Salem High Students Make Their Marks At Witches' Ink Print Shop

SALEM, MA — Salem High students are putting their stamp of creativity on projects across the campus as the staff and management of the new Witches' Ink design and print shop.

The staff — which is currently five students in the school's Career and Technical Education program but may expand after a trial phase — produced the 1,000 tickets sold at the Salem-Beverly Thanksgiving football game and is working on other signage, stickers and clothing at the school.

"It's where creativity meets hands-on learning," Witches' Ink staff advisor Jennifer Toler said. "Witches' Ink provides a unique opportunity for students to apply design, business, and printing skills while serving the Salem High community."

The students began the print shop with several projects from the high school staff with plans to expand to serve the entire district as soon as next year. Expansion will create internship opportunities for more students, the school said.

"We are in a trial phase at the moment," Toler said. "Once we iron out the kinks and I have enough students working in the Witches' Ink internship, we'll be able to expand to SPS next year and perhaps the community in years to come."

The students were also working on signage for the new Witch's Brew kiosk at SHS, T-shirts and logos for the SHS administration, stickers for culinary arts students, and posters for the SPS Food and Nutrition Services Department. Other projects include business cards, brochures, flyers, banners and booklets.

The students have been turning around projects in about 10 days for printing orders with additional time for design projects.

"We're excited to share the students' creativity and school spirit with the entire district," Toler said.

(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. X/Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)