January/February 2008 Newsletter
The Anchorage Daily News is pleased to assist you in teaching your students the role and value of the daily newspaper. The NIE office has curriculum ideas and resources for use of the newspaper in your classroom or teaching environment.
The 2008 Spelling Bee Winner Forms are now available. Select the link below to download the file.
The history of the Anchorage Daily News tells a story of perseverance and public service.
A Dozen Good Reasons for Using Newspapers in Your Classroom
1. It’s a reality-based teaching tool that is both informative and entertaining.
The Anchorage Daily News values strong ties with the community and a commitment to the education of our youth. By giving tours of the Daily News, we hope to provide a positive experience that will foster in young children an interest in reading newspapers and an appreciation for the newspaper production process. We also want to make people aware of the career opportunities the Anchorage Daily News provides.
According to the Scripps National Spelling Bee guidelines, student participants must not have passed the 8th grade prior to February 1, 2008 and not have reached a 15th birthday prior to Sept. 1, 2007.
Seldom does a day – an hour, really – pass without a phone call or an e-mail asking about the number of copies of the Daily News delivered to this or that school through the Newspapers in Education (NIE) program. The answer is almost always the same…
In our world of crowded e-mail inboxes, I’m sure some of you were delighted to learn your friendly, neighborhood Educational Services Coordinator didn’t write an October newsletter. But it’s a new month. I’m back, and I’ve got plenty to share.
Welcome back to the 2007-08 school year and to another successful go-around with the Daily News’ educational services we provide to you. I’ve got a lot to cover in the new year’s first newsletter, so let’s get cracking.
And down the stretch they come.
As I sit down to visit with you via the written word on Thursday morning, March 8, Fairbanks’ musher Lance Mackey could still be counting the gold nuggets he won for reaching the Iditarod’s halfway point first.
As we worked in our office, sorting through the avalanche of winner-information paperwork in anticipation of next month’s Alaska State Spelling Bee, the call came in. An official from an Anchorage school – we’ll omit the names to protect the innocent – alerted us to the outcome of a Newspapers in Education (NIE) emergency.
Benefits for Sponsors
Newspapers in Education (NIE) is a program which provides newspapers to classrooms throughout Alaska. Newspaper study increases student awareness about the world in which they live and helps equip them to impact their communities as Alaska's future leaders. Through the generous contributions of our corporate sponsors, the Newspapers in Education program is able to provide thousands of daily newspapers to students and educators across Alaska.
Hello Anchorage Daily News-Newspapers in Education users and friends - This is a reminder that because one of our larger NIE sponsors isn't contributing this year, we've significantly cut the number of newspapers we're delivering to classrooms statewide. We're working to locate more corporate funding, but the process may take some time. If you know of companies or individuals willing to sponsor the program, please let us know.
NIE is sponsored by:
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