User:Pattygomez98/The Circle Gazette

The Circle Gazette is an American, independent newsprint publication written by children, for children. At this publication young writers find an opportunity to tell their stories and opinions; and to play an active role in their communities as reporters. The Circle Gazette was founded on October 2009 by the Enrichment Circle,Inc., a non-profit organization that develops and promotes educational programs. The Circle Gazette is printed for monthly circulation. This publication is printed in the format of a daily newspaper. It is printed on newsprint paper, with each page measuring 11 X 17 inches. Every issue has between 8 and 16 pages in length.

Each issue serves as a teaching resource and as an inspiration children write and create, to understand journalism, formatting and editing. This publication provides an outlet of good quality work for children of all ages.

The Circle Gazette is available through annual subscriptions. Subscriptions are available for individuals, classrooms, media centers, museum and libraries.

The Circle Gazette is different from a school newspaper because its contributors and its readership are not limited to one educational community. Contributions are accepted from children ages 3 to 18, from public schools, private schools and homeschool communities from around the United States. International contributions (in English) are also accepted. The Circle Gazette is currently only printed in English, the original language in which they are received. Future plans exist to include different language pages. Contributors are not restricted to one particular geographic area.

Purpose: This publication offers an alternative to blogging, texting, emailing and chatting to developing of modern communication between kids. The old-fashioned printed press offers a great venue to express high-quality writing and art, filling young authors with pride and enthusiasm.

Each issue serves also as an invaluable teaching resource! It serves as inspiration to other children to get to know what their peers think and create, to understand journalism, formatting and editing. We want this publication to provide an outlet of good work for children all over South Florida and beyond.

Why a Newspaper? Isn’t that Obsolete?

A Newspaper is a basic and classic medium of written communication. “Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost,” said Thomas Jefferson, long ago. Freedom of the press is crucial for us, but to keep freedom, there has first to be a press! We believe that the human brain needs to experience every aspect of life from their basic and wholesome forms; to know them intimately and be able to grow and master their more sophisticated forms. Children are very sensorial, and the associations of caring they develop as they grow, depend on their ability to touch and smell, (and taste and hear) while they look: a multisensory stimulation. The child perceives the world as a whole, not in fragmented parts. A virtual, on-screen paper does not offer the multisensory experience to the developing mind. We need new generations avid to read about what’s happening around them, to keep the tradition of the press alive. We want those new generations to have warm memories and positive associations with the written word. The memory of a paper they could hold in their hands, smell and listen to crumple. A paper that contains the story they wrote. When seen in this light, “a newspaper” is not a step backward, but a jump forward.