2012-2013 DNIE Program Information

►Mission Statement
►Why participate?
►Advantages of classroom e-Editions
►Resources for teachers: dnie.com
►Resources for teachers: Sponsored print supplements
►Weekly e-Newsletter
►freep.com and detroitnews.com
►Classroom newspapers-print
►Classroom newspapers-electronic
►Electronic access information
►Verification Form requirement
►Yak's Corner
►Serial Stories from Breakfast Serials
►Student Contests
►Target Date
►Contact DNIE

Detroit Newspapers in Education and Michigan K.I.D.S., Inc. Mission Statement

Detroit Newspapers in Education (DNIE) and Michigan K.I.D.S., Inc. - the 501 (c) (3) educational nonprofit for The Detroit News and Detroit Free Press - are dedicated to strengthening civic and informational literacy and educational excellence by providing Michigan educators and students with:

• Access to free e-Editions of the Detroit Free Press and The Detroit News - available on all school computers through a school's IP address or by placing a classroom order, which requires the use of a username and password set
• Quality supplemental publications on a variety of topics
• Engaging web-based materials to enrich curriculum and assist in teaching reading, writing and thinking skills
• Programs to connect readers and businesses with opportunities to provide support
• We are committed to providing Michigan students with opportunities to become informed and involved lifelong readers, consumers and citizens.

We are committed to providing Michigan students with opportunities to become informed and involved lifelong readers, consumers and citizens.

Why participate?

DNIE and Michigan K.I.D.S. are committed to encouraging the daily practice of online reading, research and learning. Every day, the Detroit Free Press and freep.com and The Detroit News and detroitnews.com bring readers a wealth of information and real-life stories that offer lessons on many levels - all in a format that enhances learning for readers of all ages.

freep.com, detroitnews.com and the Detroit Free Press and The Detroit News print and electronic editions:

• Promote student civic and informational literacy
• Serve as living textbooks
• Provide real-life examples of how school subjects apply in today's world through these "living textbooks"
• Integrate the latest world and local news, politics and technology into the classroom
• Cultivate student interest in current events and diverse viewpoints, broadening the ability to learn
• Spark enthusiasm for meaningful classroom interaction
• Create lifelong learners, more informed consumers and involved citizens
• Endure as a motivating and stimulating teaching tool

Resources for teachers: dnie.com

Educators may visit dnie.com to access a variety of resources for teachers, students and parents - many of which are updated every Monday! The site includes content for younger readers, and ready-to-use lessons and activities for classroom use with the Detroit Free Press and freep.com and The Detroit News and detroitnews.com.

Advantages of classroom e-Editions

Your students live in a digital world. The e-Editions of the Detroit Free Press and The Detroit News are excellent interactive tools that help you and your students meet technology and core curriculum learning objectives. With e-Editions you can help your students become:

• Excited about current events
• Engaged with 21st century learning tools
• Adept at identifying credible, trusted sources of information - learning to identify fact from opinion and news from gossip is an important part of doing research in today's "wired" world.
• Motivated to learn and improve their literacy skills
• Experienced online researchers by using trustworthy news and information found in e-Editions of the newspapers as well as at the freep.com and detroitnews.com web sites.

You can use e-Editions with your students in a variety of ways:

• Students can work independently with e-Editions in classrooms, computer labs, or from home computers
• You can project the e-Edition using a projector or digital white board so the whole class can explore and read articles you select along with you
• Use links to e-Edition articles as part of your study guides and assignments posted in Moodle.com, Blackboard or other learning management systems
• E-mail or print articles for students to read

Resources for teachers: dnie.com

Educators may visit dnie.com to access a variety of resources for teachers, students and parents - many of which are updated every Monday! The site includes content for younger readers, and ready-to-use lessons and activities for classroom use with the Detroit Free Press and freep.com and The Detroit News and detroitnews.com.

Resources that are updated every Monday include:

• Cartoons for the Classroom is a joint effort between the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists and NIEonline to provide lesson plans based on political cartoons. Every other week a new set of pdf files is posted for teachers to download and print out for their classes. One page is a lesson on a specific topic; the other is a blank cartoon on that topic that students can use to test out their own captions before reading the lesson and answering the questions.
• Daily Science Webcasts - Each weekday, Pulse of the Planet provides a two-minute sound portrait of Planet Earth, tracking the rhythms of nature, culture and science worldwide and blending interviews and extraordinary natural sound
• Front Page Talking Points, with a related Video Report, explores the hottest news topic of the week and provides a series of three "Get out Your Newspaper" Action Points.
• Interactive Geography in the News is a weekly exploration of a region in the world that is currently in the news. Each lesson starts with a map for students to find the region being discussed. Five questions are presented in an interactive format to test student's knowledge of world geography, with instant scoring as submitted answers are judged and correct answers provided. A printer friendly version of each week's quiz is also provided for use in the classroom without the need to be online. An archive of lessons is also made available, providing dozens of past lessons.
• Interactive News Quiz based on stories in last week's Detroit News
• News Video with weekly topics for discussion
• This Week in History is a weekly calendar of historical events around the world.
• USA Weekend Teacher Guides
• Use the News lessons are three sets of lesson plans targeted for specific grade levels: K-4, 5-8 and 9-12. Each set consists of five activities for using the newspaper in the classroom. Each question or activity includes references to the appropriate learning standard being addressed. An archive of lessons going back a full year is also made available. News Bytes for e-Editions is a graphically rich version of Use the News.
• Words in the News is an interactive online VOCABULARY builder with automatic scoring and correction. Teachers or students can generate quizzes - by words or definitions - based on word lists appropriate for elementary school, middle school or high school students or direct the students to the website. A printer-friendly version is also. In addition, each week a new word is defined and placed in context using a snippet from a news story.

Additional classroom tools include NIE Institute Educational Resources - Over 300 instructional resources, including subject-specific teacher guides and student supplements; and video & audio teacher training modules.

Also at www.dnie.com, teachers will find regular updates and information about educational programs and opportunities available to Michigan teachers and students through DNIE and Michigan K.I.D.S., Inc.

Resources for teachers: Sponsored student supplements

DNIE offers sponsored print student supplements on a variety of topics along with daily access to e-Editions of the Detroit Free Press or The Detroit News. In some cases, sponsors will make it possible for schools to receive print delivery of student supplements without the daily newspaper. Watch this site for currently available student supplements.

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DNIE Weekly News e-Newsletter

Sign up for the weekly e-Newsletter, which is usually sent Monday afternoons throughout the school year from Detroit NIE [dniewklynews@dnps.com] with the subject line beginning DNIE Weekly News -.... The newsletter has all the latest offering from DNIE, links to weekly lessons and activities, passwords for teacher guides, announcements about upcoming contests and special deliveries, and links to educational resources that may benefit teachers or students.

►Click here to register if you aren't already getting the newsletter, or call 1-800-678-0789. To ensure delivery, please add dniewklynews@dnps.com to your email address book or safe senders list.

freep.com and detroitnews.com

True living textbooks for Michigan's education community, freep.com and detroitnews.com feature news and information that is updated throughout the day, making the newspaper websites up-to-date companions to print and e-Editions of the two newspapers.

►Visit freep.com
►Visit detroitnews.com

Both sites also feature extensive sports coverage, multimedia, newsletters, community news and information.

Classroom newspapers-print

Customer-paid delivery of Thursday and Friday editions of the Detroit Free Press or The Detroit News Fully are available for 25 cents per copy. Sunday newspapers are available for 75 cents per copy. Sunday newspapers are delivered on the following Monday. Print delivery is not available on any other days. Print delivery is ONLY available in Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties.

►Click here to order print copies of the Free Press

►Click here to order print copies of The News

Classroom newspapers-electronic

Both the Free Press and Detroit News e-Editions include access to one month of back issues.

Electronic access information

Electronic copies - e-Editions of the Detroit Free Press or The Detroit News are available via the Internet early each morning. For the first time, access to the e-Edition is available two ways

1. Sign up for total school access to e-EDITIONS OF The Detroit News and Detroit Free Press on all school computers through your school's IP address for just $100 per year or $50 per year for a single publication.
   ►Click here to download a form to sign up for 2013-2104 school wide e-Edition access.
2. Order an e-Edition program for your class and DNIE will provide you with a username and password set that is used by all class members. The username is nie followed by your order number. The password, which is case sensitive, is randomly assigned for each teacher but can be changed by contacting the NIE office at 800-678-0789. Please contact Sharon Martin, NIE Manager, at 313-223-4460 with any concerns related to accessing e-Editions.
   ►Click here to order e-Editions of the Free Press
   ►Click here to order e-Editions of The News

Verification Form Requirement

Teachers receiving delivery of sponsored e-Editions must sign an affidavit confirming request, receipt and use of sponsored electronic newspapers. In short, even if delivery of the newspaper is to your computer rather than your school door, it is still considered to be delivery for which we need confirmation in lieu of payment.

Whenever possible, affidavits are sent by email, so please provide a current email address as part of your customer profile. We are required to bill customers who don't return affidavits, so please respond upon receipt!

Yak's Corner from Michigan K.I.D.S. Inc.

Yak's Corner, the award-winning eight-page news magazine for ages 6-13, produced by Michigan K.I.D.S., Inc., the educational nonprofit 501(c) (3) for The Detroit News and Detroit Free Press, is filled with local stories, events and people plus current events from around the world in "Yakking About the News." You'll also find the "Kids in the News" feature that lets your students see how kids across the county are making news. Each week, you'll find "Yaktivities" posted at www.yakscorner.com, which you can use to help your students build comprehension and vocabulary using that week's Yak's Corner. New this year: Yaktivities will include correlations to Common Core Standards so you can show others how this each issue of Yak's Corner meets educational objectives!

Yak's Corner will be published on 30 Thursdays during the 2012-2013 school year, beginning September 13, 2012 and ending on May 30, 2013. During this period Yak's Corner will not be published on these eight dates: November 22, December 20 & 27, January 3 & 10, February 28, March 28 and April 4. If you'd like to use Yak's Corner in your classroom, you have three options:

1. Read Yak's Corner free online each week, with access to fully sponsored (free to you) e-Editions of the Free Press through May 30, 2013
2. Pay 5 cents per copy to have the printed Yak's Corner delivered to your school each week, including access to fully sponsored (free) e-Editions of the Free Press through May 30, 2013
3. Pay 25 cents per set and have the printed Yak's Corner PLUS an equal number of print copies of the Free Press delivered to your school each week through May 30, 2012

Serial Stories from Breakfast Serials®: Only in Monday e-Editions of The Detroit News

Throughout the school year we publish serialized stories from Breakfast Serials, which will ONLY appear in the Monday e-Edition of The Detroit News on the Young Readers Page, which also features other articles of interest to younger readers. Along with each Breakfast Serial chapter, we'll print student activities, including vocabulary words, questions about each chapter and newspaper connections. In addition, educators may download a complete teacher guide for use with each serial story.

Breakfast Serials appeal to readers of all ages, but are especially relevant to young readers who grow to anticipate each week's chapter. These gradually developing stories provide students time for additional reflection and speculation. Students will talk about the characters, predict what is to come and enrich the imagined story with their everyday experiences.

2012-2013 school year serial stories

Breakfast Serials stories will appear in The Detroit News e-Edition on 32 Mondays during the 2012-2013 school year. Teachers subscribing to The News' electronic edition Breakfast Serials Program will find each week's chapter on the "Young Readers" page by using the Section drop down box in the Monday e-Edition. Don't have time to read Breakfast Serials chapters on Mondays? Each e-Edition chapter can be accessed for up to 30 days via the "Back Issues" option. The Breakfast Serials program includes fully sponsored (free to you) electronic delivery of The Detroit News Monday through Saturday from Monday, September 3, 2012 through Friday, June 14, 2013

The 18-chapter fall story, "Future Times Past: The Eagles' Tale," starts Monday, September 17, and ends January 28. The 14-chapter winter/spring story, "S.O.R. Losers," starts Monday, February 4 and ends Monday, May 20.

►Click here now to order Breakfast Serials or read descriptions of the two stories and then order.

Student Contests

DNIE coordinates several annual contests, which are open only to Michigan students. Watch for a fax notice or check this site for upcoming contests or contest results for the following contests:

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The 2013 Ford Freedom Award Essay Contest for Grades 4-8
Brought to you by Ford Motor Company Fund and Community Services in cooperation with the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History

The Ford Freedom Award is given posthumously to individuals who have dedicated their lives to improving the African-American community and the world at large through their chosen fields. Each year, both a Ford Freedom Award Honoree and a Ford Freedom Award Scholar are selected. The Scholar is chosen for furthering the Honoree's achievements for a new generation.

The theme of the 2013 Ford Freedom Award Program is "Quiet Heroes" - African Americans who, with much humility (and without fanfare), have worked all their lives for the cause of African-American advancement.

The 2013 Ford Freedom Award Program honors civil rights activist Ms. Johnnie Carr, who joined childhood friend Rosa Parks in the historic Montgomery bus boycott and was an activist until her death at 97. According to her 2008 obituary by the Associated Press, "Carr succeeded the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. as president of the Montgomery Improvement Association in 1967, a post she held at her death. It was the newly formed association that led the boycott of city buses in the Alabama capital after Parks, a black seamstress, was arrested in December 1955 for refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a crowded bus.." ..."She played a prominent role in 2005 on the 50th anniversary of Parks' refusal to give up her bus seat, speaking to thousands of schoolchildren who marched to the Capitol. "Look back, but march forward," Carr urged the huge crowd of young people."

The 2013 Ford Freedom Award Program Scholar is Congressman John Lewis, D-GA. Representative Lewis has dedicated his life to protecting human rights, securing civil liberties, and building what he calls "The Beloved Community" in America.

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The 2013 Ford Freedom Award Essay Contest for Grades 4-8
Brought to you by Ford Motor Company Fund and Community Services in cooperation with the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History

In celebration of the 2013 Ford Freedom Award celebration of Quiet Heroes, Michigan students in grades 4-8 were invited to submit essays on the following topic:

"If you could present ONE Quiet Hero award to an African American (past or present) who is NOT your family member, who would it be and why?"

More than 700 students from across Michigan submitted essays by the April 12, 2013 deadline. A team of writers and teachers selected 45 semifinalists. Finally, representatives of the Ford Motor Company Fund and the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History chose 10 prize winners. All winners received their awards, which ranged from class pizza parties to the top prize of a $5,000 scholarship, at the Ford Freedom Award Scholar's Lecture held at the Max M. Fisher Music Center on the morning of May 10.

The Prizes are:
1st Prize--$5,000 Scholarship, Ford Freedom Award medal and certificate of merit for ONE winner
2nd Prize--$2,500 Scholarship, Ford Freedom Award medal and certificate of merit for ONE winner
3rd Prize--$1,000 Scholarship, Ford Freedom Award medal and certificate of merit for ONE winner
Honorable Mentions--$250 Scholarship, Ford Freedom Award medals and certificates of merit for TWO winners
Merit Awards--Class pizza party and certificates of merit for FIVE winners
NOTE: Scholarships are awarded for the pursuit of higher education.

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THE 35 SEMIFINALISTS, BY GRADE, ARE:

Fourth Graders
Ashwin Desai, City School, Grand Blanc
Dylan Doan, City School, Grand Blanc
Jerelle Hannah II, MacArthur Elementary School, Southfield
Kendall Klochack, City School, Grand Blanc
Kennedy Kuhlmann, City School, Grand Blanc
Isaac Schneider, Schneider Home School, Newaygo

Fifth Graders
Eleanor Aro, Academy of the Americas, Detroit
Ali Bazzi, Riverside Middle School, Dearborn Heights
Brianna Lanzen, Monroe Road Elementary, Lambertville
Jalise Little, Detroit Service Learning Academy, Detroit
Ibrahim Shamakh, Dickinson East Elementary, Hamtramck
Alejandria Trujillo, St. Joseph Catholic, Watervliet
Selma Zuhrie, Dickinson East Elementary, Hamtramck

Sixth Graders
Devansh Acharya, Haslett Middle School, Haslett
Brieana Bradford, Carver Elementary-Middle School, Detroit
Davion Lane, Oakview Elementary, Muskegon
Nia Miskel, Oakview Elementary, Muskegon
Emari O'Brien, Academy of Warren, Warren
R'Eyonna Trussell, Academy of Warren, Warren
Alex VanKuiken, The Center for Economicology, Grand Rapids

Seventh Graders
Amanda Wewer, Grissom Middle School, Sterling Heights

Eighth Graders
Erykah Benson, Pierce Middle School, Grosse Pointe Park
Sophia Bieneman, West Hills Middle School, West Bloomfield
Lacey Cohen, West Hills Middle School, West Bloomfield
Ellis Cox, Gesu Catholic School, Detroit
Helena Gregg, West Hills Middle School, West Bloomfield
Nils Johannson, Friends School in Detroit, Detroit
Ezra Kalmowitz, West Hills Middle School, West Bloomfield
Megan Kandt, Trinity Lutheran School, Clinton Township
Chloe Linkner, West Hills Middle School, West Bloomfield
Anna McGuffie, West Hills Middle School, West Bloomfield
Emily Meretsky, West Hills Middle School, West Bloomfield
Kennedy Montgomery, Dr. Joseph F. Pollack Academic Center of Excellence Southfield
Alec Morin, Trinity Lutheran School, Clinton Township
Robert Shippy, Trinity Lutheran School, Clinton Township

THE TOP 10 WINNERS ARE:

First-Place: Grand Rapids 4th grader Navid Hasan, from Knapp Charter Academy, Grand Rapids, received a $5,000 Scholarship, Ford Freedom Award medal and certificate of merit.

Second-Place: Canton 7th grader Nicholas Elwell, from East Middle School, Plymouth, received a $2,500 Scholarship, Ford Freedom Award medal and certificate of merit.

Third-Place: Farmington Hills 7th grader David Mays, from East Middle School, Farmington Hills, received a $1,000 Scholarship, Ford Freedom Award medal and certificate of merit.

Honorable Mention: Grand Blanc 6th grader Anastasia Butrie, from City School, Grand Blanc, received a $250 Scholarship, Ford Freedom Award medal and certificate of merit.

Honorable Mention: Bloomfield Hills 8th grader Anna Recknagel, from Bloomfield Hills Middle School, Bloomfield Hills, received a $250 Scholarship, Ford Freedom Award medal and certificate of merit

Merit Award: Highland Park 5th grader Amir Abdul-Aziz, from Riverside Middle School, Dearborn Heights, received a class pizza party and a certificate of merit.

Merit Award: Detroit 4th grader Dakarai Barrow, from Bow Elementary-Middle School, Detroit, received a class pizza party and a certificate of merit.

Merit Award: West Bloomfield 8th grader Zachary Douville, from West Hills Middle School, West Bloomfield, received a class pizza party and a certificate of merit.

Merit Award: Detroit 6th grader Mikel Hawkins, from Academy of Warren, Warren, received a class pizza party and a certificate of merit.

Merit Award: Temperance 7th grader Rylee Holek, from Bedford Junior High School, Temperance, received a class pizza party and a certificate of merit.

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2012-2013 "Yak's Corner Favorite Book Character Contest" for Grades K-6

Sponsored by Michigan K.I.D.S., Inc.

2012-2013 "Yak's Corner Favorite Book Character Contest" for Grades K-6
Sponsored by Michigan K.I.D.S., Inc.

Yak's Corner, the weekly news magazine for grades K-6 produced and distributed by Michigan K.I.D.S., the Detroit Newspapers in Education (DNIE) nonprofit for the Detroit Free Press and The Detroit News, annually invites Michigan students in Kindergarten through sixth grade to submit drawings of their favorite fictional book character and tell us why this is their favorite character. To encourage exploration of superior children's literature, drawings have to be based on a fictional character that is NOT originally from a television show or film. That means no SpongeBob SquarePants, Dora or Pokémon drawings!

Yak's Corner personnel select first- through fifth-place winners and honorable mentions for those grades with the most entries. Entries are judged initially on artwork merit (about 70 percent), then writing skill (about 30 percent). If drawings are judged to be equally well done, judges look at how well the entrant answered why a character was a favorite when selecting and ranking the winners.

First- through fifth-place winners receive Barnes & Noble Gift Cards in the amounts of $40, $30, $25, $15, and $10 respectively. All winners, including honorable mentions, receive letters of congratulation and Certificates of Excellence.

For the 2012-2013 contest, we received 1,942 entries from students throughout Michigan: 58 from Kindergarten students, 218 from first graders, 124 from second graders, 361 from third graders, 506 from fourth graders, 290 from fifth graders and 385 from sixth grade students.

Each year, Yak's Corner features artwork by the first-place winners in the first March issue and may feature other winning artwork in other March issues in celebration of Reading Month. You can view issues online at www.yakscorner.com.

Certificates of Participation that may be personalized for each student who created an entry are also provided to requesting teachers. Additional certificates may be requested by emailing smartin@dnps.com with "Yak certificates needed" in the subject line.

On behalf of Yak's Corner personnel, please extend our thanks to the students who share their favorite fictional book character in pictures and words. Their artistry, creativity and ability to explain why they chose their character always makes it difficult to recognize the work of just a few students for special merit.

Although this is an annual fall contest, with winners selected in February of the following year, students are always encouraged to send artwork to Yak's Corner. We publish drawings during the school year in weekly issues of the Yak's Corner news magazine and in the online Yak Art Gallery. Students should draw on white, unlined 8-1/2 by 11 paper in bright colors. Students should print their first and last names, age and city only on the BACK of each drawing, along with a school or home number if needed to verify any information.

►Click here for a complete list of 2012-2013 winners

►Kindergarten winners
►First Grade winners
►Second Grade winners
►Third Grade winners
►Fourth Grade winners
►Fifth Grade winners
►Sixth Grade winners

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Jackie Robinson Art, Essay and Poetry contest presented by the Detroit Tigers

Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in his April 15, 1947 debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers, marking a milestone in baseball history. As a way of keeping the memory of Jackie Robinson alive, every year the Detroit Tigers invite middle and high school students from the metro Detroit region to enter the Jackie Robinson Art, Essay and Poetry contest by submitting an original essay, poem, or work of art in honor of Robinson. Middle school and high school winners are selected in for each category.

The 2012 winners are:

ART
Middle school: Byron Burbanks of Detroit, representing Clark Preparatory Academy
High school: Tiara Williams of Detroit representing Cody High School

ESSAYS
Middle school: Chandler Shettleroe of Redford, representing Hilbert Middle School
High school: Emily Garman, of Rochester Hills, representing Stoney Creek High School

POETRY
Middle school: Matthew Fealk of West Bloomfield, representing West Middle School
High school: Donovan Dennis, of Southfield, representing University High School Academy

Target Date Project

Target Date is all about compiling and comparing a collection of newspapers published on the same day. Students and teachers can select the date in advance, at random, or it can be one of special significance because of its expected news. Teachers can tie the newspaper comparison to almost any unit or theme.

The Target Date project is now easier than ever. With your classroom subscription to the Detroit Free Press e-Edition, you also receive access to 45 additional Gannett newspapers, including the Arizona Republic, Cincinnati Enquirer, Des Moines Register, Florida Today, Indianapolis Star, Louisville Courier Journal, Nashville Tennessean and more.

Additionally, most newspapers participate in the Target Date project and often will mail students a copy of the actual newspaper, if a student writes a formal letter of request that explains the class project. Letters may be sent to the Newspapers In Education, Media In Education or Educational Services Department of the newspaper. Most newspaper Web sites provide a name and address for the individual who handles educational programs for the newspaper.

Contact DNIE

For General Delivery Questions & Verification Forms:
PH: 800-678-0789
EMAIL: dnie@dnps.com
FAX: 313-496-4801

Direct Contact
Sharon Martin, Newspapers in Education Manager 313-223-4460 or smartin@dnps.com
Tyna Smith, NIE Field Services Representative 313-222-6411 or tmsmith@dnps.com
John Lardin, NIE Order Processing Manager 313-222-6436 or jlardin@dnps.com

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615 W. Lafayette Blvd.
Detroit, MI 48226