By COLE REIF
Great Bend Post
Asked why they started a newspaper at Jefferson Elementary School in Great Bend, 5th grader Maverick Wilson joked that a group of students do really well in school so they “needed a little extra something to get us through the year.” That little something has turned into a weekly publishing every Friday for Maverick and his classmates.
"We get done Thursday, so on Friday morning we go through the process of printing and passing them out to every classroom in the school," said Wilson. "We work on it every morning before school, sometimes during recess and even after school if we're really behind."
5th grader Brock Bauer, along with Cody Lanterman, also presented to the USD 428 Board of Education Wednesday during the board’s luncheon at the school and said the Jet Gazette includes recaps on sports, a joke of the week and book of the week.
"We wanted to fill in kids who don't watch NBA, MLB and other sports content," said Bauer. "We thought we should make something so they can understand what's happening. It just kept getting bigger and expanded from there."
Along with organizing a coloring contest, the newspaper students highlight school events such as scholar’s bowl.