West View is a dual-language school, the newspaper — the Bobcat Gazette — is printed in both English and Spanish.

“So people who are learning English could read the Spanish side,” said Iliana Lopez, one of the sixth-graders behind the paper’s founding. “I like sharing stories with people and I thought it would be even cooler to share with the school.”

Since October, the fourth-, fifth- and sixth-grade students have been taking turns drawing, editing, interviewing and taking photos for their newspaper, which comes out once a month.

“I love that it was student driven,” said Principal Tamara Skeen. “They had the idea, they advocated for it. This is what we want at school — kids with ideas.”

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