September 2012… Healthy NewsWorks is embarking on its 10th school year this fall. We’ve come a long way since our first years at Hillcrest Elementary School in Upper Darby where we started introducing young students to the skills of professional health...
September 2012 …Eight student authors and illustrators of “Leading Healthy Change In Our Communities” from Norristown schools participated in a book-signing event at the ShopRite of East Norriton. ShopRite graciously hosted the event so that the student authors...
September 2012… Teachers and student reporters in participating Healthy NewsWorks schools can now access a section of the Healthy NewsWorks website to obtain resource information to help make their healthy newspapers even more robust. The Healthy NewsWorks online...
September 2012… Four fourth grade journalists from Gotwals Elementary School, along with their teacher Katie Sortino, toured the new 146-bed, $350 million Einstein Medical Center Montgomery (EMCM) hospital in East Norriton. The hospital is scheduled to open on Sept....
Editor’s note: Independence Blue Cross Foundation recently invited a dozen Healthy NewsWorks reporters to Philadelphia to a press conference with Kids Smiles. The story below was reported and written by Rebekah Wilford of the East Norriton (Middle School)...
July 2012… A dozen Healthy NewsWorks student reporters learned about dental health at a press conference in Philadelphia hosted by Independence Blue Cross Foundation and moderated by WHYY reporter Carolyn Beeler. The reporters posed questions to Stacey Benner,...
