Destination Space: Robotics students take off in machine creation
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now Space may be the final frontier, while FIRST Robotics kids might think of it as one of the only frontiers……
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Newton High School Teacher Named Horizon Award Winner
For Newton Now A Newton educator was one of 32 first-year educators in the state of Kansas honored with a 2019 Horizon award. The……
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Chilling out: Sunset students learn about states of matter
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now NEWTON – Second-graders in science teacher Robert Masem’s class were charged with finishing a problem he presented to them in……
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Baughman takes cup-stacking title at Northridge
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now The entire student body of Northridge Elementary School watched in quiet fascination as nimble fingers of four students at a……
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‘With great power’: High school fan reflects on Spider-Man, Stan Lee
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now For decades, people have marveled at Stan Lee’s comics. If there was no Stan Lee, there wouldn’t be such……
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Feeding the hungry: Ag Academy spearheads food-packaging event
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now Imagine you’re a child living in El Salvador, a Central American country that’s been called the most dangerous in the……
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NHS girls basketball: Teammates become friends
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now Before practice after school on Monday, Newton High School girls basketball team members waited around for their new coach, Justin……
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Underground: Extension agent teaches students about composting
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now Some of the kids in the Santa Fe /6 Center Gardening and Landscaping interest-based enrichment group curled up their faces……
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District with two ‘outstanding’ teachers
By Blake Spurney, Newton Now Staff Superintendent Deborah Hamm recognized what she called two “outstanding” teachers in Chandler Ochoa and Resa Davenport on Monday night……
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Parade of Lights: Middle school group taking part, helping others
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now Santa Fe 5/6 Center students in the Community Service Interest Group like to give to others, and they put……
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