Green Wave Gazette Reaches Tens of Thousands
Most read stories between 2013 to 2020
The Green Wave Gazette is a student newspaper club at Abington High School. It has published work by students for almost two decades. In 2019-2020, the online newspaper was named a distinguished site by SNO.
June 11, 2020
The Green Wave Gazette club at Abington High School supports student voice. It began in 2002 with Mrs. Crowley, the high school librarian, as the advisor. It then went to Ms. Pflaumer (co-advisor and advisor), Ms. Pearsons (co-advisor), and Mr. Dorman (advisor). In 2017, Ms. Pflaumer returned.
The paper had a big shift in 2013 under Mr. Dorman when it moved from using ASNE (American Society of Newspaper Editors) as the online host to SNO (School Newspapers Online). It was also published in print a few times per year.
During that first year with SNO, some of the events the paper covered were the 50th birthday of the old high school, the year passage since the Marathon Bombings, the Coombs Race, tragedies in town, high school and pro sports, school news, reviews, teacher spotlights, student spotlights, opinions, and more. Not much has changed in the topics students cover. Yet, so much has changed.
In 2019-2020, the students at the high school produced over 150 stories. Their stories received tens of thousands of views, according to Google Analytics.
Although there were many new stories, sometimes older stories trended. Wheelies Are Wheelie Fun by Christian Waterman had 392 views and Scotland Says Nay to Independence by Ian McLeod had 370 views this year.
Looking at Google Analytics for the articles written since 2013 with the most readers, these 19 each have had over 1,000 views. Worth noting is that one, #11 by Elizabeth Roy, was just published this month.
All of these are worth another read, not only because they are well-written, but because the students captured a moment of time in history.
| Page | Views | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Make Every Day a Sammi Kinda Day by Kristin White, Class of 2020 | 3205 |
| 2 | Abington Pulls Together by Alex Tempesta, Class of 2015 | 2282 |
| 3 | Rising Artist Dua Lipa takes the Industry by Storm by Morgan McNeil-Berry, Class of 2018 | 2138 |
| 4 | Mental Health Matters by Rachel Barrett, Class of 2021 | 1759 |
| 5 | Rising Into the Spotlight by Emily Coulsey, Class of 2021 | 1526 |
| 6 | For Tyler Perakslis, Baseball is a Family Tradition by Corin Mahan, Class of 2020 | 1447 |
| 7 | Cheers for First Male Cheerleader by Abby Joyce, Class of 2021 | 1388 |
| 8 | AHS Grand March and Junior Class Prom: 2018 by Allison McLeod, Class of 2019 | 1334 |
| 9 | Living Her Dream by Madison Contrino, Class of 2019 | 1299 |
| 10 | From the Athletic Fields to the Battlefield by Connor Buckley, Class of 2021 | 1295 |
| 11 | Thank You Mr. DiRado by Elizabeth Roy, Class of 2021 | 1238 |
| 12 | Too Much Focus on Grades, Not Enough on Learning by Alyssa Devlin, Class of 2016 | 1235 |
| 13 | Bright Futures for these Freshmen by Kate Baxter, Class of 2021 | 1126 |
| 14 | Nursing School According To Mikayla Rooney by Jason Kinniburgh, Class of 2019 | 1109 |
| 15 | From AHS to the NBC Emmys by Cam Curney, Class of 2020 | 1105 |
| 16 | Every Day Is a Battle to Breathe by Amanda Murphy, Class of 2022 | 1050 |
| 17 | Make a Change by Leticia Meneghetti, Class of 2021 | 1031 |
| 18 | Freshman Phenom by Marina Brennan, Class of 2017 | 1011 |
| 19 | Remembering a Friend and Supporting a Community by Morgan McNeil-Berry, Class of 2018 | 1007 |
