| Vanessa Roberts | (520) 573-4537 | vroberts@tucson.com |
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What is NIE?
The Arizona Daily Star NIE program is an award-winning literacy program, honored by the Arizona Reading Association, Tucson Area Reading Council, and the Newspaper Association of America Foundation! We are committed to promoting reading, literacy and learning through the use of the print and electronic editions of the Arizona Daily Star in classrooms. W e provide print and electronic editions of newspapers to public, private and charter schools throughout Tucson and Southern Arizona.
How is this possible? Thanks to the generosity of our Partners in Education and newspaper subscribers who donate their paper through the Vacation Donation program. The newspapers offer special content and guides to assist teachers as they use the newspaper in the classroom and to help school children develop the daily reading habit.
Schools use the newspapers for reading, social studies, science, math and life skills. Teachers have access to teacher guides and other materials to help them integrate the paper into the curriculum.
How to Sponsor a Classroom
Sponsoring a classroom for the entire school year costs $50.40. Please make checks payable to: Literacy Leadership, Inc. and mail donations to:
Arizona Daily Star, NIE
4850 S. Park Ave.
Tucson, AZ 85714
This gives the classroom one paper each school day. Contact NIE Coordinator Vanessa Roberts, at (520) 573-4537 or e-mail vroberts@tucson.com.
Donate your paper while on vacation
It's easy, call our local Customer Service at 1-800-695-4492 and tell one of our customer service representatives you want your newspapers to work in school classrooms while you're away.
Vacation Donation papers are put in an account and drawn out as teachers want them, such as when there is special content (Earth Day and special sections) in addition to daily delivery.