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My Experience at Gotwals Elementary School
Editor’s Note: Heather McDanel is the founding Executive Director of Students Run Philly Style,...
Workshop explores reporting ideas
January 2013...Healthy NewsWorks is beginning to venture into audio journalism through its...
Healthy NewsWorks Offers Community Health Information Workshop
December 2012...Students and parents attended a health information workshop to gain skills in...
Consider Healthy NewsWorks in your year-end planning
November 2012…Kids helping kids learn about health. That simple idea lies at the heart of the...
AMA Foundation grant focuses on prescription drug safety
November 2012...Thanks to a grant from The American Medical Association (AMA) Foundation, Healthy...
Whitehall Elementary School rejoins the Healthy NewsWorks network
November 2012...After a two-year hiatus, the Healthy Reporter will be published again at Whitehall...
KIPP Philadelphia Charter School joins the Healthy NewsWorks network
November 2012…Healthy NewsWorks has welcomed a new partnership this fall with KIPP Philadelphia...
Ode to the Marshall Street Healthy Bulletin
October 2012...Donna Freeman, editor of the Marshall Street Healthy Bulletin and fourth grade...
Healthy NewsWorks partners with WHYY
October 2012…Healthy NewsWorks is thrilled to announce that we are now working with WHYY-FM on a...
Hancock Elementary School reporters discover high levels of sugar in drinks
October 2012...The Hancock Healthy Times staff is reporting on healthy snacks and beverages. For...
Marking our 10th school year
September 2012... Healthy NewsWorks is embarking on its 10th school year this fall. We’ve come a...
“Leading Healthy Change” authors and illustrators spread health message at Norristown ShopRite
September 2012 ...Eight student authors and illustrators of “Leading Healthy Change In Our...
Healthy NewsWorks website offers teachers and student reporters an online resource center
September 2012… Teachers and student reporters in participating Healthy NewsWorks schools can now...
Gotwals reporters tour new medical facility
September 2012… Four fourth grade journalists from Gotwals Elementary School, along with their...
Student journalists learn how to have a beautiful, bright smile
Editor's note: Independence Blue Cross Foundation recently invited a dozen Healthy NewsWorks...
Students attend press conference at Independence Blue Cross Foundation
July 2012... A dozen Healthy NewsWorks student reporters learned about dental health at a press...
Healthy Hawk journalist writes a first-person account of a press conference about dental care
Editor's note: Independence Blue Cross Foundation recently invited a dozen Healthy NewsWorks...
Recognition for Norristown authors
June 2012… The Norristown Area School District recently paid tribute to the student journalists...
Saying thanks in Norristown
June 2012… Students, teachers, and administrators from the Norristown Area School District...
Community Celebrates book launch
June 2012… Healthy NewsWorks officially launched its first book, “Leading Healthy Change In Our...
My Experience at Gotwals Elementary School
Editor’s Note: Heather McDanel is the founding Executive Director of Students Run Philly Style,...
Workshop explores reporting ideas
January 2013...Healthy NewsWorks is beginning to venture into audio journalism through its...
Healthy NewsWorks Offers Community Health Information Workshop
December 2012...Students and parents attended a health information workshop to gain skills in...
Consider Healthy NewsWorks in your year-end planning
November 2012…Kids helping kids learn about health. That simple idea lies at the heart of the...
AMA Foundation grant focuses on prescription drug safety
November 2012...Thanks to a grant from The American Medical Association (AMA) Foundation, Healthy...
Whitehall Elementary School rejoins the Healthy NewsWorks network
November 2012...After a two-year hiatus, the Healthy Reporter will be published again at Whitehall...
KIPP Philadelphia Charter School joins the Healthy NewsWorks network
November 2012…Healthy NewsWorks has welcomed a new partnership this fall with KIPP Philadelphia...
Ode to the Marshall Street Healthy Bulletin
October 2012...Donna Freeman, editor of the Marshall Street Healthy Bulletin and fourth grade...
Healthy NewsWorks partners with WHYY
October 2012…Healthy NewsWorks is thrilled to announce that we are now working with WHYY-FM on a...
Hancock Elementary School reporters discover high levels of sugar in drinks
October 2012...The Hancock Healthy Times staff is reporting on healthy snacks and beverages. For...
Marking our 10th school year
September 2012... Healthy NewsWorks is embarking on its 10th school year this fall. We’ve come a...
“Leading Healthy Change” authors and illustrators spread health message at Norristown ShopRite
September 2012 ...Eight student authors and illustrators of “Leading Healthy Change In Our...
Healthy NewsWorks website offers teachers and student reporters an online resource center
September 2012… Teachers and student reporters in participating Healthy NewsWorks schools can now...
Gotwals reporters tour new medical facility
September 2012… Four fourth grade journalists from Gotwals Elementary School, along with their...
Student journalists learn how to have a beautiful, bright smile
Editor's note: Independence Blue Cross Foundation recently invited a dozen Healthy NewsWorks...
Students attend press conference at Independence Blue Cross Foundation
July 2012... A dozen Healthy NewsWorks student reporters learned about dental health at a press...
Healthy Hawk journalist writes a first-person account of a press conference about dental care
Editor's note: Independence Blue Cross Foundation recently invited a dozen Healthy NewsWorks...
Recognition for Norristown authors
June 2012… The Norristown Area School District recently paid tribute to the student journalists...
Saying thanks in Norristown
June 2012… Students, teachers, and administrators from the Norristown Area School District...
Community Celebrates book launch
June 2012… Healthy NewsWorks officially launched its first book, “Leading Healthy Change In Our...
