POINT PLEASANT — A new school, a new year and a new newspaper.

Following last fall’s merger of the middle school and high school in Point Pleasant, students and staff members have taken on the role of reviving the “Tu-Endie-Wei,” Point Pleasant High School’s student-assembled newspaper, which hasn’t been published for several years.

But instead of offering printed editions, students have decided to compile online versions, streamlining a variety of news and events in an easy-to-read format.

The publication, which is accessible via a link on the Point Pleasant Junior Senior High School Web site at http://ppjshs.maso.k12.wv.us, will be updated on a weekly basis and provide news, sports, features and other items of interest for students at the school. In addition, the new online format provides access for alumni as well as current students.

According to Mary Jane Getty, adviser, the venture is one that allows students to implement 21st century learning and technology. Plus, the students learned about the school’s history when they researched old issues of the paper, some of which dated back to the early 1920s.

Staff members include Crystal Beller and Sarah Nott, co-editors and front-page news; B.J. Lloyd and Justin Weaver, sports; Kara Cochran and McKensie Wright, entertainment; and Catherine Sprouse and Garson Ziegler, features. Future plans for the publication include introducing a “Knightline” column that will feature students’ poems and photography.

Getty said she hopes students in the class will participate in annual high school journalism competitions in the future, and she said students don’t have to be enrolled in the class to contribute to the publication.