DownloadsNIE Calendar

2009 - 2010 Calendar

This calendar reflects the material Missouri Press will make available to our newspapers during the school year. Please visit www.mopress.com and read Missouri Press News magazine for updates to this calendar. Features are available for download at www.mo-nie.com using assigned codes.

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AUGUST   
MAP Moments – series of 33 small features available to publish each week providing elementary and secondary activities tied to state mandates and standardized tests.

SEPTEMBER   
Tour of Missouri series – This year’s race runs Sept. 7-13. Seven features will be provided for daily newspapers covering each stage and two combined half-page features will be available for weekly newspapers to publish the first and second weeks in September.
       
Constitution Day – Sept. 17 -- Schools are required by federal law to observe Constitution Day.
MPA has four features available: quarter-page, half-page, full-page and two full pages. This series may be downloaded from www.mo-nie.com using download code: constitution.

“A Fine Fella” Serial Story – Use this new serial from Missouri Press Foundation before December to commemorate the bicentennial year of Abraham Lincoln’s birth. Download serial story contract at: http://www.mopress.com/_lib/files/General_Contract2_2.pdf

“José-Fly Reporter” Serial Story – the World Association of Newspapers will release a new 9-chapter serial story, available for International Literacy Day, Sept. 8, through December. The story is available in English and Spanish and is a tale of a group of perky insects who start a newspaper. Visit http://www.wan-press.org/nie/articles.php?id=1469 for more information.


OCTOBER   
National Newspaper Week – Oct. 4-10

College Road Map – This four-part series from Missouri Connections, a coalition of state educational agencies, explores the preparation for college, from middle school through a student’s senior year. This series may be downloaded from www.mo-nie.com using download code: collegemap.

What’s Your Plan – six features will focus on a major career area and how to match interests, explore options, and prepare for a career in: Arts and Communications; Business, Management and Technology; Health; Human Services; Industrial and Engineering Technology; and Natural Resources and Agriculture. This series may be downloaded from www.mo-nie.com using download code: 7careers.

NOVEMBER   
Family Literacy Day – Nov. 1

Geography Action Week Features (November 15-21, 2009) -- Missouri Geographic Alliance will partner with MPA to release two features promoting geography awareness.

Citizenship Handbook – new series from The Missouri Bar focusing on the rights and responsibilities of citizenship.
   
DECEMBER   
Bill of Rights Day – Dec. 15
MPA has two features available: quarter page and half page. This series may be downloaded from www.mo-nie.com using download code: rights.

JANUARY   
Reading Across Missouri 2010 Project
Eight chapter Missouri historical fiction serialized story for young readers on Missouri artist George Caleb Bingham. Companion teacher guide correlated to Missouri’s Grade Level Expectations.

MARCH   
National Newspaper In Education Week – March 1-5
2010 Newspaper In Education Week Teacher Guide from NAA Foundation (distribute to teachers or post on your Web site).

To coincide with new “METS Week,” the first week in March, Missouri higher education consortium will partner on TBA feature for Math, Engineering, Technology and Science Week. http://www.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills091/sumpdf/SB0127c.pdf

Songbirds of Missouri – Series of 12 features and companion Teacher Activity Sheets highlighting birds in Missouri. (Can be published in any combination or quantity). Download from www.mo-nie.com using download code for series: mobirds13 and teacher activity sheets code: birdteach.
   
APRIL   
Earth Day – April 22
Green Jobs – TBA series from Missouri higher education consortium on green jobs.

National Poetry Month -- NAA Foundation will release several poems by Shel Silverstein that may be serialized in your newspaper.

MAY   
Teacher Appreciation Week

JULY   
Living Textbook Seminar at University of Missouri – July 14-16


*Missouri Press has more than 150 youth features archived for newspapers to use at their convenience. Most are available at no charge.  For descriptions of the features and download codes to access them on our FTP site, mo-nie.com, visit http://www.mopress.com/NIE_Feature_Stories.php

We also offer 32 serialized stories for a minimal charge, based on circulation.  Most stories are 8 chapters and many have companion teacher guides. For more information on our serial stories, visit http://www.mopress.com/NIE_Serial_Story.php