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NWPE News Notes
The Online Communiqué of Northwest Professional Educators
November 13, 2003
ANNOUNCEMENTS & FREE RESOURCES:
INNOVATIVE TEACHER THINKS BIG TO HELP DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN
TOOL TO KEEP KIDS IN SCHOOL - OTHER KIDS' PARENTS
BLOCK SCHEDULING IN SCHOOLS MAY IMPAIR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT/ACT SCORES
SCHOOL CHIEFS LACK BROAD AUTHORITY FOR REFORMS, UW SURVEY FINDS
VANCOUVER NWPE MEMBER CHOSEN FOR AMERICAN BOARD TEACHER CERTIFICATION PANEL
PRESIDENTIAL THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATIONS
It has been a tradition since the founding of our country that Presidents ask Americans to thank God for the blessings we have received as a nation in the previous twelve months. Find excerpts from various Presidential Proclamations from Presidents Roosevelt, Kennedy, Reagan, Clinton, and Bush for use in your Thanksgiving themes as well as Presidential War Time Thanksgiving Proclamations from Presidents Lincoln, Wilson, Roosevelt, and Bush. www.gtbe.org
ESSAY CONTEST FOR 5TH-8TH GRADE GIRLS ON BREAKING BARRIERS
Smith & Kraus Publishers of Lyme, New Hampshire, announce the Matty Trescott Essay Contest for girls in grades 5 through 8. The theme of the essay contest is Breaking Barriers for Women. The publishers and authors decided it was important to provide the opportunity for young women to understand that there are still barriers to be broken, and that they can be heroines in their own lives and the lives of others. The contest requires an entrant to write a 500 word essay that describes how she has broken barriers or intends to break barriers in her own life. All applicants must have a sponsoring teacher. A Grand Prize of $1000 is offered to the student with the winning essay, with $250 to the sponsoring teacher.
FREE MATH TESTS: CREATE CUSTOM MATH TESTS
This page was designed to help you easily generate and print randomly ordered math tests that are of varying levels of difficulty: www.rbechtold.com/math
FREE HISTORY "OUR DOCUMENTS TEACHER SOURCEBOOK"
The "Our Documents Teacher Sourcebook," a free resource created by National History Day, Inc., in cooperation with the National Archives, provides educators with lesson plans and activities that will help them incorporate 100 milestone documents from American history into classroom curriculum. Request free copies by e mailing info@nationalhistoryday.org.
FREE VIRTUAL CLASSROOMS FOR TEACHERS
NWPE has entered into a partnership with Out2.com to provide principals and teachers with the means of creating their own FREE virtual classrooms to improve communication with our parents and other community members. Communicating school and classroom news, homework assignments, volunteer opportunities are just some of the uses available. It's an easy, safe, secure and free way to increase communication among school and community members. There is a section that may be used by the school PTA/PTO as well as an open bulletin board that is open for everyone in the school community to post general information, awards, special projects, photos, art, etc. Visit www.out2.com or contact NWPE for easy set up directions.
PRESIDENTIAL THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATIONS
It has been a tradition since the founding of our country that Presidents ask Americans to thank God for the blessings we have received as a nation in the previous twelve months. Find excerpts from various Presidential Proclamations from Presidents Roosevelt, Kennedy, Reagan, Clinton, and Bush for use in your Thanksgiving themes as well as Presidential War Time Thanksgiving Proclamations from Presidents Lincoln, Wilson, Roosevelt, and Bush. www.gtbe.org
ESSAY CONTEST FOR 5TH-8TH GRADE GIRLS ON BREAKING BARRIERS
Smith & Kraus Publishers of Lyme, New Hampshire, announce the Matty Trescott Essay Contest for girls in grades 5 through 8. The theme of the essay contest is Breaking Barriers for Women. The publishers and authors decided it was important to provide the opportunity for young women to understand that there are still barriers to be broken, and that they can be heroines in their own lives and the lives of others. The contest requires an entrant to write a 500 word essay that describes how she has broken barriers or intends to break barriers in her own life. All applicants must have a sponsoring teacher. A Grand Prize of $1000 is offered to the student with the winning essay, with $250 to the sponsoring teacher.
FREE MATH TESTS: CREATE CUSTOM MATH TESTS
This page was designed to help you easily generate and print randomly ordered math tests that are of varying levels of difficulty: www.rbechtold.com/math
FREE HISTORY "OUR DOCUMENTS TEACHER SOURCEBOOK"
The "Our Documents Teacher Sourcebook," a free resource created by National History Day, Inc., in cooperation with the National Archives, provides educators with lesson plans and activities that will help them incorporate 100 milestone documents from American history into classroom curriculum. Request free copies by e mailing info@nationalhistoryday.org.
PRESIDENTIAL THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATIONS
It has been a tradition since the founding of our country that Presidents ask Americans to thank God for the blessings we have received as a nation in the previous twelve months. Find excerpts from various Presidential Proclamations from Presidents Roosevelt, Kennedy, Reagan, Clinton, and Bush for use in your Thanksgiving themes as well as Presidential War Time Thanksgiving Proclamations from Presidents Lincoln, Wilson, Roosevelt, and Bush. www.gtbe.org
ESSAY CONTEST FOR 5TH-8TH GRADE GIRLS ON BREAKING BARRIERS
Smith & Kraus Publishers of Lyme, New Hampshire, announce the Matty Trescott Essay Contest for girls in grades 5 through 8. The theme of the essay contest is Breaking Barriers for Women. The publishers and authors decided it was important to provide the opportunity for young women to understand that there are still barriers to be broken, and that they can be heroines in their own lives and the lives of others. The contest requires an entrant to write a 500 word essay that describes how she has broken barriers or intends to break barriers in her own life. All applicants must have a sponsoring teacher. A Grand Prize of $1000 is offered to the student with the winning essay, with $250 to the sponsoring teacher.
FREE MATH TESTS: CREATE CUSTOM MATH TESTS
This page was designed to help you easily generate and print randomly ordered math tests that are of varying levels of difficulty: www.rbechtold.com/math
FREE HISTORY "OUR DOCUMENTS TEACHER SOURCEBOOK"
The "Our Documents Teacher Sourcebook," a free resource created by National History Day, Inc., in cooperation with the National Archives, provides educators with lesson plans and activities that will help them incorporate 100 milestone documents from American history into classroom curriculum. Request free copies by e mailing info@nationalhistoryday.org.
FREE VIRTUAL CLASSROOMS FOR TEACHERS
NWPE has entered into a partnership with Out2.com to provide principals and teachers with the means of creating their own FREE virtual classrooms to improve communication with our parents and other community members. Communicating school and classroom news, homework assignments, volunteer opportunities are just some of the uses available. It's an easy, safe, secure and free way to increase communication among school and community members. There is a section that may be used by the school PTA/PTO as well as an open bulletin board that is open for everyone in the school community to post general information, awards, special projects, photos, art, etc. Visit www.out2.com or contact NWPE for easy set up directions.
PRESIDENTIAL THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATIONS
It has been a tradition since the founding of our country that Presidents ask Americans to thank God for the blessings we have received as a nation in the previous twelve months. Find excerpts from various Presidential Proclamations from Presidents Roosevelt, Kennedy, Reagan, Clinton, and Bush for use in your Thanksgiving themes as well as Presidential War Time Thanksgiving Proclamations from Presidents Lincoln, Wilson, Roosevelt, and Bush. www.gtbe.org
ESSAY CONTEST FOR 5TH-8TH GRADE GIRLS ON BREAKING BARRIERS
Smith & Kraus Publishers of Lyme, New Hampshire, announce the Matty Trescott Essay Contest for girls in grades 5 through 8. The theme of the essay contest is Breaking Barriers for Women. The publishers and authors decided it was important to provide the opportunity for young women to understand that there are still barriers to be broken, and that they can be heroines in their own lives and the lives of others. The contest requires an entrant to write a 500 word essay that describes how she has broken barriers or intends to break barriers in her own life. All applicants must have a sponsoring teacher. A Grand Prize of $1000 is offered to the student with the winning essay, with $250 to the sponsoring teacher.
FREE MATH TESTS: CREATE CUSTOM MATH TESTS
This page was designed to help you easily generate and print randomly ordered math tests that are of varying levels of difficulty: www.rbechtold.com/math
FREE HISTORY "OUR DOCUMENTS TEACHER SOURCEBOOK"
The "Our Documents Teacher Sourcebook," a free resource created by National History Day, Inc., in cooperation with the National Archives, provides educators with lesson plans and activities that will help them incorporate 100 milestone documents from American history into classroom curriculum. Request free copies by e mailing info@nationalhistoryday.org.
PRESIDENTIAL THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATIONS
It has been a tradition since the founding of our country that Presidents ask Americans to thank God for the blessings we have received as a nation in the previous twelve months. Find excerpts from various Presidential Proclamations from Presidents Roosevelt, Kennedy, Reagan, Clinton, and Bush for use in your Thanksgiving themes as well as Presidential War Time Thanksgiving Proclamations from Presidents Lincoln, Wilson, Roosevelt, and Bush. www.gtbe.org
ESSAY CONTEST FOR 5TH-8TH GRADE GIRLS ON BREAKING BARRIERS
Smith & Kraus Publishers of Lyme, New Hampshire, announce the Matty Trescott Essay Contest for girls in grades 5 through 8. The theme of the essay contest is Breaking Barriers for Women. The publishers and authors decided it was important to provide the opportunity for young women to understand that there are still barriers to be broken, and that they can be heroines in their own lives and the lives of others. The contest requires an entrant to write a 500 word essay that describes how she has broken barriers or intends to break barriers in her own life. All applicants must have a sponsoring teacher. A Grand Prize of $1000 is offered to the student with the winning essay, with $250 to the sponsoring teacher.
FREE MATH TESTS: CREATE CUSTOM MATH TESTS
This page was designed to help you easily generate and print randomly ordered math tests that are of varying levels of difficulty: www.rbechtold.com/math
FREE HISTORY "OUR DOCUMENTS TEACHER SOURCEBOOK"
The "Our Documents Teacher Sourcebook," a free resource created by National History Day, Inc., in cooperation with the National Archives, provides educators with lesson plans and activities that will help them incorporate 100 milestone documents from American history into classroom curriculum. Request free copies by e mailing info@nationalhistoryday.org.
PRESIDENTIAL THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATIONS
It has been a tradition since the founding of our country that Presidents ask Americans to thank God for the blessings we have received as a nation in the previous twelve months. Find excerpts from various Presidential Proclamations from Presidents Roosevelt, Kennedy, Reagan, Clinton, and Bush for use in your Thanksgiving themes as well as Presidential War Time Thanksgiving Proclamations from Presidents Lincoln, Wilson, Roosevelt, and Bush. www.gtbe.org
ESSAY CONTEST FOR 5TH-8TH GRADE GIRLS ON BREAKING BARRIERS
Smith & Kraus Publishers of Lyme, New Hampshire, announce the Matty Trescott Essay Contest for girls in grades 5 through 8. The theme of the essay contest is Breaking Barriers for Women. The publishers and authors decided it was important to provide the opportunity for young women to understand that there are still barriers to be broken, and that they can be heroines in their own lives and the lives of others. The contest requires an entrant to write a 500 word essay that describes how she has broken barriers or intends to break barriers in her own life. All applicants must have a sponsoring teacher. A Grand Prize of $1000 is offered to the student with the winning essay, with $250 to the sponsoring teacher.
FREE MATH TESTS: CREATE CUSTOM MATH TESTS
This page was designed to help you easily generate and print randomly ordered math tests that are of varying levels of difficulty: www.rbechtold.com/math
FREE HISTORY "OUR DOCUMENTS TEACHER SOURCEBOOK"
The "Our Documents Teacher Sourcebook," a free resource created by National History Day, Inc., in cooperation with the National Archives, provides educators with lesson plans and activities that will help them incorporate 100 milestone documents from American history into classroom curriculum. Request free copies by e mailing info@nationalhistoryday.org.
FREE VIRTUAL CLASSROOMS FOR TEACHERS
NWPE has entered into a partnership with Out2.com to provide principals and teachers with the means of creating their own FREE virtual classrooms to improve communication with our parents and other community members. Communicating school and classroom news, homework assignments, volunteer opportunities are just some of the uses available. It's an easy, safe, secure and free way to increase communication among school and community members. There is a section that may be used by the school PTA/PTO as well as an open bulletin board that is open for everyone in the school community to post general information, awards, special projects, photos, art, etc. Visit www.out2.com or contact NWPE for easy set up directions.
PRESIDENTIAL THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATIONS
It has been a tradition since the founding of our country that Presidents ask Americans to thank God for the blessings we have received as a nation in the previous twelve months. Find excerpts from various Presidential Proclamations from Presidents Roosevelt, Kennedy, Reagan, Clinton, and Bush for use in your Thanksgiving themes as well as Presidential War Time Thanksgiving Proclamations from Presidents Lincoln, Wilson, Roosevelt, and Bush. www.gtbe.org
ESSAY CONTEST FOR 5TH-8TH GRADE GIRLS ON BREAKING BARRIERS
Smith & Kraus Publishers of Lyme, New Hampshire, announce the Matty Trescott Essay Contest for girls in grades 5 through 8. The theme of the essay contest is Breaking Barriers for Women. The publishers and authors decided it was important to provide the opportunity for young women to understand that there are still barriers to be broken, and that they can be heroines in their own lives and the lives of others. The contest requires an entrant to write a 500 word essay that describes how she has broken barriers or intends to break barriers in her own life. All applicants must have a sponsoring teacher. A Grand Prize of $1000 is offered to the student with the winning essay, with $250 to the sponsoring teacher.
FREE MATH TESTS: CREATE CUSTOM MATH TESTS
This page was designed to help you easily generate and print randomly ordered math tests that are of varying levels of difficulty: www.rbechtold.com/math
FREE HISTORY "OUR DOCUMENTS TEACHER SOURCEBOOK"
The "Our Documents Teacher Sourcebook," a free resource created by National History Day, Inc., in cooperation with the National Archives, provides educators with lesson plans and activities that will help them incorporate 100 milestone documents from American history into classroom curriculum. Request free copies by e mailing info@nationalhistoryday.org.
PRESIDENTIAL THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATIONS
It has been a tradition since the founding of our country that Presidents ask Americans to thank God for the blessings we have received as a nation in the previous twelve months. Find excerpts from various Presidential Proclamations from Presidents Roosevelt, Kennedy, Reagan, Clinton, and Bush for use in your Thanksgiving themes as well as Presidential War Time Thanksgiving Proclamations from Presidents Lincoln, Wilson, Roosevelt, and Bush. www.gtbe.org
ESSAY CONTEST FOR 5TH-8TH GRADE GIRLS ON BREAKING BARRIERS
Smith & Kraus Publishers of Lyme, New Hampshire, announce the Matty Trescott Essay Contest for girls in grades 5 through 8. The theme of the essay contest is Breaking Barriers for Women. The publishers and authors decided it was important to provide the opportunity for young women to understand that there are still barriers to be broken, and that they can be heroines in their own lives and the lives of others. The contest requires an entrant to write a 500 word essay that describes how she has broken barriers or intends to break barriers in her own life. All applicants must have a sponsoring teacher. A Grand Prize of $1000 is offered to the student with the winning essay, with $250 to the sponsoring teacher.
FREE MATH TESTS: CREATE CUSTOM MATH TESTS
This page was designed to help you easily generate and print randomly ordered math tests that are of varying levels of difficulty: www.rbechtold.com/math
FREE HISTORY "OUR DOCUMENTS TEACHER SOURCEBOOK"
The "Our Documents Teacher Sourcebook," a free resource created by National History Day, Inc., in cooperation with the National Archives, provides educators with lesson plans and activities that will help them incorporate 100 milestone documents from American history into classroom curriculum. Request free copies by e mailing info@nationalhistoryday.org.
FREE VIRTUAL CLASSROOMS FOR TEACHERS
NWPE has entered into a partnership with Out2.com to provide principals and teachers with the means of creating their own FREE virtual classrooms to improve communication with our parents and other community members. Communicating school and classroom news, homework assignments, volunteer opportunities are just some of the uses available. It's an easy, safe, secure and free way to increase communication among school and community members. There is a section that may be used by the school PTA/PTO as well as an open bulletin board that is open for everyone in the school community to post general information, awards, special projects, photos, art, etc. Visit www.out2.com or contact NWPE for easy set up directions.
PRESIDENTIAL THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATIONS
It has been a tradition since the founding of our country that Presidents ask Americans to thank God for the blessings we have received as a nation in the previous twelve months. Find excerpts from various Presidential Proclamations from Presidents Roosevelt, Kennedy, Reagan, Clinton, and Bush for use in your Thanksgiving themes as well as Presidential War Time Thanksgiving Proclamations from Presidents Lincoln, Wilson, Roosevelt, and Bush. www.gtbe.org
ESSAY CONTEST FOR 5TH-8TH GRADE GIRLS ON BREAKING BARRIERS
Smith & Kraus Publishers of Lyme, New Hampshire, announce the Matty Trescott Essay Contest for girls in grades 5 through 8. The theme of the essay contest is Breaking Barriers for Women. The publishers and authors decided it was important to provide the opportunity for young women to understand that there are still barriers to be broken, and that they can be heroines in their own lives and the lives of others. The contest requires an entrant to write a 500 word essay that describes how she has broken barriers or intends to break barriers in her own life. All applicants must have a sponsoring teacher. A Grand Prize of $1000 is offered to the student with the winning essay, with $250 to the sponsoring teacher.
FREE MATH TESTS: CREATE CUSTOM MATH TESTS
This page was designed to help you easily generate and print randomly ordered math tests that are of varying levels of difficulty: www.rbechtold.com/math
FREE HISTORY "OUR DOCUMENTS TEACHER SOURCEBOOK"
The "Our Documents Teacher Sourcebook," a free resource created by National History Day, Inc., in cooperation with the National Archives, provides educators with lesson plans and activities that will help them incorporate 100 milestone documents from American history into classroom curriculum. Request free copies by e mailing info@nationalhistoryday.org.
PRESIDENTIAL THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATIONS
It has been a tradition since the founding of our country that Presidents ask Americans to thank God for the blessings we have received as a nation in the previous twelve months. Find excerpts from various Presidential Proclamations from Presidents Roosevelt, Kennedy, Reagan, Clinton, and Bush for use in your Thanksgiving themes as well as Presidential War Time Thanksgiving Proclamations from Presidents Lincoln, Wilson, Roosevelt, and Bush. www.gtbe.org
ESSAY CONTEST FOR 5TH-8TH GRADE GIRLS ON BREAKING BARRIERS
Smith & Kraus Publishers of Lyme, New Hampshire, announce the Matty Trescott Essay Contest for girls in grades 5 through 8. The theme of the essay contest is Breaking Barriers for Women. The publishers and authors decided it was important to provide the opportunity for young women to understand that there are still barriers to be broken, and that they can be heroines in their own lives and the lives of others. The contest requires an entrant to write a 500 word essay that describes how she has broken barriers or intends to break barriers in her own life. All applicants must have a sponsoring teacher. A Grand Prize of $1000 is offered to the student with the winning essay, with $250 to the sponsoring teacher.
FREE MATH TESTS: CREATE CUSTOM MATH TESTS
This page was designed to help you easily generate and print randomly ordered math tests that are of varying levels of difficulty: www.rbechtold.com/math
FREE HISTORY "OUR DOCUMENTS TEACHER SOURCEBOOK"
The "Our Documents Teacher Sourcebook," a free resource created by National History Day, Inc., in cooperation with the National Archives, provides educators with lesson plans and activities that will help them incorporate 100 milestone documents from American history into classroom curriculum. Request free copies by e mailing info@nationalhistoryday.org.
PRESIDENTIAL THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATIONS
It has been a tradition since the founding of our country that Presidents ask Americans to thank God for the blessings we have received as a nation in the previous twelve months. Find excerpts from various Presidential Proclamations from Presidents Roosevelt, Kennedy, Reagan, Clinton, and Bush for use in your Thanksgiving themes as well as Presidential War Time Thanksgiving Proclamations from Presidents Lincoln, Wilson, Roosevelt, and Bush. www.gtbe.org
ESSAY CONTEST FOR 5TH-8TH GRADE GIRLS ON BREAKING BARRIERS
Smith & Kraus Publishers of Lyme, New Hampshire, announce the Matty Trescott Essay Contest for girls in grades 5 through 8. The theme of the essay contest is Breaking Barriers for Women. The publishers and authors decided it was important to provide the opportunity for young women to understand that there are still barriers to be broken, and that they can be heroines in their own lives and the lives of others. The contest requires an entrant to write a 500 word essay that describes how she has broken barriers or intends to break barriers in her own life. All applicants must have a sponsoring teacher. A Grand Prize of $1000 is offered to the student with the winning essay, with $250 to the sponsoring teacher.
FREE MATH TESTS: CREATE CUSTOM MATH TESTS
This page was designed to help you easily generate and print randomly ordered math tests that are of varying levels of difficulty: www.rbechtold.com/math
FREE HISTORY "OUR DOCUMENTS TEACHER SOURCEBOOK"
The "Our Documents Teacher Sourcebook," a free resource created by National History Day, Inc., in cooperation with the National Archives, provides educators with lesson plans and activities that will help them incorporate 100 milestone documents from American history into classroom curriculum. Request free copies by e mailing info@nationalhistoryday.org.
FREE VIRTUAL CLASSROOMS FOR TEACHERS
NWPE has entered into a partnership with Out2.com to provide principals and teachers with the means of creating their own FREE virtual classrooms to improve communication with our parents and other community members. Communicating school and classroom news, homework assignments, volunteer opportunities are just some of the uses available. It's an easy, safe, secure and free way to increase communication among school and community members. There is a section that may be used by the school PTA/PTO as well as an open bulletin board that is open for everyone in the school community to post general information, awards, special projects, photos, art, etc. Visit www.out2.com or contact NWPE for easy set up directions.
PRESIDENTIAL THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATIONS
It has been a tradition since the founding of our country that Presidents ask Americans to thank God for the blessings we have received as a nation in the previous twelve months. Find excerpts from various Presidential Proclamations from Presidents Roosevelt, Kennedy, Reagan, Clinton, and Bush for use in your Thanksgiving themes as well as Presidential War Time Thanksgiving Proclamations from Presidents Lincoln, Wilson, Roosevelt, and Bush. www.gtbe.org
ESSAY CONTEST FOR 5TH-8TH GRADE GIRLS ON BREAKING BARRIERS
Smith & Kraus Publishers of Lyme, New Hampshire, announce the Matty Trescott Essay Contest for girls in grades 5 through 8. The theme of the essay contest is Breaking Barriers for Women. The publishers and authors decided it was important to provide the opportunity for young women to understand that there are still barriers to be broken, and that they can be heroines in their own lives and the lives of others. The contest requires an entrant to write a 500 word essay that describes how she has broken barriers or intends to break barriers in her own life. All applicants must have a sponsoring teacher. A Grand Prize of $1000 is offered to the student with the winning essay, with $250 to the sponsoring teacher.
FREE MATH TESTS: CREATE CUSTOM MATH TESTS
This page was designed to help you easily generate and print randomly ordered math tests that are of varying levels of difficulty: www.rbechtold.com/math
FREE HISTORY "OUR DOCUMENTS TEACHER SOURCEBOOK"
The "Our Documents Teacher Sourcebook," a free resource created by National History Day, Inc., in cooperation with the National Archives, provides educators with lesson plans and activities that will help them incorporate 100 milestone documents from American history into classroom curriculum. Request free copies by e mailing info@nationalhistoryday.org.
PRESIDENTIAL THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATIONS
It has been a tradition since the founding of our country that Presidents ask Americans to thank God for the blessings we have received as a nation in the previous twelve months. Find excerpts from various Presidential Proclamations from Presidents Roosevelt, Kennedy, Reagan, Clinton, and Bush for use in your Thanksgiving themes as well as Presidential War Time Thanksgiving Proclamations from Presidents Lincoln, Wilson, Roosevelt, and Bush. www.gtbe.org
ESSAY CONTEST FOR 5TH-8TH GRADE GIRLS ON BREAKING BARRIERS
Smith & Kraus Publishers of Lyme, New Hampshire, announce the Matty Trescott Essay Contest for girls in grades 5 through 8. The theme of the essay contest is Breaking Barriers for Women. The publishers and authors decided it was important to provide the opportunity for young women to understand that there are still barriers to be broken, and that they can be heroines in their own lives and the lives of others. The contest requires an entrant to write a 500 word essay that describes how she has broken barriers or intends to break barriers in her own life. All applicants must have a sponsoring teacher. A Grand Prize of $1000 is offered to the student with the winning essay, with $250 to the sponsoring teacher.
FREE MATH TESTS: CREATE CUSTOM MATH TESTS
This page was designed to help you easily generate and print randomly ordered math tests that are of varying levels of difficulty: www.rbechtold.com/math
FREE HISTORY "OUR DOCUMENTS TEACHER SOURCEBOOK"
The "Our Documents Teacher Sourcebook," a free resource created by National History Day, Inc., in cooperation with the National Archives, provides educators with lesson plans and activities that will help them incorporate 100 milestone documents from American history into classroom curriculum. Request free copies by e mailing info@nationalhistoryday.org.
FREE VIRTUAL CLASSROOMS FOR TEACHERS
NWPE has entered into a partnership with Out2.com to provide principals and teachers with the means of creating their own FREE virtual classrooms to improve communication with our parents and other community members. Communicating school and classroom news, homework assignments, volunteer opportunities are just some of the uses available. It's an easy, safe, secure and free way to increase communication among school and community members. There is a section that may be used by the school PTA/PTO as well as an open bulletin board that is open for everyone in the school community to post general information, awards, special projects, photos, art, etc. Visit www.out2.com or contact NWPE for easy set up directions.
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