Celebrating Our Cultures
You are invited to Celebrating Our Cultures Tuesday, April 24 at Red River High School in Grand Forks. The event will feature presentations, cultural songs and dances from New American &...
View ArticleThe Avengers and Character Ed Newspaper Activities
“The Avengers” movie hits screens on May 4th. With all of the excitement and talk about the movie and superheroes, here are some character education activities you can use with the newspaper. They are...
View ArticleCharacter Education Series “Caring”
Take a moment to think about all the people who care about you. There’s probably a very long list of concerned individuals. Your parents, your brothers and sisters, your aunts, uncles, cousins,...
View ArticleDemonstrating Courage
Olympic athletes are very brave, don’t you think? They train incredibly hard for many years to be good enough to participate in the Olympics. They compete against the greatest athletes in the entire...
View ArticleCheck out this school year’s NIE supplement schedule!
Welcome back to a new school year! I am pleased to present our 2012-2013 NIE Supplement Schedule. Newspapers in Education supplements or tabs are featured once, sometimes twice a month, during the...
View ArticleChoose Kindness
Check out this story, “Program at East Grand Forks middle school urges students to choose kindness” in the Wednesday, 9/19/12 Grand Forks Herald by reporter Pamela Knudson. You can also find coverage...
View ArticleGiving Thanks Word Search
Here’s another word search puzzle I created in celebration of Thanksgiving. Click on the following link to download and print: GIVING THANKS WORD SEARCH
View ArticleWhat is the Medal of Honor?
A North Dakota man will receive the Medal of Honor on Feb. 11 at the Whitehouse. Read the complete story in the January 17 Grand Forks Herald. An undated photo of Staff Sgt. Clinton Romesha, while on...
View ArticleMarch is Women’s History Month
Information and activities are from KRP’s The Ultimate Holiday Activity Guide.” March is National Women’s History Month Schools and communities have been celebrating March as Women’s History Month...
View ArticleGrand Forks high school students teach respect & caring at elementary schools
Red River High School drama students (L-R) Jacoba Woodard, Nic Rolph, Morgan Yound, Seth Cline and Erin Lesch present their annual Character Education performance for children at Century Elementary...
View ArticleWhat are you grateful for?
Throughout the year, we get to celebrate, or show how grateful we are, for certain people and things on holidays. On some holidays, kids get to stay home from school, and parents get the day off work....
View ArticleQuite a character!
Who is your favorite comic strip character? Why do you like this character? How would you describe this character to someone who has never read the comic strip? Draw or paste a picture of the character...
View ArticleCharacter Ed Newspaper Activities
These character education activities are from the NIE Institute’s 100 Ways to Use the Newspaper. Character Education 1. Make a Hall of Fame, Hall of Shame poster of bulletin board. Clip articles and...
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