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Fairbury students become roving reporters

Robert Becker

Jordon Johnson takes pictures during reading class as part of the Roving Reporter project.

Lincoln Journal Star features Fairbury's Roving Reporters.

Jordan Johnson writes in a notebook, seemingly oblivious to the typically chaotic sixth-grade scene surrounding her.

Two boys tease each other as other students chat between classes at Jefferson Intermediate School.

Jordan stays focused.

“I am on location at Jefferson Intermediate School in Fairbury, Nebraska,” she writes. “I’m here to put you in the shoes of a sixth grader.”

To read the entire article, click here.

To see how other schools are using SOCS read this support article by the Lincoln Journal Star:

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