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You're Invited | Order Form | USA Weekend | SpellingBee.com | LifeNet | HGA  Come see The Honolulu Advertiser from start to print. Jennifer Dang gives scheduled 'hands on' tours of the historic Kapiolani building that bring the creation of the newspaper to life. Trace the history of The Honolulu Advertiser from its early years beginning in 1896 until today and discover why we are Hawaii's leading newspaper. Students receive the opportunity to watch busy reporters and editors in the newsroom, graphic artists in the Composing Room and see the press that has served The Honolulu Advertiser for over 50 years. Our employees at the Advertiser are as diverse at the articles we publish! Advertiser employees work in a variety of settings- business and sales, photography studios, computer stations, warehouses, print shops and loading docks. Almost every interest is put to use in a newspaper! The tours are interactive and students are encouraged to ask questions. If your class would like to schedule a tour please contact Jennifer Dang at 525-7660.   To sign up for your classroom for daily newspaper delivery, please down load the order form, fill it out and send it to us!
 USA WEEKEND, a regular supplement of the Sunday Honolulu Advertiser has a website for teachers, students and parents. Its Teacher's Guide Curriculum features weekly lessons based on monthly themes and activity sheets. In the past these materials would arrive too late for us to publish in our newsletter and the cost of mailing weekly materials to NIE teachers was prohibitive. By using this website, teachers can now download and print PDF files of teacher's guides each week if desired. This website also links to articles of interest on USA WEEKEND Magazine's main Web site and beyond. There will be on-line opportunities for students to participate in USA WEEKEND's four core participatory programs: Make a Difference Day, Annual Teen Survey, Student Fiction Contest and the Most Caring Coach Awards. Teachers will find a wonderful resource, "How to Use Newspapers in the Classroom."  For passionate spellers, or for parents and teachers who are looking for better ways to teach spelling, this websites, produced by the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee, is for you. The Spelling Bee is the nation's largest and longest-running educational promotion, administered on a not-for-profit basis by The E.W. Scripps Company. The organization's purpose is to help students improve their spelling, increase their vocabularies, learn concepts, and develop correct English usage that will help them all their lives. This website is information central for those finalist who qualify for the Annual National Spelling Bee Championship in Washington, DC. The website features Carolyn's Corner, a 36-week on-line course of spelling bee study, an on-line store for spelling bee study materials, local spelling bee details, contest rules, and Spelling Bee results for the past six years.  Lifenet is an interdisciplinary curriculum which takes students through real-life simulation as adults. Interwoven in the simulation game is career and life skills, reading, writing, oral communication, mathematics, social studies, health and nutrition content areas. LifeNet also integrates technology lessons through relevant, hands-on activities. LifeNet students are also exposed to concepts such as taxation, payment plans, and comparative shopping. Knowledge of self, personal taste and values are also explored as students make decisions about housing, transportation and nutrition. At the secondary level, LifeNet can be utilized in career and guidance classes, alternative learning centers (ALC), and school to work programs. Hands-on technology training is also integrated in the LifeNet curriculum. During the LifeNet process, students have the opportunity to use Microsoft Office software like Word, Excel and Power Point. From the webiste, http:/lifenet.k12.hi.us, teachers can download the complete LifeNet curriculum and student workbook in PDF format. The website will also serve as an on-line community for teachers who have questions, need support or who want to share ideas. In the future, the website will also have a list of professionals working in various careers who have volunteered to be "interviewed" by LifeNet students. These "career models" can also be asked to volunteer for your school's career day. The Honolulu Advertiser is partnering with LifeNet creator, Mark Miyamoto in his quest to disseminate the curriculum throughout the education community. In addition to linking websites, free copies of the Sunday Advertisers can be ordered on a case by case basis through the Advertiser's NIE program. Call 525-7660.  The Hawaii Geographic Alliance (HGA) is part of a national network of alliances organized to revitalize the teaching and learning of geography in our classrooms. HGA is one of 50 such alliances in a national network. The Geographic Alliance enables teachers in every U.S. state, Canada, and Puerto Rico to benefit from shared ideas and experiences. HGA's mission is to promote geographic instruction, actively foster standards-based geographic learning in the K through 12 classroom, and help students prepare to be productive and responsible citizens in a global economy. Lesson plan ideas, alliance activities, and projects can be found on the HGA website: http:www.hawaii.edu/hga. The HGA is affiliated with the DOE, the University of Hawaii and the National Geographic Soceity. Teachers throughout the world will celebrate Geography Awareness Week. For this year's activities and lessons plans, log onto the National Geographic website: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/education. For more information or scheduling workshops, call Mary Francis Higuchi at Hawaii Geographic Alliance, 956-7698. |
