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The Student News Site of Gretna East High School

The Wingspan

The Student News Site of Gretna East High School

The Wingspan

Leena Macklin

Leena Macklin, Reporter

Leena Macklin is a junior at GEHS and this is her second year on the Wingspan staff, where she serves as the Feature Editor. 

Last year, she won 7th place for Editorial Writing at the NSAA High School State Journalism competition. Additionally, she won numerous awards for graphics, editorial, review and feature story writing at the Nebraska Press Women High School Communications Conference. 

Macklin joined journalism for her love of writing and to continue her passion for writing throughout the year. She hopes to qualify for State this year and to continue improving her placements at the competition. She is excited for this year and having a bigger staff.

Outside of journalism, she is involved in Cross Country, NHS and One Act. She hopes to continue writing after high school with a focus on creative writing.

See more awards here.

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On display, Valas apples can be seen in the lunch room on Oct. 22. They are labeled with signs to show how the school locally provides much of its food.

Local farms fuel school lunches

Leena Macklin, Reporter December 17, 2024

As the lunch bell echoes through the halls, a bustling crowd of students spills into the cafeteria, eager to grab their midday meal. Students have many options with steaming trays of today's main dish,...

After parking in the student section of the north parking lot, students make their way to their first period classes.

Parking lot becomes danger zone

Leena Macklin, Reporter October 18, 2024

DISCLOSURE: This is an opinion article. Please note that unsigned editorials represent the collective opinion of The Wingspan student news staff and do not necessarily represent the opinion of the...

Best last-minute Mother's Day gifts

Best last-minute Mother’s Day gifts

Leena Macklin, Reporter May 5, 2024

Mother’s Day is only one week away which means it’s time to think of those last-minute gifts. Skip the flowers and chocolates and find something that she will really like with this gift guide.   Trendy...

Work piles up, causes stress after snow days

Work piles up, causes stress after snow days

Leena Macklin, Reporter February 9, 2024

Going full force into the second semester, students have already started to complain about the workload being thrown at them so early on in the new semester. Gretna Public Schools has been back in session...

Black Friday or Cyber Month?

Black Friday or Cyber Month?

Leena Macklin, Reporter November 23, 2023

-OPINION- From a Walmart employee being trampled to death in 2008 to a dying man dropping to the floor while shoppers stepped over his body in 2011, Black Friday stories are some of the wildest to be...

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