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TIME NOW FOR AN A-PLUS. THIS WEEK, IT GOES OUT TO A STUDENT WITH A VERY SPECIAL JOB. 11 YEAR-OLD NOLAN PASTORE IS A KID REPORTER FOR THE SCHOLASTIC NEWS KIDS PRESS CORPS. THAT MEANS THAT HE REPORTS ON STORIES FOR SCHOLASTIC, WHICH GET PUBLISHED ONLINE AND MAYBE EVEN IN THEIR CLASSROOM MAGAZINES, WHICH REACH MILLIONS OF STUDENTS ALL OVER THE WORLD.
NOLAN IS ONE OF JUST 20 NEW REPORTERS SELECTED FROM MORE THAN 400 APPLICANTS, AND HE'S THE ONLY REPORTER FROM OHIO. NOLAN IS ALSO A BUSY SIXTH GRADER AT LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL IN UNIONTOWN, AND SO HE DOES MOST OF HIS REPORTING ON THE WEEKENDS AND THE EVENINGS.
HE SUGGESTS OR PITCHES HIS STORY IDEAS TO HIS EDITOR IN NEW YORK CITY. ONCE AN IDEA GETS APPROVED, HE GOES OUT TO INTERVIEW HIS SUBJECT, WHERE NOLAN GATHERS INFORMATION AND QUOTES AND PICTURES FOR HIS STORY. HE LIKES WRITING ABOUT PEOPLE BECAUSE, AS HE SAYS, UNIQUE PEOPLE MAKE UNIQUE STORIES. AND WHEN HE GROWS UP, NOLAN SAYS HE THINKS HE WOULD LIKE TO BECOME A NOVELIST.
JULIE JONES IS NOLAN'S FORMER TEACHER, AND SHE NOMINATED HIM BECAUSE, SHE WRITES, “HE'S A BRIGHT YOUNG MAN WITH A TON OF PERSONALITY. HE'S ALSO AN EXCELLENT STUDENT, IS KIND TO EVERYONE HE COMES IN CONTACT WITH, AND IS ONE OF THE MOST WELL-ROUNDED STUDENTS SHE'S HAD THE PLEASURE OF TEACHING.”
WOW, HIGH PRAISE. THOSE ARE CERTAINLY A-PLUS QUALITIES IN OUR BOOK. SO FOR NOLAN'S GREAT WORK AND EXCELLENT ATTITUDE, WE'RE PLEASED TO GIVE HIM THIS WEEK'S NEWSDEPTH A-PLUS.