by Alison Smith | Nov 27, 2012 | School & Community News
November 2012…Thanks to a grant from The American Medical Association (AMA) Foundation, Healthy NewsWorks student journalists will be reporting about what prescription drugs are and how to use them safely. Healthy NewsWorks is working with its partner schools...
by Alison Smith | Nov 25, 2012 | School & Community News
November 2012…After a two-year hiatus, the Healthy Reporter will be published again at Whitehall Elementary School in the Norristown Area School District. Whitehall librarian Janet Martin is the paper’s new editor in chief. She replaces a faculty advisor...
by Alison Smith | Nov 20, 2012 | School & Community News
November 2012…Healthy NewsWorks has welcomed a new partnership this fall with KIPP Philadelphia Charter School. KIPP, or the Knowledge is Power Program, currently serves nearly 32,000 students nationwide. Interest in partnering with Healthy NewsWorks began when Jenny...
by Alison Smith | Oct 12, 2012 | School & Community News
October 2012…Donna Freeman, editor of the Marshall Street Healthy Bulletin and fourth grade teacher, asked her students to write an Ode to either the paper or to fruit. The Ode is part of a six-page special edition called “Celebrating Women,...
by Alison Smith | Oct 8, 2012 | School & Community News
October 2012…Healthy NewsWorks is thrilled to announce that we are now working with WHYY-FM on a variety of projects to further enable our student journalists to promote health within their communities. WHYY staff plans to teach student journalists audio skills and...
by Alison Smith | Oct 4, 2012 | School & Community News
October 2012…The Hancock Healthy Times staff is reporting on healthy snacks and beverages. For background, they counted by the teaspoon the amount of sugar in several highly sweetened drinks. Hancock is one of eight schools in the Norristown Area School District...
