Hi's Eye

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Hi's Eye is the student run weekly newspaper at Westfield High School located in Westfield in Union County, New Jersey. Hi's Eye is New Jersey's only weekly uncensored student newspaper, and one of the few uncensored school publications in the entire country.[1]

Hi's Eye has an editorial staff of Journalism 3 seniors and is free from administrative prior review. The paper was established in 1935. Its slogan is "If it's Friday, and there's school, there'll be Hi's Eye." The paper publishes 33 issues per year with a monthly Arts and Entertainment insert called Iris. Hi's Eye is unique among many student run newspapers in that it is a weekly, and that it is completely self-funded.

[edit] Awards

Hi's Eye has won numerous awards from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association, American Scholastic Press Association, National Scholastic Press Association, and the New Jersey American Civil Liberties Union.

The newspaper's advisors are Mrs. Rosemary DiBattista and Mr. Corey Walsh.

[edit] References

  1. ^ News 12 crew puts focus on the Hi's Eye, Record-Press, March 8, 2007. "Hi's Eye is one of the few high school newspapers in the country and the only one in New Jersey that produces a weekly uncensored issue"

[edit] External link