Volume 1 Number 1 September 25, 2008

The Helderbarker is a publication of the English 12 Journalism classes of the Clayton A. Bouton High School and the high school and middle school writers of the Voorheesville Central School District and is published bi-weekly in school and on the web. Once every ten weeks a full publication is sent home to district residents.

Write For Us

The Helderbarker is produced in the English 12 Journalism class of the Clayton A. Bouton High School English Department, but submissions of news articles, sports articles, and opinion pieces are actively sought outside of the class writers. If you are a student of the Clayton A. Bouton High School or the Voorheesville Middle School and would like to submit your article or opinion piece for publication, either submit your piece to your English teacher or email the piece to us at helberbarker@vcsdk12.org. You will hear back within five school days as to the status of your piece.

Creative Writers

If you are interested in creative writing or the arts, why not submit your typed story, poem, essay, or digital art (photograph or scanned image) to the Blackbird Review, Voorheesville's literary and arts magazine? The magazine can be found at http://ves.neric.org/cabouton/cole/review/index.htm . All email submissions can be sent to writersinstitute@vcsdk12.org.

Issue Due Dates

Issue #1

Rough Draft- April 22, 2009 | Final Copy- April 29, 2009

Issue #2

Rough Draft- May 8, 2009 | Final Copy- May 13, 2009

Issue #3

Rough Draft- May 20, 2009 | Final Copy- May 27, 2009

Issue #4

Rough Draft- June 3, 2009 | Final Copy- June 10, 2009