The Saint Scroll has been the school publication here at San Dimas High School since 2017. Started by Mrs. Lehrmann, the newspaper has covered most major events here at our high school, in our community, and the entertainment world since its’ creation. But how did the newspaper begin, and what changes have occurred in the publication since it was created years ago?

When Mrs. Lehrmann was first hired at San Dimas High School in 2016, the school did not have a journalism program. The program had died 10 years before Mrs. Lehrmann became a teacher here at San Dimas due to low enrollment. After Lehrmann expressed interest in a journalism program, she was given the opportunity to start the class again. Mrs. Lehrmann had previous experience in journalism, considering it a passion of hers. She had been a journalism major and the editor-in-chief of her college magazine.

When the Saints’ Scroll was first started, the first set of kids in Lehrmann’s class provided a lot of help in the creation of our new online publication, by choosing the name and other aspects of the newspaper.

Back then, it looked a little different than it does now. “Definitely at the beginning, it used to be more assignment based, but I saw that the passion kind of died when it was all about assignments,” said Lehrmann. “We had an opinions section very briefly, and polls. But positively, we’ve had more views and more interaction every year.”

Nowadays, The Saint Scroll is a well-managed production, conducted by editors, staff writers, photographers, social media managers, playlist curators, Mrs. Lehrmann, and many others. This year’s community editor is senior Sema El Ajouz, who says on the topic of her position: “I really like helping people and being apart of something important in journalism, and it’s just fun to be an editor. And I guess it’s just like…it’s fun to give people new ideas and help people. I feel like it’s fun going outside of school stuff, and looking at stuff outside of campus,” said El Ajouz.

Mrs. Lehrmann enjoys advising the school newspaper, and views it as the most fun part of her day. “I love the students who choose to take journalism, it’s choosing to do something they love. So it’s vastly different from my other classes.” She shared that her favorite part of running the class is the connections she gains with the students who decide to write for The Scroll. And her students feel the same. “This class has been really fun and I feel like I’ve already been able to be so creative,” said senior Jazmine Cardenas. 

The Saint Scroll has been an outlet for so many writers here at San Dimas High School throughout the years. All of the articles published on the site, just like this one, will live on forever.