Reflections Magazine Mirrored Creativity at Andrew Warde High School in the 1970s

Reflections, the annual magazine published by Andrew Warde High School over three decades ago, contained writing, artwork, and photography authored exclusively by Warde students. Mrs. Holtzman assumed the role of adviser to the magazine in the Autumn of 1974.

"We can take the magazine in whatever direction we want it to go in," she was quoted as saying in a December, 1974, issue of the Crimson Crier. The students involved were seriously interested in publishing a magazine which featured their creativity. The final decisions as to what the magazine featured and looked like rested with the students.

Various members of the staff visited English and Art classes, encouraging students to submit their work and invite any interested students to join magazine meetings. The magazine was a vehicle in which students had an opportunity to express themselves.

According to the Crimson Crier article, "After a year or so at Warde, many students find themselves undergoing a slow but sure loss of identity and being dragged into that terrifying and mysterious creature known as The System. Yet still, amid all of the dissolving of personalities, there exists ways for a student to assert her or his individual talents. Reflections is one of these ways.

"It is small and personal enough for one to leave one's own mark on. So come and express yourself. It may open new doors."

Paul

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