Students at Stanley Switlik Elementary School tried their little hands at journalism as part of Switlik’s annual Career and Truck Day on March 6. Pulling in dozens of local businesses, civic leaders, law enforcement personnel and tradesmen, fifth graders spent the morning exploring their budding career aspirations.
Students spending time with the Weekly learned the importance of objective, fact-based reporting and the importance of local media to the Florida Keys. They used magazines produced by the company to learn new fun facts about hurricane preparation, and even took a walk through the decades by using the Original Marathon Seafood Festival guide to find out more about Marathon’s most popular event.
Finally, the classes helped this news editor with the Weekly’s mission of putting as many local names and faces in the paper as possible, taking and captioning all the photos seen here.
