Welcome to the Leader-Post Newspaper in Education program.

What is NIE?

Student Quotes

"We use the paper in so many ways. We read the paper everyday in English Language Arts. When we read the stories on the front page we do the five W's, Who, What, Where, Why, When."

Rebecca Flynn
Lumsden Elementary School

"Thank you for supplying us with the newspapers. I enjoyed the newspaper because I could keep up with what is happening in Saskatchewan. There are a lot of interesting things in the Leader-Post and that's why I like reading it!"

Emily Pletz
Lumsden Elementary School

I want to thank you for taking time to deliver your papers. We used them for making art, reading, weather forecast and updating us on everything else. Many teachers said it was a good idea to have newspapers in a classroom. The newspaper has a little bit of everything in it so everybody can read it. Well I hope next year I have the newspaper in my classroom. It was very kind of you guys to give us some."

Jodi Cary
Lumsden Elementary School

"We use the paper a lot, even for work like ELA, DEAR (Drop Everything And Read), the five W's, discussion and we share it with other classes."

Zach Mansbridge Fafard
Lumsden Elementary School

"We wrote in our journals about our opinions on the articles. My teacher would read it to us everyday. It was really great having the newspaper. Thanks."

James Beatty
Lumsden Elementary School

"Thank you for sending our classroom the newspaper! I enjoyed keeping up to date with the stuff going on around me! I enjoy reading the comics, especially For Better or For Worse. I think it is important to know what's going on around you. We appreciate your effort in delivering the paper to our school. Other classes around our school ask to borrow it."

Rebecca Ruda
Lumsden Elementary School

"I really enjoy reading your newspaper. There's always something interesting going on and you sure know how to inform us. Thank you for making school just a little bit better."

William Nadurak
Lumsden Elementary School

Top 10 reasons for using NIE!

• 10. NIE helps develop the habit of daily newspaper reading among students. The paper is often the only text a majority of students will continue to read throughout their lives.
• 9. Newspapers in the classroom help make teaching more creative and challenging.
• 8. Newspapers contain something for every student: real math problems, science as it happens, editorials on current topics, local news, entertainment highlights, classified ads and more.
• 7. Newspapers enhance classroom projects and promote cooperative team efforts.
• 6. Newspapers can be marked on, cut, pasted, and colored – activities important to young children who learn by seeing and doing. Newspapers provide children with a new textbook every day.
• 5. Newspapers have transfer effects – students learn from newspapers at school and convey their knowledge at home.
• 4. Newspapers contribute to independent reading, improved vocabulary, enhanced comprehension, critical thinking and improved reading and writing skills.
• 3. Newspapers are "living" textbooks, reporting history as it happens, while creating interest in current events.
• 2. Newspapers bridge the gap between the classroom and the "real" world.
• 1. Newspapers are motivational, lots of fun, and increase local and international awareness

How is the NIE program funded?

The majority of our donations come from customers that donate the credits from their vacation papers to the NIE program

Through the NIE Program the Leader-Post is able to supply schools across Southern Saskatchewan with newspapers to use as a learning tool at no cost to them.

You can help!

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2 convenient ways to bring the Leader-Post into your classroom:

1 DIGITAL EDITION
An exact replica of the Leader-Post delivered right to your desktop by 5:00a.m!

Benefits of receiving the Leader-Post DIGITAL EDITION:

• Complete access to 10 other Canadian Newspapers including the National Post, Star Phoenix, Vancouver Sun, Calgary Herald and more!
• Accessible to students through a common username and logon
  
• Translate text in to 12 different languages
  
• Hear any story read aloud
  
• Save and send articles
  
• Printable and downloadable
  
• Magnify text, graphics, and more
  
• Valuable online learning tool
  
• Save environmental resources!

2 PRINT EDITION
Delivery of the Leader-Post newspaper directly to your school (where available)

The NIE program is intended to assist teachers in classroom activities. The newspapers are for classroom use only.

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NIE - Activities

Tours

Come and see what the Leader-Post is all about! Take a special one hour tour of the Leader-Post and discover how we create a brand new newspaper everyday!

Tours are Monday through Friday 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Tour Requirements:
- all guests must be 10 years of age or older
- minimum group size: 12

Book Your Tour Today
Call: 306.781.5330
Email ajadischke@leaderpost.com

Newspapers enhance your students learning experience in various ways

In the educational literature of the past 30 years, research has shown that:

• Newspaper use in school increases student awareness about the immediate community and the world at large, and has a positive effect on student attitudes toward school, community and subject matter.
• Students who used newspapers as a principal source material had better achievement scores in social studies, language arts and mathematics than their matched counterparts, who relied only on textbooks.
• Studies show that newspaper use helps students surpass their peers in reading levels and achievement scores.
• The newspaper's many and varied writing styles provide specific models of writing for a particular purpose and audience.
• Unlike a textbook, which can quickly become outdated, the newspaper chronicles "history as it happens."

Quotes From Teachers

"We appreciate the provision of your newspapers to our students. The newspaper has become a significant literacy in each of our classrooms. Students reading has increased significantly. The paper is in demand from the time they arrive at school and until they leave. Thank you for helping us motivate greater interest in reading with our students and in turn enhance their literacy skills."
Craik Wotherspoon - Cochrane Community High School

"This is a great program! We really appreciate the use of the Leader-Post as an additional resource four use in our classrooms."
Jan Luba-Dr. George Ferguson

"We use the papers everyday in Canadian Studies 30 and Law 30 classes. This is a wonderful program."
Curtis Kleisinger - Michael A. Riffel High School

"The more exposure students get, the better education they obtain."
Todd Anaka - Box Elder Colony School

The students in our Learning Disabilities program greatly benefit from both the print edition and the digital edition of the Leader-Post."
Janine Nelson - F.W. Johnson Collegiate

"The students, and myself, absolutely love it!"
Mark Schendel - M.C. Knoll School

"Thank you so much! This is a great opportunity for our students."
Renae Harkes - Webb Hutterian School

"Through the Leader-Post our students were able to spend some time every day working with and reading the newspaper. This is something they very much appreciate. In our class it leads to discussions of current stories, development of vocabulary, various mathematical activities, and, of course, improving reading."
Tom Dickson
Facilitator, ATP program – Learning Disabilities Association of Saskatchewan

"Thank you for providing this valuable service."
Carol Hart – Douglas Park Elementary School

"Thank you for the incredible program!"
Mark Schendel – M.C. Knoll School

Thank you. We value and appreciate this service!"
Trent Wotherspoon – Regina Public Schools Adult Campus

"As a Special Educator, I see many students who do not have a good reading ability or no ability to read at all. This is a valuable and necessary tool in today's classroom. Thank you!"
Kelly Brezinski –Vocational Transition Program / Regina Public Schools in Cooperation with SIAST Wascana Campus

"Thank you for you assistance in educating students."
Terry Shalley – S.I.I.T. / Regina Campus

"Our intention is to help our adult students improve their self image and their job prospects. Part of this comes through improving reading, and having the Leader-Post in the classroom every day is extrememly beneficial to our goals."
Tom Dickson
Facilitator, ATP program – Learning Disabilities Association of Saskatchewan

"We have been receiving the newspapers and our students love it!"
Monique Schmidt – Haultain Community School