Browse past news stories for Northwest Middle School in Reading, PA.

• Bulletin board (Reading Eagle)
  posted on November 27, 2009 at 05:47:06 am
  Dec. 5: Society president George M. Meiser IX unveils the book during a presentation at 10 a.m. A book singing will occur from noon to 4 p.m. A charge for the presentation is $1 for members and $5 for nonmembers.
• Patriot Happenings (Kutztown Area Patriot)
  posted on November 25, 2009 at 04:09:59 pm
  Send events by 10 a.m. on Monday the week of publication to The Kutztown Area Patriot at 302 State St., Hamburg, Pa., 19526; fax to 610-562-4644; or e-mail to:
• A Mohawk Welcome: Exchange Program Offers Life-changing Experiences For Educators (Portsmouth Daily Times)
  posted on November 6, 2009 at 11:03:47 pm
  While many students are reading about the Middle East and South America in dusty, outdated textbooks, kids at Northwest Middle School are learning by spending time with a group of principals visiti...
• Salt Lake district reading educator is 2010 Teacher of Year (Deseret News)
  posted on October 21, 2009 at 01:53:31 am
  When the state superintendent announced her name as teacher of the year, Mary Jane Morris, wearing a bright red shirt, popped...
• Meet Utah Teacher of the Year, Mary Jane Morris (The Salt Lake Tribune)
  posted on October 21, 2009 at 01:44:07 am
  She's an author, world traveler and scholar. But you won't find her lecturing students at a prestigious university, working for a top corporation or even resting on her laurels.
• Utah names 2010 Teacher of the Year (ABC 4 Salt Lake City)
  posted on October 20, 2009 at 10:07:24 pm
  SALT LAKE CITY (ABC 4 News)  - Congratulations to Utah's Teacher of the year for 2010. Mary Jane Morris is an 8th grade reading teacher and works as the schools Achievement Via Determination teacher at Northwest Middle School.  She says she believes everyone can teach one another and learn from one another. Morris was presented with a $10,000 check and will get to meet President Obama next spring.
• Mary Jane Morris: Meet Utah's teacher of the year (The Salt Lake Tribune)
  posted on October 20, 2009 at 08:14:06 pm
  A teacher from Northwest Middle School in Salt Lake City has been named Utah's new Teacher of the Year. State Superintendent Larry Shumway surprised reading and AVID teacher Mary Jane Morris at a school assembly Tuesday.
• State announces 2010 Teacher of the Year (Deseret News)
  posted on October 20, 2009 at 07:38:41 pm
  Utah's 2010 Teacher of the Year is Mary Jane Morris, a reading teacher at Northwest Middle School in Salt Lake City School...
• Some schools report behavior improvements in same-sex classes (Asbury Park Press)
  posted on September 7, 2009 at 04:18:18 pm
  Green gingham curtains cover sun-soaked windows and bright pink flower pots line the tops of tidy shelves in an all girls classroom at Taylors Elementary School. As their teacher walks around the room, stopping now and then to offer words of encouragement, the girls quietly discuss the characters in their new reading book, "Chrissa Stands Strong."
• Same-sex classes show test, behavior success (The Greenville News)
  posted on September 7, 2009 at 06:09:42 am
  "Parents are seeing their children happy and thriving and making some progress." principal Vaughan Overman said. "Our discipline referrals went down and our MAP (Measures of Academic Performance) scores increased."
• Question: Back in June, what did you plan to do this summer and did you do it? (Reading Eagle)
  posted on August 28, 2009 at 04:23:18 am
  Question: Back in June, what did you plan to do this summer and did you do it?
• Northwest Middle School changes daily ops, gets off state list (WATE 6 Knoxville)
  posted on August 26, 2009 at 08:29:42 pm
  Fifteen Knox County schools are on the list this year. However, Northwest Middle got off the list for the first time in six years.
• Progress made at Austin-East, but more needed (Knoxville News Sentinel)
  posted on July 23, 2009 at 04:08:35 am
  Knox County school officials last year revamped Austin-East Performing Arts and Sciences Magnet High School, changing the curriculum, its leadership and hiring dozens of new staff members to boost student achievement.
• 3 Knox Co. schools new to state's high priority list (WATE 6 Knoxville)
  posted on July 22, 2009 at 03:17:19 pm
  Three Knox County schools are new to the state's list of those failing to meet federal No Child Left Behind standards. That list was released Wednesday.
• School briefs: May 26 (Knoxville News Sentinel)
  posted on May 26, 2009 at 04:09:01 am
  Students celebrate reading achievement Richard Yoakley Alternative School students reaped the rewards of reading achievement during the Metropolitan Drug Commission Reading Festival.
• For second time, Reading School Board appoints principal to run new junior high school (Reading Eagle)
  posted on May 21, 2009 at 04:15:57 am
  The Reading School District has named a principal for the new Citadel junior high school - again. The school board voted 5-4 on Wednesday to appoint Dennis J. Campbell, now the principal of Northwest Middle School.
• Popular Science: WFU professor brings her students, middle-schoolers together for some hands-on learning (Winston-Salem Journal)
  posted on April 15, 2009 at 04:40:18 am
  The girls at Northwest Middle School are learning that science isn't always pretty. But it can be lots of fun, especially when it involves Twizzlers, gum drops and beads.
• Sixth-graders help tell Robert Moton School’s story (Carroll County Times)
  posted on March 4, 2009 at 12:41:54 am
  For at least a year, members of the Former Students and Friends of Robert Moton School have talked about creating a Web site to share the history behind their school.