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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Businesses, high school benefit from relationships
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now With the help of the Newton High School Career and Technical Education Department (CTE), senior Alex Murray is tooling……
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From scratch: Lunchroom workers cook up a baking career
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now When they go home from work at night, most people probably don’t want to do what they did during the……
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BOE moves forward with proposed bond issue
By Blake Spurney Newton Now Staff Architects suggested reducing the cost of the main question of Newton’s planned bond issue to under $60 million……
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BOE looks at Summit Learning
By Blake Spurney Newton Board of Education members had a lengthy discussion at the recent meeting with teachers and administrators about the Summit Learning……
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Going to the Back Alley: Santa Fe students learn about pizza making
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now Santa Fe 5/6 Center students dined on pizza, Friday, at Back Alley Pizza in Newton. That wasn’t unusual. What was……
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Taking flight: Art students recreate Kelsey Montigue work
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now Wings have been a symbol of flight, either physically, spiritually or figuratively. In Beth Burns’ art classes, they represent at……
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State school bond raises concerns in non-wealthy districts
By Blake Spurney Newton Now Staff The Kansas Legislature held no public hearings before approving a school-finance bill that imposed a bond cap on……
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