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  Pennsylvania Newspaper Association | School Code Newspaper Handbook
School districts of the third class have a population between 5,000 and 30,000.
Any apportionment or reapportionment plan for school board representation (school director districts) in a first class A school district must be published by the county board of elections once in at least one (1) newspaper of general circulation in the most populous municipality of the school district.
Closing a School (24 P.S. In the event of a permanent closing of a public school, a public hearing must be held at least three (3) months before the decision of the board relating to the school closing.
www.pa-newspaper.org /web/2005/10/school_code_newspaper_handbook.aspx   (2347 words)

  
 School's newspaper may face budget ax - The Boston Globe
The Daytime newspaper is produced through classes that meet during six periods each week and it is overseen by the school's literacy specialist, Robert Provencher.
The high schools this year have 231 classes in the five core subjects that have at least 25 students, an increase of nearly 50 percent over last year.
Mayor David B. Cohen asked the School Department to prepare for a $4.3 million hike in its budget, but the School Committee said that was too conservative and instructed Young to craft a budget that increased by $5.5 million.
www.boston.com /news/education/k_12/articles/2005/03/10/schools_newspaper_may_face_budget_ax   (910 words)

  
 CNN.com - School seizes student newspapers, cites privacy concerns - Dec. 22, 2002
School officials in a district where the policy is to allow students freedom of speech confiscated thousands of copies of the high school newspaper after learning it contained an article in which students talked about drinking alcohol at a party.
Student editors said the article quoted the daughter of a school board member saying she had consumed alcohol, and they believe that was the reason about 4,500 copies of the bi-weekly Wooster Blade were seized Thursday.
Whether school administrators can insist on prior review of a students' publication has been a hot issue in high school journalism since 1988, when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled limits can be set on the free-press rights of high school students.
archives.cnn.com /2002/EDUCATION/12/22/school.newspapers.ap/index.html   (481 words)

  
 Pennsylvania Newspaper Association | Charter School Newspaper Handbook
Charter School Law (24 P.S. "Charter School" is an independent public school established and operated under a charter from the local board of school directors in which students are enrolled or attend.
Establishment of a Charter School (24 P.S. Any application to establish a charter school must be submitted to the local board of school directors where the charter school will be located by November 15 of the school year before the year in which the charter school will be established.
For a regional charter school, the petition must be signed by at least two percent of the residents or 1,000 residents of each school district granting the charter.
www.pa-newspaper.org /web/2005/10/charter_school_newspaper_handbook.aspx   (625 words)

  
 Brandon Hall School
All boarders are required to participate in at least one (1) sport activity during the school year unless otherwise approved by the administration.
The school recognizes the variety of athletic skills and experience in its students; therefore, the emphasis is learning and doing the best that can be done as a team and as an individual.
While the school has a basic "no-cut" policy, actual playing time is governed by an individual’s attendance at practice, skill level, cooperation with the team and coach, sportsmanship, and adherence to the coach’s directions.
www.brandonhall.org /extracurricular.html   (1258 words)

  
 Fartown School - Newspaper Articles ( page 1 )   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Send details of the story, along with the name of the newspaper that it appeared in and a website URL if possible, and our webmaster will update these pages to enable everyone to read the article.
Former pupils of the 'old' Fartown School were reunited with their old classmates when they attended this reunion, which was held at the Pavilion, in Fartown.
It was the third reunion organised for the school leavers that left school between 1953 and 1958.
www.fartownschool.org.uk /newspaper_reports_01.htm   (930 words)

  
 Fartown School - Newspaper Articles ( page 11 )   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
And almost a year since the school was returned to special measures, Mr Britton speaks with admiration about the continuing changes and improvements at the school.
The school is also among the top 2% or schools in the country for progress in Key Stage 3 results.
The truancy rate at the school for 2004/2005 was 3.7%, more than three times the Kirklees average of 1.1% and almost three times the national average of 1.3%.
www.fartownschool.org.uk /newspaper_reports_11.htm   (549 words)

  
 High school newspaper co-editors sue over demand to read before distribution - CourtTV.com - Top News
SEATTLE (AP) — The co-editors of a high school newspaper are suing their school district, claiming their free-speech rights are being violated by officials demanding to review editions of the paper before distribution.
The root of the controversy is that the Kodak reported on the hiring of the high school's new principal, Catherine Matthews, who took over this fall, said Mitch Cogdill, the students' lawyer.
But school newspapers put together in a class, overseen by a faculty adviser and published using school resources are not considered a "public forum" unless the school district has set them up as one.
www.courttv.com /news/2005/1215/schoolnewspaper_ap.html   (387 words)

  
 Hillsborough: School newspaper censored
She wanted to let classmates know what the school administration was doing to address the divide, including a schoolwide reading push.
Orr noted that it was only the second time in more than 20 years as a school administrator that he removed an article from a student newspaper.
High school helps to prepare young people for the 'real world'.....censorship is not part of the real world.
www.sptimes.com /2006/10/24/Hillsborough/School_newspaper_cens.shtml   (996 words)

  
 Student newspaper - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A student newspaper is a newspaper run by students of a university, high school, or middle school.
About 70 of Canada's student newspapers belong to a co-operative and newswire service called the Canadian University Press, which holds conferences, has correspondents across the country, is run democratically by its member papers, and fosters a sense of community among Canadian student journalists.
Student newspapers in the UK are also largely independent of the universities and student unions whose students they represent.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/School_newspaper   (840 words)

  
 Collaborating on a Newspaper in the Elementary Classroom. ERIC Digest.
Indeed, in my experience, collaborating with students on a school or a classroom newspaper, watching them putting it together bit by bit, appreciating it when it is printed, and then sitting back and waiting for the audience's reaction has to be one of the most rewarding experiences an educator can have.
In the case of the Portuguese-speaking students I was advising, if any particular child was still struggling with the physical intricacies of writing, (our sports reporter/television critic, for example) then he or she dictated his or her story to one of the older children, who copied it down.
In a practicum project for a private school summer program, Donna McCann (1992) implemented a school newspaper to improve effective communication between the small school population and their parents.
www.ericdigests.org /1998-2/newspaper.htm   (1026 words)

  
 Going to the Mat: High School Newspaper Censorship
The principal of the school prevented the distribution of the story, saying that the column's content was too mature, but the local newspaper, the Florida Times-Union, published the column anyway.
Thompson said she was called to McCabe's office and told the newspaper wouldn't be circulated because of her article.
Had Thompson not used a printed medium, but stood in the halls of the school and made a speech on the same topic, she could not have been censored.
mattjohnston.blogspot.com /2005/11/high-school-newspaper-censorship.html   (899 words)

  
 Sitka High School Newspaper
He remarked that 99.9% of the teenagers in the school are not involved, but the students responsible are creating a negative image of the student body at Sitka High School.
High school shouldn’t be an exception from the college level on the field or in the classroom and students that are involved with unauthorized activities should be punished.
The variation in funding is tremendous according to the schools themselves; one of Delta's schools is receiving only $3,812.43 per student while Dellingham City School District is receiving approximately $11,669.37 per student, yet they're both suffering from major cutbacks.
shs.ssd.k12.ak.us /pushka/November/Newspaper.htm   (5297 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Education -- Award-winning high school newspaper's hard-edge reporting irritates ...
OMAHA, Neb. – The Register is recognized as one of the best high school newspapers in the nation, but it isn't receiving much praise from some school administrators, teachers and parents.
The football story Oct. 31 said school administrators knew the player was ineligible because he was charged with assault, yet he played in five games.
The newspaper's staff claims administrators are trying to discredit the publication and fear it could lead to censorship.
www.signonsandiego.com /news/education/20011226-0249-highschoolreporters.html   (657 words)

  
 2006 School Newspaper Awards
Queensland schools are turning out many of the State's future journalists and media publishers if the winners of the 2006 School Newspaper Awards are any indicator.
Six schools and six individual students were recognised and rewarded for excellence in student-produced newspapers at a special presentation ceremony at Queensland Newspaper's head office on Thursday, 9 November 2006.
Schools and students collected their share of the $4500 prize pool for their award-winning school newspapers, news magazines, web-based news, articles and photographs.
education.qld.gov.au /community/events/schoolnewspaper/index.html   (128 words)

  
 The Hotchkiss School - Admission - Living at Hotchkiss - Student Clubs
The SEA is responsible for increasing the School’s awareness of issues relating to the environment.
www.roundsquare.org) is an association of 50 schools around the world that support each other, both individually and collectively, to promote the principles of internationalism, democracy, environmental awareness, adventure, leadership, and service.
Chaired by the School presidents and the director of student activities, the council was established in recognition of the fact that in a boarding school community there are many important issues of concern to both students and faculty.
www.hotchkiss.org /Admission/Livi_StudentClu.asp   (2704 words)

  
 Newspaper is off stands at a school in Tennessee - The Boston Globe
Newspaper is off stands at a school in Tennessee - The Boston Globe
OAK RIDGE, Tenn. -- Copies of a high school's student newspaper were seized by administrators because the edition contained stories about birth control and tattoos.
Administrators at Oak Ridge High School went into teachers' classrooms, desks and mailboxes to retrieve all 1,800 copies of the newspaper on Tuesday, said Wanda Grooms, a teacher who advises the staff, and Brittany Thomas, the student editor.
www.boston.com /news/nation/articles/2005/11/28/newspaper_is_off_stands_at_a_school_in_tennessee   (324 words)

  
 CNN.com - University newspaper shut down over April Fools' issue - Apr. 12, 2003
The Reporter, founded in 1887 and billed as the state's first college newspaper, was shut down Wednesday for the remainder of the school year.
The newspaper had been under pressure from administrators to tone down the content of recent editions.
After the April 1 edition, school officials said they were inundated with calls and e-mails from upset alumni, faculty and students.
www.cnn.com /2003/EDUCATION/04/12/student.newspaper.ap/index.html   (436 words)

  
 Pathway School
Founded in 1961, The Pathway School was the first school in the Philadelphia area designed exclusively for the learning disabled child and one of the first in the nation to combine the disciplines of psychology, psychiatry, medicine, residential, social work and educational instruction.
The Pathway School’s main campus is located on 14 acres in suburban Norristown, PA, approximately 20 miles northwest of Philadelphia.
As in most public schools, Pathway’s elementary classes are self-contained with a single instructor, while middle and high school students change classes and have a variety of instructors.
www.pathwayschool.org /comm_dev_news-media.htm   (429 words)

  
 newspaper   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
After many blocks of school missed and lunch hours practicing, they were ready to perform in front of an audience.
The program is closed on school holidays or on P.D. days, and the kids have to be between the ages of 6 and 12 as of December 31.
The program allows the students to meet other children in their community and school that they may normally not have the chance to spend time with on a regular occasion.
www.occdsb.on.ca /~eli/Files/newspaper.html   (2086 words)

  
 Neighborhoodtimes: School newspaper wins national recognition
The award was a surprise, Smith said, because the issue she submitted for the competition, published on Jan. 11, was the school's second effort.
Copies also are sent to School Board employees, including the superintendent and deputy superintendent, University of South Florida St. Petersburg staff, and faculty at the Poynter Institute.
Piney Ridge Elementary School in Eldersburg, Md., was the national winner in the elementary school category.
sptimes.com /2005/05/04/Neighborhoodtimes/School_newspaper_wins.shtml   (617 words)

  
 Amazon.com: School Newspaper Adviser's Survival Guide: Books: Patricia Osborn,Osborn   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
After majoring in journalism in college, she held positions as newspaper reporter, state editor and advertising copywriter before entering the field of education to become the adviser of award-winning high school newspapers as well as teacher of English and department chairman in Toledo, Ohio, public schools.
No one said it was going to be easy, yet the role of school newspaper adviser can be the most stimulating, rewarding and satisfying part of your school day.
Having been a high school newspaper adviser (notice, "adviser" and not "advisor"?) for 8 years, I am like the other reviewer who wishes this book would have been available much earlier.
www.amazon.com /School-Newspaper-Advisers-Survival-Guide/dp/078796624X   (1470 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > News > State -- ACLU urges school officials to reinstate student fired as school paper editor
FULLERTON – The American Civil Liberties Union urged a school district to reinstate a high school newspaper editor who was fired for publishing an article about three gay students.
School officials were wrong to remove student Ann Long from her shared post as editor in chief of Troy High School's newspaper in January, the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California said in a letter to the local superintendent.
School officials argued previously that Long needed parental permission before publishing the students' stories.
www.signonsandiego.com /news/state/20050308-0217-schoolnewspaper.html   (286 words)

  
 eSchool News online - Banned student newspaper stories resurface on internet
Yet as an educational facility, a school is responsible to its community and is held to the community's standards of decencyヒparticularly for its children.
The Hazelwood standard allows school officials to censor a school-sponsored publication or organization if they can show they have a "valid educational purpose" and the censorship is not intended merely to silence an unpopular viewpoint.
The court ruled that the school paper was not a "forum for public expression" by students, and thus the students' First Amendment rights did not apply.
www.eschoolnews.com /news/showstory.cfm?ArticleID=1118   (1099 words)

  
 DJNewspaperFund - HS Teachers - Urban Project
The purpose of the Urban High School Newspaper Project, begun in 1997, was to provide support to start, revive or bolster high school newspapers at schools with a large concentration of students of color, primarily in urban areas.
The project resulted in a booklet, In the Beginning, which is available as a PDF or html document on this site or can be ordered in print form by sending a message to newsfund@wsj.dowjones.com with In the Beginning in the subject line.
Similar projects encouraging professional newspapers to get involved with school publications are underwritten by the Newspaper Association of America and the American Society of Newspaper Editors.
djnewspaperfund.dowjones.com /fund/hst_urbanproject.asp   (144 words)

  
 Weymouth School Newspaper   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Produced by the New Jersey School Boards Association, this multimedia presentation is designed to educate parents and concerned citizens about the state’s over-reliance on property taxes to fund local school districts.
This report is required to be presented at a public meeting, and must include a report of the incidents of violence and vandalism (only one) and a summary of the results of the standardized testing program.
Schools and communities are faced with mounting social problems that cannot be solved by merely teaching academic skills.
www.weymouthnj.org /weymouth_school_newspaper.htm   (2807 words)

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