The NIE program promotes literacy through the use of the daily newspaper as an instructional aid in the classroom. Newspapers are distributed to Pitt County Schools as well as East Carolina University and Pitt Community College through the NIE program. This program relies on contributions through fundraising efforts and sponsors. The Daily Reflector also administers the Newspapers in Education (NIE) Program. The Daily Reflector prints 16,500 papers each day, including more than 11,000 home delivery subscriptions. The Daily Reflector has since expanded its coverage to all of Pitt County and the surrounding areas. In 1885, David Jordan Whichard became sole owner and publisher of the Reflector, beginning daily publication Dec. Moving the equipment into their mother's one-room schoolhouse, the brothers began their own weekly newspaper, The Eastern Reflector. Whichard, who bought the printing equipment from the proprietor of The Express, for whom they once worked. The company was founded in 1882 by David Jordan Whichard and Julian R. The Daily Reflector was published in Garden City, Kansas and with 935 searchable pages from.
If that’s approved, they hope to encourage Hispanic students to dress up as their favorite idol from their culture on one of the days.īattle Ground High School also recognized Hispanic Heritage Month but didn’t host activities for it.The Daily Reflector has been a vital part of the life of Greenville, Pitt County and eastern North Carolina for more than a century. Search the Daily Reflector newspaper archive. The student union members hope their fellow students can learn some new things as they observe Hispanic Heritage Month.īrizuela said the celebration is also a generally good time for others to appreciate their culture.įor next year, Caballero said she hopes to have a Hispanic spirit week, but the group needs approval from the school first. “Latinos make up the biggest minority group at the school, and it was sad that we don’t have a club or … any type of club for people of color at the school,” she said. “I feel like it’s important because you get to represent your culture and then represent who you are and feel connected to it,” Hernandez said.Ĭaballero agreed with Hernandez and added, “Just showing it off to other people who don’t really know much about our culture, it’s nice letting them learn about it too.”Īs for Brizuela, she said, “I think it’s important to just show who we are and have that representation, but not just this month, but all the months out of the year, and that it’s not just a one-month thing.”īrizuela said they were inspired to start the Latino Student Union to bring more minority representation to the campus. 7, but had to cancel because that day was state and service day at Prairie High School, which meant teacher chaperones weren’t able to accompany the students.Īll three of the club members said Hispanic Heritage Month is significant to them in its own respective ways. The club originally planned to take a field trip to the Latino Youth Leadership event in Vancouver on Oct. “(Brizuela) is from El Salvador, and we’re Mexican, so I know that our foods are different everywhere, so it’s going to be nice seeing everyone bring their food in and see us all enjoy it,” Caballero said.īrizuela said the club is trying to spread the word about the schoolwide potluck through social media, posters and daily announcements at the school. Other items people have expressed an interest in bringing are tacos and champurrado, which is a Mexican drink, Caballero said. Brizuela plans to bring the El Salvador dish pupusa, while Caballero wants to bring tamales. 14, Caballero said the student union plans to host a potluck that features food from various Hispanic cultures. “I think we’ve had a lot of support and this club helped start the BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Color) Club, which was really cool, and hopefully we can have more student unions as well, like a Black student union or Asian student union, too,” Brizuela said. Melody Brizuela, the founder of Prairie’s Latino Student Union, started to craft the celebration last November with her friends Meendy Hernandez and Alexandra Caballero as a way to recognize the Hispanic culture that’s present in the school. Sebastian Rubino / at Prairie High School have organized a number of events and celebrations to recognize October as Hispanic Heritage Month.
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