In late December, teacher Ginny Brouillard approached several seventh- and eighth-graders about developing a new project — a newspaper for the kindergarten through eighth-grade school at 406 W. B St. in Iron Mountain.

Bishop Baraga has only a few extracurricular activities, Brouillard explained, and students seemed enthusiastic about the idea.

“I thought it would be kind of fun and I was very interested in it,” said Sophia Richardson, one of the first students Brouillard spoke with about the paper.

Six students have now committed to the newspaper: eighth-graders Richardson, Elise Cameron and Sadie P.; and seventh-graders Gemma Raiche, Michael Covitz and Daniel Erickson.

BISHOP BARAGA CATHOLIC School has begun publishing a newspaper produced by students. Michael Covitz and Gemma Raiche are ready to start on the next edition. (Betsy Bloom/Daily News photo)

The students so far have published two editions of The Snowshoe, a nod to Bishop Frederic Baraga’s nickname “the Snowshoe Priest” for traveling hundreds of miles of foot each winter between churches in Lake Superior region in the early to mid-1800s.

The other option, “Voice of the Students,” “wasn’t fun,” said Richardson,14. “I feel it’s kind of cringy,” 12-year-old Raiche added.

The process starts with brainstorming sessions on story ideas each Wednesday, laying out the design using Canva on laptop, then having about 150 color copies printed — in house, in color, on 8-by-10-inch white paper — for each student and staff member. Deadline is Sunday evening, with coordination done through Google Chat.

The first two editions included a “Teacher Feature” that highlights a faculty member with a photo and interview, a short report on the monthly visit to Evergreen Senior Living, a word find and polls that asked which team would win the Super Bowl and, most recently, whether students would be more willing to give up candy or screen time for Lent.

Not surprisingly, candy ended up easier to walk away from, the students said. “If that’s the choice,” Erickson said, “it’s always candy; candy’s going to win.”

Upcoming issues will detail today’s trip to St. Mary Queen of Peace church for a program on the Shroud of Turin and the debut of an advice column, “Dear Snoopy,” answering letters submitted to the paper. They’re aiming to publish weekly.

While it takes personal time and work to produce each issue, the students all said they think they will benefit from the experience. Several mentioned wanting to put it on a resume.

“I thought it would be cool … and this is a fun group to be part of,” Cameron said.