Otter recently sponsored a blog for 8th graders at the Willauer Middle School
which was used to document the building of six kayaks. A nice summary
of the 8th grade blogging experience is covered in today's Boston
Globe:

The Boston Sunday Globe comics section has a 4 page insert called “The Fun Pages”, which focuses 
on a compelling local school project. Students working on that school project then submit related 
articles, an interview, games, puzzles, an advice column, and artwork to the the Globe.

This past spring the Willauer School kayak-building project was
selected for a feature and is in today's “Fun Pages”. The 8th graders
assumed complete responsibility for this endeavor. They created their
own groups, elected leaders, assigned topics, created realistic
deadlines, supervised all drafts and revisions, and submitted their
collective work to the Boston Globe.

Today's entire “Fun Pages” insert was designed and implemented by
our Willauer School eighth graders. Take a look; the results are
wonderful!

Hooray for Willauer Students!!

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