My News Article for journalism

So our Teacher told us to make an article for our journalism unit, and it had to be newsworthy, and have a good lead, while following the inverted pyramid method. This is mine:

Elementary School Teacher’s Lounge is Messier Than Ever

October 8, 2019 

At Glenridge Elementary School on September 30, 2019,

Fifth grade students were viewing the teachers’ lounge, and witnessed a mess that they should not have been exposed to them. 

Credit: The GroundTruth Project

According to the majority of Mrs. Barnes’ class, fifth grade, the teachers made the mess, and are at fault. This reasoning is understandable, given that students aren’t in there, and don’t know what goes on in the lounge.

Emily Weyer, 10, noticed a board game by the name of Marry, Date, or Dump, in the classroom. This attracted the attention of the fifth graders, and was a hot topic for the rest of the school day, and also the whole month. According to Emiy, the game was inappropriate for kids. “It’s immature for teachers to play it, not to mention they’re teaching us to be mature and behave well, and that is not a good example.”

 The teachers state that it was donated by a friend of the science teacher, and it is fine. Still, is this really a good thing to have at school? I mean at home, sure. But school? What will happen? Will the teachers get rid of the game, or just keep the lounge more private? Many of the teachers do not eat in the lounge, and were not part of this mess-up. On the table of the lounge, there were chips and salsa lying around, half eaten, disgusting. This was the peak of messiness, and  yet they somehow are teaching the schoolkids to be organized. 

 Sam Ramon, 5th grade says “It’s unfair that they get better food than us, but make a bigger mess than us”. Lelah Lee, 10, states “I was a little surprised that they made a mess, but you can’t blame all of them. Maybe they were just nourishing their time away from kids.” Many fifth graders in Mrs. Barnes class agree with this, since their own teacher doesn’t eat there. Students expect the teacher's lounge to be more private from now on, or at least more organized. 

 Fifth graders will continue to explore this topic throughout  the following months. 

Ruben