Corinth adds Foundation of Journalism class

“It’s a wide variety of applicants,” said Williams, who will teach the year-long Foundation of Journalism elective class for students in grades 9-12. “It should be a fun elective.”

The new class will be much more than teaching students how to write news releases, marketing and use of social media, but also how to operate a successful business.

“We are excited to add journalism as a course offering at CHS,” said Dr. Lee Childress, superintendent. “The skills learned in this class coupled with the entrepreneurship skills learned in operating the school store will better prepare our students for the future.”

Students will market and promote Corinth High School’s first store which will sell Warrior apparel and merchandise, said Williams, whose doctorate degree is in educational leadership and her B.S. is in journalism, providing the state license requirement to teach the class.

In her online promotion to encourage students to sign up, Williams asked students to “join us in building the new Corinth High School store and gain invaluable hands-on experience in a wide range of fields, including journalism, marketing, photography, design, social media, customer service, retail operations and finance.”

Students will take product concepts from design to production, manage inventory, handle retail operations and customer service, create compelling promotional and marketing materials, maintain the online store website and manage finances, she said.

“It will be about entrepreneurship,” added Williams. “How to run a business.”

The CHS school store doesn’t have a name just yet, but it remains in the works.

“I hope we have a catchy name by July,” she said.

Applicants are still sought for budding journalists.