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Sign up for USA WEEKEND's NIE program today — It's FREE!

It's easy to incorporate USA WEEKEND's classroom materials into your NIE program. To register for USA WEEKEND's NIE program, just click here. Checkout our NIE materials, and find out how easy it is for you to use them by clicking here.


 
It's an Indiana Jones event!
Coming May 9-11 in USA WEEKEND
This summer, the world's most famous archaeologist and adventurer returns to the big screen after almost 20 years in Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull. People of all ages, including kids, love the Indiana Jones movies, so to help you build on the buzz already coming for this blockbuster movie, USA WEEKEND along with Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM, has put together an exclusive package of NIE activities your students and teachers won't want to miss. For activities and details, click here.

 

HSM USA WEEKEND Showstopper
Reach out to your local high schools

Good news! The USA WEEKEND HSM Showstopper Awards, the only national recognition of outstanding high school musicals, are back for another round! Any high school musical performed during the 2007-08 school year is eligible. The winning show will be nationally spotlighted in an August issue of USA WEEKEND. Connect with students, parents, teachers and principals in your community by encouraging them to enter. For more details, click here.


 

America the DIVERSE
A new FREE NIE supplement all about geography!

Geography Awareness Week is November 11-17! Help students understand U.S. geography and explore the diversity of their society with America the Diverse, a new 16-page supplement from USA WEEKEND. Packed with activities focused on the national standards, it is the perfect learning tool for kids. For more details and to download a low-res PDF preview, click here.


 
Generation Fix Makes A Difference
Get this FREE NIE special section about kids and volunteering.

To get more kids involved in giving back to their communities and help them understand the value of volunteering, USA WEEKEND Magazine, in partnership with Hot Topics, has created a NIE supplement all about volunteering. Generation Fix Makes A Difference is FREE for all USA WEEKEND partners and includes new stories and NIE activities. Order information and a low-res preview of the tabloid is available for download here.


 

2007/2008 NIE Calendar!

The 2007/2008 materials are available for downloading here. Also, be sure to check out USA WEEKEND’s 2007/2008 NIE calendar for the latest NIE information.


 

Show off & win!

It's important for us to help you connect with students, teachers and parents in your community, and that’s why we provide you with valuable NIE materials and programs throughout the year. And to continue doing that, we'd like to hear about your success stories using USA WEEKEND.

Send us a tear sheet with details about how you used USA WEEKEND, and we'll showcase it on our Partner site.

Need a little inspiration? Check out the ideas and stories we already have on our site, click here.

Please submit your great ideas and tear sheets to Erin Brechbiel at ebrechbiel@usaweekend.com, or mail to:
USA WEEKEND Magazine
2nd Floor- Newspaper Relations
7950 Jones Branch Drive
McLean, VA 22107


 

Make A Difference Day

Each year, more than 3 million volunteers help more than 20 million others on the nations largest day of doing good. It's a wonderful opportunity to make a difference in your community.

Materials and details for Make A Difference Day 2008 will be available in the summer.

 


 

Most Caring Coach
The deadline for nominations for USA WEEKEND's 2008 Most Caring Coach Awards has passed. Materials and details for next year's nominations will be available in the fall.


 

Postponed: Songwriting Contest for Teens

This contest has been postponed indefinitely. When more information is available, it will be posted here.


 

Looking for Bright Ideas to help your NIE program grow?
Take a look at the NIE Success Stories section for examples. These newspapers have found ways to really harness the power of USA WEEKEND's NIE program and make it work for them. Thanks to all of our partner newspapers' NIE programs for all of the hard work you do!

For marketing and promotional examples, click here.

 

Exclusive SpongeBob SquarePants book cover!

This exclusive first appeared in the August 8-10, 2003 issue of USA WEEKEND, and now we're giving you the chance to print your own. Give them to students to say welcome back in August or as a job-well-done treat at the end of the term.

SpongeBob SquarePants book cover:
DOWNLOAD PDF (3MB) *(color)

*The artwork for the SpongeBob SquarePants book cover must be used as is. The only additional art that may be added is your newspaper's or NIE sponors' logos, but they may not cover the USA WEEKEND or SpongeBob SquarePants logos in any way.


 
 

If you have any questions about our NIE program or the materials offered here, please e-mail clientrelations@usaweekend.com or call 703-854-3937.