Chisholm students write letters about weighty subjects
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now Chisholm Middle School seventh-grader Cheyenne Qualls once had a micro pig named Lily Bean. Pigs are Qualls’s favorite animals,……
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RaileRobotics gearing up for spring season
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now With Newton High School RaileRobotics, robots the high school students make don’t try to destroy each other. There’s no……
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Making a Makerspace: Slate Creek fourth-graders design, budget, research
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now Fourth-grade Slate Creek Elementary School teachers Allison Suhr and Alyssa Miller are utilizing students’ strengths in coming up with……
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Whodunit? Newton High has a ‘Clue’ about what murder mystery they’re presenting
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now It’s not a mystery why Newton High School senior Gabbie Mathews enjoys theater, and in the upcoming production of……
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Newton BOE names new superintendent
Fred VanRanken was announced Wednesday night as the superintendent who will replace Deborah Hamm at a called meeting of the USD 373 Board of……
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Trying out jobs: First-graders enjoy learning about careers
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now Blonde little Graci Reed, who was emphatic about saying her first name doesn’t have an “e” at the end,……
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Pep in their step: NHS band keeps things lively
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now They get the crowd going and their music can inspire an energy that gets the players to maybe try……
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Slate Creek students learn about milling in studying Kansas
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now Slate Creek Elementary School first-graders looked wide-eyed at the wheat that Margaret Goering, with the local Farm Bureau, milled……
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History of gaming: Santa Fe special-interest group has fun learning
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now Students in the Video Game History special interest group at Santa Fe 5/6 Center weren’t even alive when Pong,……
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Opportunity Academy helps students learn, grow
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now Tyler Swalley was hoarse on Monday afternoon. It wasn’t the result of a principal speaking sternly to students. Although……
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