SPONSORS

PLATINUM - $1200:

GOLD - $800:

Dominoes Pizza

SILVER - $500:

Jim and Carolyn Stutts

BRONZE - $275:

BB&T - Sweetwater
BB&T - Athens
Monroe County Chamber
Valley Insurance

Literacy Tab Sponsor

WAL-MART

NIE Special Project Sponsors:

Tennessee Press Association
2007 Fall Semester Serial Story - "The Liberty Pole"

NAA Foundation
2008 Spring Serial Story - "Robyn Reports: The Nutty Neighborhood Block Party"

NEW: NIE Teachers Guide to using the newspaper in the classroom (written to Tennessee State Standards). Password Required.

(Click here for a larger version.)

Constitution Teacher Guides

Citizens First: You and Your Newspaper

Black History Month

Elementary students can explore the parts of a newspaper and then create their own class newspapers or newsletters, using the ReadWriteThink Printing Press.

also available: Hand Washing Flyer

Ideas to thank your NIE sponsors!

Teachers: Here is a list of ideas to thank your sponsors or

Students can complete the Dear NIE Sponsor letter.

How to Participate:

Advocate & Democrat is proud to offer the Newspapers in Education (NIE) program to you and your students. Learning from the real world has a magnetic appeal for students. That is one reason why newspapers are the perfect teaching tools. In addition, research shows that using a newspaper in the curriculum improves student skills, increases knowledge, and encourages a positive attitude toward learning. It also helps students become informed and involved citizens while developing a lifelong reading habit.

To participate you will need to contact our NIE Coordinator, LuShep Baldwin, by email at lbaldwin@xtn.net or by phone at 423-745-5664. She can answer any questions you may have and set up a time for you to complete our NIE Class. Our NIE Class will help you get the most out of the newspaper in your classroom.