Newspaper In Education

Thinking Outside the Book

What is NIE?NIE (Newspaper In Education) is a nationally

recognized collaboration between corporate and community sponsors, local newspapers and schools providing students with the opportunity to become more literate and knowledgeable citizens.

The Newspaper In Education (NIE) program of the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, The Sun, and the Redlands Daily Facts is designed to assist today’s educators by integrating the skills taught in the classroom: reading, writing, math, science, geography, critical thinking and life skills through the use of the newspaper as an educational material.

Our mission is dedicated to promoting literacy and developing useful and meaningful educational materials that are academically relevant to the students’ daily lives.

Benefits of NIE : Teachers receive class sets of sponsor-paid

newspapers delivered to their school,

packed with news and information relevant

to every grade level and subject area.

We also offer student tours and teacher

workshops to help guide teachers

with using the newspaper in their

classrooms as a teaching tool.

The newspaper is a real world

supplement to traditional

classroom resources that is

updated everyday!

Some of what we offer:Operation Target Date (grades 1-12 )

One of the most popular ongoing NIE Programs; Target Date provides your students with a list of participating NIE newspapers, which they can contact for a free copy of that newspaper. Perfect for state projects, geography, contrasting and comparing writing styles and just plain curiosity about newspapers from other parts of the country. Newspaper Activities (Elementary)

This teacher’s guide is filled with fun grade level activities covering journalism, art, target dates, and much more.

Give Them the Keys (grades K-12) paperback only

A curriculum guide promoting adolescent literacy through the use of newspapers and 10 lessons and student activities with six components meeting educational standards: Standards, Here’s the key; Unlock the information; Use the key in your life; Assessment; and Adaptations.

First Things First: Using the Newspaper to Teach the Five Freedoms of the First Amendment (grades 1-12)

This 41 page teacher’s guide created by the 2001 Newspaper Innovators in Education award winners can be downloaded from the NAA Foundation and introduces the five freedoms of the First Amendment. Each freedom has three levels of activities to meet any grade level.

By the Numbers: Mathematical Connections in Newspapers for Middle-Grade Students (grades 6-8)

A new guide from the NAA Foundation available for download that features lesson plans, activities, and handouts for middle-school teachers and their students.

The “Real” World (High School and Adult Ed)

A school to career newspaper-based activity guide designed to help students examine the current job market, employment qualifications and life-management skills. Great for high school, adult education, and college level studies.

Newspaper In Education: ESL (Adult Ed)

The Newspaper In Education: ESL study guide is a great resource that can show students how to use the newspaper to learn English and provides lesson plans separated into three sections for beginning to advance level ESL students. Each lesson is presented in an easy to follow format with activities, concepts or skills.

Who can participate in NIE?Any accredited K-12 public or private school

within the circulation area of San Bernardino County can participate. We serve many school districts with a numerous enrollment students.

Charter schools, adult schools, and occupational centers that offer graduating programs also benefit from our NIE program.

Unfortunately, we cannot serve school or public libraries, child care or literacy programs.

Participant Expectations:As a NIE Participant, we ask that you notify us of: Any changes of contact information, vacation

stops, order changes, or discontinuations.

Report missed deliveries before they become a problem.

Complete a Newspaper In Education Affidavit verifying delivery of newspapers to the classroom once a year for our auditing purposes.

What does it cost?Currently, there is no cost for educators

to be a participant of NIE if the school is within the San Bernardino County circulation area.

With the help of sponsors and contributors, NIE will continue to be a free service to educators.

Each month NIE places a Thank You ad letting our readers know who has helped to keep this program alive and provide newspapers at no-cost to our educators.

And each year we ask our educators and students to acknowledge our corporate sponsors by sending them

letters, post-cards, photos, or just a simple

Corporate Sponsorships: NIE offers several donation packages, including an Adopt-A-School program that benefits the schools and sponsoring corporations.

Subscriber Bill Donations: Subscribers can include a donation to NIE when paying their subscription each month or each year.

Vacation Donations: Subscribers may ask that their newspapers be donated to a local school while they are on vacation.

Ralphs or Albertsons Club Card: Every time you swipe a registered club card, Ralphs or Albertsons will donate up to 4% of your total grocery bill to NIE at no cost to the customers. Visit the Ralphs or Albertsons Club Card community websites and sign up your card to help support NIE.

Anyone can help support Newspaper In Education and provide newspapers to local schools, including educators and parents.

How to Help Support NIE:

How to order NIE for the classroom:To order NIE for your classroom or learn more of what NIE has to offer, simply visit our websites at:

www.sbsun.com/nie

www.dailybulletin.com/nie

www.redlandsdailyfacts.com/nie

Print and fax a completed Order Form and Participation Agreementto the fax number provided on the forms.

Please allow 10 business days for processing.

For more information about NIE…Contact Information

NIE Manager: Candace Loya

Phone: (909) 386-3970

Fax: (909) 381-4266

E-mail: candace.loya@sbsun.com

Websites:

www.sbsun.com/nie

www.daiybulletin.com/nie

www.redlandsdailyfacts.com/nie

Office hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.