Pigskin Geography
(Sept. 7-Dec. 21, 2010)

Pigskin Geography is a 15-week program that follows the pro-football teams as they travel across the United States to their destination cities. No knowledge or interest in football is required, and you don't have to be a geography teacher to enjoy the benefits of this program!

Each week we will publish a set of questions on the Especially 4 Kids page. To participate, have your students choose a team name, then simply submit the answers via email each week. Classrooms compete for the top score. The team with the most points at the end of the program will get a classroom party!

This week's 5-POINT BONUS QUESTION:

• Identify the states the Denver Broncos will fly over en route to the city of their game. (There are 8 states total, but I'm looking for only 5. If you send me the names of more than 5 states, I will only count the first 5 answers, NOT the 5 that may be correct.) ____________, ___________, ___________, ___________, _____________

Click here to send me your team's answers!

TEACHERS: if you've never played before, you may want to think about it for 2010! CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP YOUR CLASSROOM FOR PIGSKIN GEOGRAPHY 2010!

Follow NIE on Twitter!
Our Twitter account offers daily activities and other ways to use the newspaper in the classroom and updates to NIE programs and events! To start "following" NIE, go to www.twitter.com/fnpnie.

Especially 4 Kids Page 

ADVENTURES OF A BOY REPORTER
By Harry Steele Morrison

A young country boy makes good at a major New York City newspaper breaking sensational stories. He travels to the Philippines to report on the Spanish-American War where he's captured by the rebels, escapes, and then helps lead the American troops after the rebels and to victory.

This 15-chapter serial story puts students in the exciting yet challenging position of the reporter as they follow Archie Dunn through his adventures.

FCPL Summer Reading Program (June 1-August 3, 2010)

Each summer, The Frederick News-Post Newspaper in Education department partners with the Frederick County Public Library's Summer Reading Club. This year's 9-week program will take place June 1-August 1, 2010, and will center around the theme "Make a Splash — Read!" If you participate in the program, you can get your free copy of The Frederick News-Post at your local library, along with activities included in our Especially 4 Kids Page each Tuesday. Book reviews from Summer Reading Club participants will also be featured regularly on the Kids’ Page!

"Where in the World is Flat Sneaks"

We hope you enjoyed traveling around Frederick with Flat Sneaks and the FCPL Summer Reading Club this summer! Keep up the reading!

This year's Summer Reading Club newspapers were sponsored by  Rita's, McDonald's (Rt. 40 and Old Camp Road) and Stroup Flooring!

NIE Community Yard Sale (June 19, 2010)

Thanks to everyone who came to our first ever community yard sale! We consider it as a huge success, raising over $500 for NIE! One vendor even said she walked away with more than $400!

Staff photo by Bill Green
Customers were welcomed to more than 20 filled vendor spots, tons of bargains and perfect weather Saturday!

Design-An-Ad (May 4, 2010)

Thanks again to all the teachers and students who participated this year — The advertisers appreciate all the hard work you put into each ad!

During the Design an Ad program, middle school students and teachers team up with business owners to create an ad for a local business. Middle School Students (grades 6-8) are asked to use their artistic talents to design an ad that is paid for by the business owner. The winning ads were displayed in a special publication of The Frederick News-Post on May 4, 2010!

- Here is the 2010 Design an Ad publication!

- 2009 (pdf)

The contest provides students the opportunity to apply their studies in Language Arts and Visual Arts, while challenging them to use creativity, logic and critical thinking skills as they create ads for an advertiser in The Frederick News-Post.  The Design-an-Ad competition augments Frederick County Language Arts and Visual Arts curriculum.

For more information, click here, or email me your questions.

Frederick News-Post/Mike Powell Journalism Awards 2010

    Student journalists from four Frederick County high schools — Linganore, Frederick, Gov. Thomas Johnson and Middletown — were honored Thursday by The Frederick News-Post. The awards ceremony was held at the newspaper, just outside the pressroom door.
    The Frederick News-Post/Mike Powell Excellence in Journalism Awards are named in honor of former managing editor Mike Powell, who died in 2004. Powell, who began his newspaper career as a student at the University of Maryland at The Diamondback, was the driving force behind the awards to honor student achievement.

Congratulations to this year's winners!

History Bee (March 19, 2010)

Congratulations to all our winners!

Pictured are, from left, 5th-grader Madelyn Hurwitz, SECOND PLACE winner from Parkway Elementary School; 4th-grader Camilo Toro, THIRD PLACE winner from Trinity School of Frederick; Myron Randall, Editor & Publisher of The Frederick News-Post; and 5th-grader Rishub Nahar, FIRST PLACE winner from Urbana Elementary School.

Alternate winners:

3rd grade — Mathias Yost, Deer Crossing Elementary School
4th grade — Liam McGann, St. John Regional Catholic
5th grade — Katherine Li, Urbana Elementary School

Finalists:

Jill Rice - Visitation Academy - 4th grade
Hana Munsi - Centerville Elementary School- 4th grade
Rishub Nahar - Urbana Elementary School- 5th grade
Madelyn Hurwitz - Parkway Elementary School- 5th grade
Matthew Thomas - Yellow Springs Elementary School- 3rd grade
Michael Flegel - Walkersville Elementary School- 3rd grade
Zachary Kasica - St. John Regional Catholic School - 5th grade
Carter Gipson - Urbana Elementary School - 5th grade
Ashley Gildersleeve - Ballenger Creek Elementary School - 3rd grade
Erin Kopit - Walkersville Elementary School - 3rd grade
Camilo Toro - Trinity School of Frederick - 4th grade
Sam Melcher - Parkway Elementary School - 4th grade

And thanks to our sponsors,
who went above and beyond for this year's Bee to be such a success!

Pictured are, from left, Jordan Furbee, Human Resources Manager for Chef's Outlet; Rocky Rinehart, Vice President of Purchasing for Chef's Outlet; Bea Jackson, Owner of Ladies & Gentlemen school of etiquette; and Myron Randall, Editor & Publisher of The Frederick News-Post.

Honeybee Sponsor:                          Bumblebee Sponsor:

 For complete media coverage of the event, including a video and photo slideshow, click here.

Ultimate Football Fan Photo Contest (Aug. 30-Nov. 5, 2009)

This year's NIE fundraiser! Voting for the second and final round has ended and we have our Ultimate Football Fan! Thanks to everyone who participated!! We raised $3,474.50 for NIE and $300 for Special Olympics and Frederick County!


Congrats to our winners!

First place - Tom Moser, Raven Maniac 2,450 VOTES!

Second Place - Brian Lauer, Happy Redskins Family 2,362 VOTES!

Third Place - Kimberly Goad, Purple Power 2,170 VOTES

 
Thanks to all our sponsors!!

MVP Sponsor: McDonald's (Rt. 40 & Old Camp Road)

Pictured, from left, are representatives from McDonald's — the Ultimate Football Fan photo contest MVP sponsor — Mustafa Anderabi and Sadia Anderabi; Myron Randall, The Frederick News-Post; winner Tom Moser; and Syed Anderabi, of McDonald's.

Franchise Sponsors: The Greene Turtle, Glory Days Grill, Major League Fans and WoW Café and Wingery

Free Agent Sponsors: Beans & Bagels, The Frederick News-Post, Flying Dog Brewery, GameStop, Graphcom Inc., Green Castle Greens, Hillcrest Wine and Spirits, McCutcheon's Apple Products, If the Shoe Fits, Sams Club, Starbucks, and Uno Chicago Grill.
 

The Great Frederick Fair Media Core (Sept. 21-24, 2009)

FNP teams up with The Great Frederick Fair each year to provide students with a chance to be a part of the fair's daily newsletter. Students from different schools are matched up with editors and reporters from The Frederick News-Post to learn the "ins and outs" of producing articles and page designs under a tight deadline. At the end of the week, six students with the top print and broadcast products were presented with awards.

Shown are students and staff at the awards ceremony, which concluded Media Core 2009. From left, bottom row, are Kate Walters (instructor, Gov. Thomas Johnson High School) and Garrett Frank. Top: Susan Summers (The Great Frederick Fair), Katelyn Keller (Tuscarora High School), Adam Frank (instructor, Frederick Community College), Noelle Workman (TJHS), Allison Butler (TJHS), Casey Film (Middletown High School), Myron Randall (FNP), Becky Brashear (GFF), and Brenda Main (GFF).

Thanks to everyone who participated! We hope you enjoyed the experience.

NIE Week (March 1-5, 2010)

We hope you enjoyed celebrating Newspaper in Education Week with us!   

Newspaper in Education Week, a program of the Newspaper Association of America Foundation, is observed during the first school week of March. The goal of NIE Week is to reinforce a positive and relevant lifetime reading habit in students by engaging them with an authentic text – the newspaper. 

Each year there is a new theme and resource guide.

NIE Week Project Contest

Congratulations Melissa Rust of Crestwood Middle School! Melissa won a $100 gift card to Office Depot to use in her classroom by telling us how she will be using The Frederick News-Post in the classroom this week! CLICK HERE TO SEE HER WINNING ENTRY, and click here to view the link she used in her classroom project.