our mission:

As proud Bradley Hills Elementary School alumni, we started The Bradley Hills Whale's Tale to encourage young people to pursue a love of storytelling, journalism, and artistic expression. We created this after-school club specifically for fifth graders to discover their voices as young writers and to teach the role of journalism in our society. Our club offers a fun, encouraging environment where students can learn the basics of journalism, generate ideas for stories, and practice writing in a range of genres, including opinion pieces, news articles, and interviews. We plan to meet twice a month. We gather and publish a student-made edition of The Whale's Tale every season, providing club members with the thrilling chance to share their work with the school. As students learn the joy of publishing their own stories, we hope that this club will help them develop their writing abilities as well as their confidence and teamwork.