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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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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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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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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Slate Creek students search for adult leader clues
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now Children and parents scrambled throughout Slate Creek Elementary School in Newton on Monday night, searching for clues to find school……
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Learning by doing: Bethel College teaches more than academics
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now Students from Slate Creek Elementary School and Bethel College mixed it up recently at Slate Creek, getting sugared up……
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NHS grads walk halls one last time
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now Beth Burns thought she might shed some tears on Friday afternoon, waiting for her youngest, Ellie Bradley, to walk……
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Making a SPLASH: YMCA, Slate Creek team up to provide opportunities for second graders
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now Tera Thomas held thank-you notes in her hands, smiling, looking intently at the brightly colored stick figures of children……
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UNICEF Kid Power drives field day
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now The noise level at Slate Creek Elementary School on Thursday was many decibels higher than it usually is, and……
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Molding a tradition: Students create annual ornaments
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now Twenty-eight. That’s just a number, but when one is talking about Christmas ornaments and adding a few zeros after that,……
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