Browse past news stories for Newport Middle School in Newport, NC.

• Bullying serious problem in schools (Carteret County News-Times)
  posted on February 24, 2010 at 02:58:21 pm
  CHERYL BURKE MOREHEAD CITY — When 13-year-old Gabrielle Gariba entered sixth-grade at Newport Middle School for the 2008-2009 school year, she was looking forward to her middle school experience.
• Board hears school budget concerns (Carteret County News-Times)
  posted on February 4, 2010 at 02:13:21 pm
  CHERYL BURKE BEAUFORT — Tough budget cuts are already hitting the school system this fiscal year, just as officials start to work on the next one.
• Special Olympics Ski Competition (FOX 43 Harrisburg)
  posted on January 28, 2010 at 12:53:21 am
  Teens hit the slopes for the special olympics ski race competition in York County.
• Newport students reach out to Haiti (Perry County Times)
  posted on January 27, 2010 at 09:09:24 pm
  Hannah and Emily Foor were scheduled to spend Feb. 6-13 in Haiti as part of a New Missions trip. Before Christmas, teachers Chrissy Hartman and Mary Jane Ludt launched a collection drive for items the sisters could hand out while in the Caribbean country. Then the Jan. 12 earthquake happened. Fifteen-year-old Hannah and 13-year-old Emily still are [...]
• School Psychologist Due In Court (WITN 7 North Carolina)
  posted on January 15, 2010 at 09:38:27 am
  A Carteret County school psychologist accused of taking nude pictures of a teenage boy is due in court Friday.
• Penguins welcome new year (Carteret County News-Times)
  posted on January 6, 2010 at 03:13:31 am
  LINDSAY STREET ATLANTIC BEACH — Three … two … one!
• School psychologist facing sex crimes back at work (News 14 Carolina)
  posted on December 31, 2009 at 06:49:05 pm
  Carteret County school psychologist Johnny Clevinger, who is facing child sex charges, is back at work with the school system, but will not be assigned to work at any of the county's schools.
• Oakland Terrace searches for solution to overcrowding (Gazette.net)
  posted on December 16, 2009 at 10:44:43 am
  To ease overcrowding, next year's kindergarten class at Oakland Terrace Elementary School would be moved to vacant basement classrooms at a Silver Spring middle school under a new proposal from Montgomery County Public Schools that has received mixed opinions from students' parents.
• New board moves swiftly on battle site rezoning (Carteret County News-Times)
  posted on December 4, 2009 at 03:28:11 pm
  MARK HIBBS NEWPORT — Newly elected town council members got to work quickly Tuesday during the board’s December meeting and granted unanimous approval to a developer’s request that will allow homes to be built upon a Civil War site here.
• Developer agrees to set aside land for preservation (Carteret County News-Times)
  posted on December 2, 2009 at 03:43:01 pm
  MARK HIBBS NEWPORT — The property owner who plans to create a housing subdivision on the site of a Civil War battlefield here says he will set aside land in the development for a memorial park.
• School board votes to close Mildred Dean (Community Press & Recorder)
  posted on November 22, 2009 at 08:35:49 pm
  This is likely the last year that students will fill the halls of Mildred Dean Elementary School in Newport.
• Back to Iraq, back on his feet (The News & Observer)
  posted on November 11, 2009 at 10:08:39 am
  N.C. National Guard Lt. Ed Salau is one of a dozen or so injured soldiers who have returned to Iraq to help them make peace with the place where their lives were changed by war. Listen to his story.
• Civil War site targeted for rezoning (Carteret County News-Times)
  posted on November 4, 2009 at 11:38:20 am
  MARK HIBBS NEWPORT — Town council will consider Tuesday night a rezoning request that involves a Civil War site here.
• Newport fills school board seats (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
  posted on November 3, 2009 at 11:01:21 pm
  Ramona Malone and Bryan Wright have been tapped by Kentucky Education Commissioner Terry Holliday to fill the board of education's two open seats.
• Middle School cross country championships this weekend (The Oregonian)
  posted on October 30, 2009 at 07:41:13 pm
  Middle School state championship for cross country to be held in Portland's Fernhill Park on Saturday
• Two Elementary Schools in Danger of Closing (Local 12 Cincinnati)
  posted on October 20, 2009 at 09:24:25 pm
  Highest performing school in district could close
• Mildred Dean may close (Community Press & Recorder)
  posted on October 20, 2009 at 09:26:45 am
  Newport Independent Schools' Local Planning Committee is closer to forming a recommendation about the future of the district.
• Paying to Recycle (News Channel 12 New Bern)
  posted on October 19, 2009 at 09:34:34 pm
  For every plastic bottle that is recycled, four more end up in landfills. But a new law took effect October first that requires no bottles end up in trash.
• Woman’s essay to appear in book (Perry County Times)
  posted on October 19, 2009 at 07:54:04 pm
  Charity Poleshuk of Newport is pleased her essay was chosen to appear in a new book. It allows her to share her story of life with her son Joshua, 13, who has Down Syndrome. The book, “Gifts 2: How People with Down Syndrome Enrich the World,” was edited by Kathryn Lynard Soper who is the mother [...]
• Newport schools talk consolidation (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
  posted on October 7, 2009 at 02:31:33 am
  NEWPORT - The facility planning committee for Newport Independent Schools continued its three-month-long discussion Tuesday on the possibility of consolidating and reconfiguring schools for the 2010-11 school year.
• Test results excite school (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
  posted on September 23, 2009 at 10:09:26 pm
  The staff and students at Newport Middle School are elated to report that they have made progress under the federal No Child Left Behind Act, hitting all 10 of their targets.
• Districts receive student testing results (Community Press & Recorder)
  posted on September 23, 2009 at 03:41:23 pm
  School districts across Campbell County have spent the past week reviewing page after page of test results and making plans for future improvement.
• Food assistance numbers grow (Carteret County News-Times)
  posted on September 23, 2009 at 12:28:33 pm
  BEAUFORT — With a 33 percent increase in the number of county families applying for food stamp assistance in August, compared with the previous school year, county officials are scrambling to meet the needs.
• Schools get mixed grades (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
  posted on September 22, 2009 at 09:24:54 pm
  Forty-two of the 99 public elementary, middle and high schools in six Northern Kentucky counties failed to make Adequate Yearly Progress under the federal No Child Left Behind Act, but just three face consequences.
• Yaquina View closes (Newport News-Times)
  posted on September 19, 2009 at 03:26:21 am
  No one spoke. No one moved.
• Community remembers 9/11 (Carteret County News-Times)
  posted on September 12, 2009 at 11:13:41 am
  CHERYL BURKE MOREHEAD CITY — St. Egbert Catholic School students somberly lowered the American flag to half-staff and placed a yellow bow on the flagpole Friday morning to honor the 2,751 victims killed eight years ago today during a series of terrorist attacks that began with the Twin Towers in New York City.
• Some watch, others opt out of hearing president speech to schools (Jacksonville Daily News)
  posted on September 9, 2009 at 10:06:18 am
  Some Onslow County students joined the many students in schools across the nation Tuesday who tuned in to hear a speech delivered by President Barack Obama about education and expectations for students.
• On The Sidelines (Newport News-Times)
  posted on August 12, 2009 at 03:46:15 pm
  The Portland Trail Blazers are holding a free basketball clinic at the Newport Recreation Center from 10 a.m. to noon Thursday, August 20. Participants must register in advance at the Newport Recreation Center.
• Lady Patriot spikers hope offseason hard work pays dividends (Carteret County News-Times)
  posted on August 8, 2009 at 10:33:55 am
  Second-year lady Patriots coach Michael Turner instructs Lindsey Barnes on serving during practice Wednesday. West players worked hard during the offseason in preparation for the upcoming season.
• Photo Gallery > The News-Times Photo Gallery > Camp 911 (Carteret County News-Times)
  posted on July 17, 2009 at 06:13:44 pm
  Rising Newport Middle School seventh-grader Nick Kinney is used to simulate a alcohol breathalyzer test during Camp 911, held this week at Carteret Community College and emergency services agencies.