![The Manternach family spends a day at Gulf Shores, Alabama in 2009. Since Dana’s melanoma diagnosis in 2008, her family has paid more attention to sun care, especially during trips to the beach. “We take constant breaks. We try to reapply [sunscreen] every hour and a half to two hours,” Dana said.](https://lancerfeed.press/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Tanning-pic.png)
Join Staff 2023-2024
Joining Lafayette StuPub means more than being a student in just another class. You will be part of a special group with a LONG tradition of EXCELLENCE. You will have amazing opportunities. The learning experiences will benefit you now and continue to provide you with benefits long after you leave Room 137A.
— Mrs. Nancy Smith, Publications Adviser
What You Need To Know About The Journalism Program / Course Info
Our student staff members love welcoming new students to our team to produce the website (The Lancer Feed), print magazine (Image), videos, social media (@thelancerfeed) and yearbook (Legend).
We think being part of the journalism program will be a highlight of your time at Lafayette. The prerequisite courses will prepare you to do the work required for the publications. In the Digital Media Production, News Production or Yearbook Production class you will find an experience very different from any class you have ever taken before.
Student editors are responsible for the staffs and the content produced. You will have a lot of individual freedom to work in areas and on projects that specifically interest you. Student Publications staff members also get the chance to travel to national journalism conventions and compete in contests. Also, working on a high school publication looks fantastic on college applications.
To get involved, all you need to do is register for the appropriate classes when you complete your enrollment form online for next year. There are three prerequisite courses and three Production classes. Most students take a prerequsite course first semester and then join one of the Production teams second semester. These are the courses available in the journalism program:
• Journalism Writing & Reporting (1 semester Language Arts elective credit) *best for News or Yearbook Production
• Visual Journalism (1 semester CTE credit) *best for Yearbook Production
• Intro to Digital Media Production (Full Year CTE credit) *required for Digital Media Production
• Digital Media Production (CTE credit for two semesters; may be repeated multiple times for elective credit)
• News Production (CTE credit for two semesters; may be repeated multiple times for elective credit)
• Yearbook Production (CTE credit for two semesters; may be repeated multiple times for elective credit)
If you were on a middle school publication staff or are willing to attend a summer workshop, you may be able to skip prerequisite course
What is another great reason to get involved? Don’t miss a chance to have a class with Nancy Smith (Smitty). She has been advising student publications and teaching journalism for 37 years, 30 of those at Lafayette. She has been recognized by the Journalism Education Association as its National Yearbook Adviser of the Year, a Medal of Merit winner and its Carl Towley Service Award. The National Scholastic Press Association named her a Pioneer Award Winner and the Dow Jones Newspaper Fund named her a Distinguished Newspaper Adviser. She was a Lafayette Teacher of the Year winner, a Rockwood School District Teacher of the Year winner and was a Missouri Teacher of the Year State Finalist. The Class of 2020 also selected her as their Extra Distance Award Winner.
If you want more details:
email our adviser at [email protected]
What Do Our Grads Say About Their Experience on Student Publication?
Here are a few more of our grads. Look at what they are doing now!
