For the first time in its history, A-Tech, like many other high schools across the nation, has its own newspaper. Students, staff, and teachers have the opportunity to cover a topic and/or make a story about anything they want. But now, it’s time to learn a little about the website that makes this possible: S.N.O. Sites.
Their Story
To make the lives of media advisers easier, they founded S.N.O.—specifically, one adviser. Jason Wallestad, a co-founder of S.N.O., advised the Knight Errant at Benilde-St. Margaret’s School in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. When he first started looking into ways to take the Knight Errant online, he didn’t find anything.
The newspaper required improved flexibility and robustness for its free web templates. A competent web designer could quickly blow a school’s meager budget. Despite their good intentions, companies hosting other school publications needed more technical support.
Jason and Tom Hutchinson founded School Newspapers Online, an internet publication platform explicitly designed for scholastic news programs.
Key People
Honorable Mentions: Andrea Bell, Education and Training Specialist
Lyndsay Hetzel, Support Specialist
Gus Beringer, Full Stack Developer
Kyle Phillips, Education and Training Specialist
Facts
S.N.O. Sites was launched in 2008
Their headquarters remain in Burnsville, Minnesota
They also offer the system to middle schools, elementary schools, colleges, and more.
There are high school newspapers across the 50 states, including Hawaii and Alaska.
S.N.O. Sites gives out awards for the most outstanding high school and college journalistic online newspapers.
There are over 500 participating high schools on S.N.O. sites.
Almost 16,000 stories have been submitted.
What do you think about our school newspapers so far? Does it need more stories and specific topics to cover? Have you seen any other newspaper than ours? Remember that there’s a comment section below that you can use to share your thoughts! The Newspaper Team would love to hear from you!
