This calendar reflects the material MPA will make available to its member newspapers during the school year. Please watch Missouri Press News magazine for updates, details and additions to this calendar. * Indicates MPA Features. Features will be available for download at www.mopress.com.
OCTOBER
National Newspaper Association National Reading Project:
Newspapers that have not published Missouri Press Foundation's "A Familiar Face" serial can access the story beginning Oct. 1, 2007 through www.nna.org. (available for six months)
NOVEMBER
Features from MP and Missouri Geographic Alliance.
Release of Kay Hively MPF serialized story: "Beautiful Music"
--For the Kid in You feature on Star Spangled Banner available from MPA.
National Children's Book Week:
--Book Buzz monthly children's book column available from MPA.
Family Literacy Day: Nov. 1
Veteran's Day: Nov. 11
-- NNA Foundation releases annual Literacy Tabloid each September.
--For the Kid in You feature on Veterans Day available from MPA.
Thanksgiving: Nov. 22
--For the Kid in You feature on Thanksgiving available from MPA.
DECEMBER
Bill of Rights Day: December 15
--NAA has a new tabloid also formatted as five half page features; MPA has two features: a half-page and a quarter-page for you to choose from to commemorate this day. (DOWNLOADCODE: rights)
--For the Kid in You feature on Hanukkah, Christmas & Kwanzaa available from MPA.
JANUARY
New Years Day: January 1
--For the Kid in You feature on New Years available from MPA.
Reading Across Missouri Project Begins -- FREE serialized story TBA.
FEBRUARY
New Civic Education Series from MPA and The Missouri Bar
Groundhog Day:
Feb. 2
--For the Kid in You feature on Valentine's Day available from MPA.
Valentine's Day: Feb. 14
--For the Kid in You feature on Valentine's Day available from MPA.
FFA Week: Feb. 16-23
--What's Growin' On in Missouri: 16-page tabloid and 8-part series available from MPA.
President's Day: Feb. 18
--For the Kid in You feature on President's Day available from MPA.
MARCH
Newspaper In Education Week: March
----NIE Week Teacher Guide: Available from NAA Foundation.
series donated by the Joplin Globe and created in partnership with the Missouri Department of Conservation.
St. Patrick's Day: March 17
--For the Kid in You feature on St. Patrick's Day available from MPA.
APRIL
Living Textbook Ad:Available for help recruiting teachers. Deadline May 1 this year.
Judges: Umpires of the Law -- 3-part series available from MPA (DOWNLOAD CODE: judge3).
Earth Day: April 22
--For the Kid in You feature on Earth Day available from MPA.
MAY
Law Day: May 1
-- quarter-page feature on Law Day available from MPA (DOWNLOADCODE: lawday1).
Teacher Appreciation Week: First full week in May.
Important Note:Living Textbook teacher names are due May 1.
Summer Begins: --For the Kid in You features on Summer Safety available from MPA.
JULY
The Living Textbook: Integrating the Newspaper Into the K-12 Curriculum Seminar to be held July 16-18, 2008 at University of Missouri, Columbia 200th Anniversary: Missouri Gazette, Missouri's first newspaper --Famous Missouri Journalists feature on Joseph Charless available from MPA.