Ten will participate in 2024-25 program
The Highlands Current accepted a record class for its Student Journalists Program for 2024-25, naming 10 high school students from Beacon and Philipstown.
Now in its fifth year, the program provides students with an opportunity to be mentored by professional journalists while they serve as paid correspondents and photographers for the nonprofit newspaper and website. The students will primarily cover their high schools and issues related to young people. The program is funded by gifts from the DJ McManus Foundation and Current members.
Two Philipstown students return for 2024-25: Jude Morrison, a senior at St. Regis High School in New York City, and Clara Tripp, a senior at the Ethical Culture Fieldston School in the Bronx.
They are joined by juniors Nadeen Ahmed, Annabelle Notarthomas and Kayla Selander and sophomores Charlotte Bowen and Ash Marcus from Beacon High School and sophomore Lincoln Wayland from Haldane. In addition, Aron Li of Beacon and Leo Grocott of Haldane, both juniors, will contribute photography.
