Student Opinion Page, 2007-08

• The page is open to local students in grades 5-12  and their homeschooling peers.

   

• The Student Opinion page is published on the third Thursday of every month, September through May.  Submissions are due one week in advance. 

  Here are the deadline and publication dates for school year 2007-08:

  September 13, 20; October 11, 18; November 8,15; December 13, 20;

  January 10, 17; February 14, 21; March 13, 20; April 10, 17;  May 8, 15.

  Editorial material may include letters, columns, cartoons, and poems. The point is for students to clearly express their opinions, and to be persuasive.

   

  Email your views  to  studenteditorial@gazettenet.com.  350 words maximum.   Your work can also be mailed or dropped off at the Daily Hampshire Gazette, 115 Conz Street, Northampton, MA 01060.    

   

  The following is a list of topics generated by local high school students and educators. These are only suggestions for possible persuasive essays. We encourage writers and artists to choose topics that are important to them.

   

  Alternate energy sources

  Animal rights

  Cellphone use by drivers

  Child labor

  Energy consumption

  Gender issues

  Global warming

  Home schooling

  Homework

  How to improve your school

  How to improve your town or city

  Human and civil rights

  MCAS

  The role of  the arts in academic classes

  The role of sports in middle and high schools

  School dress codes

  Should community service work be a graduation requirement at every high school in the state?

  US foreign policy

  What do you think about legal ages for drinking, smoking, driving, voting, military enlistment? (Choose one or more)