May issue calendar and due dates:

• April 11-12 Writing stories, interviews; Kilt Kluster check ins
• April 18: Google Edit circles first draft; Editors take home Extra Evening Edits; Kilt Kluster check ins
• April 21: polished stories due; Second Edit circles; Editors take home Extra Evening Edits
• April 22: Bring cereal/ Breakfast food edit day/ Kilt Kluster check ins
• April 25: Final stories due at end of class
• April 26: Ladder comes out at the start of class; design consultations
• April 27-May 4: design pages
• May 2: First design edit circle
• May 4: WORK NIGHT (Sweet and Salty themed foods)
• May 5: Final edit circles
• May 6: Final staff pages due at the end of class; Editor pages due at the start of class; PDF pre-checks in Kilt Klusters
• May 9-11 PDF; turn in paper on May 11 (if possible)

Want to be an editor next year? Schedule an informal interview meeting with me for April 27- May 4 (during lunch, after school, can be on zoom later if needed)

What to bring:

• A look book full of ideas on what you want to see in the future paper version and on-line edition
• Your ideas about what we are doing well and what we could do to improve
• What position/s you want to hold and why
• A statement about what you think your legacy is/ what impact you want to make with our publication

Have ideas for the senior issue? See this link in the discussion board to add early pitches to work on simultaneously.

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