PSPA Trip Is Capstone of Yearbook Experience

On November fifth, yearbook, journalism, and TV Media students went to the Pennsylvania Student Press Association Conference at the Harrisburg Holiday Inn East. At the conference, students learned how to make better yearbooks, newspapers, and television news pieces. There are many rules students must follow to succeed at each. 

“I gained a lot of knowledge about yearbook,” stated president Dom Scatamacchia, a senior at FAHS.

Whether it was the club takes group pictures or the manner to use computers to make publications look their best, the PSPA had answers to all of the students’ questions. Schools that attended the Conference were able to talk to other schools and give advice to students about the pros and cons of their publications. Mr. Houp, the dapper advisor for the school newspaper, also attended the Conference.

The Conference also helped students think about the business component of their school publications. 

Said Dom Scatamacchia, “I learned a lot that the president should know about the business end.”

Mrs. Shelton has taken these same students on two other field trips. The students have gone to the Historical Society in the Community Center to research what Fleetwood was like before the population grew to the size it is today. The yearbook students have also gone to Harrisburg Area Community College to learn more about suggestions for how to get one of the best yearbooks in the state.

The students enjoyed visiting the Historical Society because they were able to learn history of Fleetwood that isn’t widely known. Some students didn’t even know that the Historical Society in the Community Center existed!  Students can always go there and investigate Fleetwood’s history. It is surprising what people don’t know about their own hometown before modern civilization changed its way of life.