This year’s edition of “Between the Lines” is being published under a new set of watchful eyes. These eyes belong to Ms. Adrianna Barkey, 11^th grade English teacher at MHS. Mrs. Barkey is the new sponsor for the literary magazine, and has high hopes for what can be accomplished.

            Barkey wants this year’s edition of “Between the Lines” to be a student-led publication. She says the staff will have more of a choice as to what goes in the magazine this year. “I want this to be a publication of the students, by the students,” says Barkey.

            Yates Boykin is one of those students working on this year’s edition. This is Boykin’s second year working on the magazine, and as editor and chief of the magazine, Boykin says that he enjoys seeing the end result of the staff’s hard work.

“It gives the student body a voice,” says Boykin. When asked about this year’s staff of “Between the Lines”, Barkey could not have seemed more pleased. “Everyone has their own specialty,” she said.

            Since its start in 2005, the literary magazine has won awards from The National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), and a Gold Medal Award from Columbia University Scholastic Press in New York, New York.

            When it comes to differences from previous years, there are only a few. The magazine will still feature poetry, short stories, photography, art, and music by the students of MHS. However, Barkey says that this year’s edition will feature more music, and more community involvement. The magazine will feature 32 pages of full color, a first for “Between the Lines”. This is possible because of a program change that has been made, and also by the fact that the magazine will be part of the yearbook purchase. The yearbook will cost $75, more expensive than previous years, but Barkey says that although it is more expensive, you are getting more for your money.

            With plenty of hard work, concentration, and support from the MHS student body, there is no doubt that Barkey and her team of students will do a phenomenal job with this year’s edition of “Between the Lines”.