Serving St. Louis journalism teachers and students

We are an association of junior and senior high school journalism advisers who meet together for mutual support and education and to help improve scholastic journalism in the St. Louis area.

We meet monthly at various schools and eateries to share and support each other. We also sponsor a yearly local journalism conference for area students and raise money for scholarships to summer workshops for both students and advisers.

We welcome all publication teachers and offer a mentoring program for new advisers. Please come join us.

You don't have to be a member to attend your first meeting, but we would like to know you are coming. So if you are interested in coming to one of the meetings on this website are on our membership brochure please RSVP to Nancy Smith at (636)458-7200 ext. 2338, smithnancy@rockwood.k12.mo.us, or Beth Ann Brady at (314)993-6447, bbrady@ladue.k12.mo.us.

Convention Info here

For a list of new officers, go to contact at the left or click here.

2008-09 Meetings*

Get ready to kick off a new year with SSP. We desperately need to get more people more deeply involved with the organization very early in the year so we have help for the national convention in November, but also to boost our workers in our own local group! We are going to make a huge effort to keep the meetings more educational and social. We will post a general topic for each meeting and have discussions and support for advisers. We hope you will invite new advisers to come and old advisers to come back.

Mon., Sept. 8, 2008 4-6 p.m.

4- 4:30 SOCIALIZE; 4:30- 6 MEETING

Lafayette High School

17050 Clayton Rd.,

Ballwin, MO 63011

(636)458-7200

Planning to bring students to the St. Louis convention in November? Come to the first meeting of the year and share ideas and discuss questions about how to handle an in-town convention. Now is the time to be making plans. How many people are getting hotel rooms for students? How many are treaing it as a field trip with buses each day? What about chaperones for those working at the convention? Come make pans with others in SSP. RSVP to Nancy Smith or Beth Ann Brady.

Tues., Oct. 14, 2008 4-6 p.m.

4- 4:30 SOCIALIZE; 4:30- 6 MEETING

Clayton High School

1 Mark Twain Circle

Clayton, MO 63105

(314)854-6668

*For a list of meetings for the year, click here.

*For a 2008-09 membership form, click here.

*For information about the JEA/NSPA national convention in St. Louis in November, click here.