Making good choices: Slate Creek has career fair on Friday
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now It was a career fair unlike other career fairs. No one had been laid off. No one was looking for……
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All it’s cracked up to be: Walton second-graders learn while taking care of chickens
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now Ciera Metzler said when she grows up in 10 years, she wants to get her own farm. Metzler’s teacher, Angela……
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NHS sheds light on ‘Radium Girls’
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now There’s quite a dark side to the use of a light-producing chemical element called radium, which was used by……
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Building an engineering class: Students learn about constructing useful items
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now When a teacher next door to John Werner’s Chisholm Middle School class hears a variety of songs played, he says……
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Angry Americans: Fifth-graders learn about taxation without representation
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now At least one student was visibly upset following an exercise on Friday at Santa Fe 5/6 Center in Newton that……
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Physical education teacher gets pies in the face for heart association
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now Sunset Elementary School first-grader Leah Wright, with the help of family and friends, helped raise $700 for the Kids……
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District eyes student fees but makes no changes
By Blake Spurney Newton Now Staff The USD 373 Board of Education debated student fees Monday night but took no action on what was……
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Million places 14th at Sunflower State Spelling Bee
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now The word with which second-time state winner Sukesh Kamesh from Kingman Middle School won the 2019 Sunflower State Spelling Bee……
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Teachers of the Year get taste of local school district
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now Teacher Gina Clark from Garden Plain High School said as she and other Kansas Teacher of the Year finalists walked……
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Resisting slavery: Middle school students learn about the Civil War
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now African-American slaves didn’t always just do whatever their “masters” told them. They weren’t happy, and they showed it from……
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