A School Magazine
The school magazine is a journal of a school. It is a kind of periodical publication, which contains the writings and contributions of the students and the teachers in a school. It contains literary works or other information of a school. Every school publishes a school magazine every year. Mainly students and teachers bear the expenditure for the publication of the magazine. Generally, the school authority bears the total expenditure of publication. At first, a committee is formed for publishing the magazine. The headmaster or principal is usually the chief patron of the committee. Then the committee asks the learners and the teachers to send their writings. The committee issues a notice for submitting writings. The editor then corrects the writings. Then the best writings are selected for publishing. They select publishable writings. They collect pictures, data and choose a name for the magazine.
The school magazine is generally open to all teachers and a famous person outside the school is allowed to write in it. Students and teachers write to it. It also contains messages from the headmaster, assistant headmaster and the chairman of the school managing committee. It contains literary works or other information of a school. There are short stories, poems, essays, verses, jokes, riddles and other writings related to studies, sports and cultural activities of the school. A student can express his latent talent through it. The students are overjoyed when their writings are printed in the magazine. Infect, the school magazine is the first stepping stone for future writers. It often contains an album of photography. It helps the students to be creative. It helps their confidence grow. A young learner really feels proud and happy when he finds his writing in the magazine.
A school magazine has great importance in school life. It can play a vital role in improving the young learner’s habit of reading and writing. It can develop the students’ interest in literature. It is a trademark for a good educational home. It stimulates their imagination and develops their creative powers. The school magazine can help the students to develop their latent faculties as well as their power of thinking and writing. It is a mirror of the school. It is an in important milestone of the progress and prospect of a school. It adds to the glory and honor of the school. It is a part and parcel of school life.
