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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.
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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. |
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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. |
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| 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. |
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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.
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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.
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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 |
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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.
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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.
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Postponed:
Songwriting Contest for Teens
This
contest has been postponed indefinitely. When more information
is available, it will be posted here. |
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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. |
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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.
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