Education in Newspapers

The Encampment K-12 3rd grade class paid a visit to the Saratoga Sun on October 16 to learn about the newspaper and its history.

The class, led by Rayna Greenwood, spent about two hours in the Sun office where they learned about the history of the newspaper and had their writing edited. The writing assignment, given by Greenwood, paired students off before their visit to the Sun to interview each other about what they liked about their school and the Platte Valley. Joshua Wood, the interim editor and publisher, went over each student’s writing and worked with them on topics such as spelling, spacing and punctuation.

The students were also given an opportunity to look at historic issues of the Saratoga Sun from 1892 as bound copies of the more than century old editions can be found in the back of the office. They were also given a brief history of the newspaper itself, from its rivalry with the Platte Valley Lyre through its various owners over the decades. Students were shown how the newspaper is put together now and learned how it was once laid out using different types of tape on a lightboard.