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Welcome to the Student Section of NIE World

The cyberspace home of the Newspaper in Education (NIE) Program of The News-Journal,
the daily newspaper serving Volusia and Flagler counties in Florida.
The office is just across the river from"The World's Most Famous Beach" and just a few blocks north of the race track where the Daytona 500 and other motor sporting events are run.

One aim of our program is to help students better understand themselves, their community
and the world. Grab your mouse and see what's written in our stars for you.

Click here for this year's Medallions of Excellence winners.

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Learning Links provides homework help, resources, and fun things for you to do on the Web.

Read and Recycle offers a few interesting ways you can reuse the newspaper once you've finished reading it.

PHOTO: Freedom Elementary School 4th-graders, show off some seedlings they selected during an Arbor Day celebration at Victoria Park in DeLand. (Photo: News-Journal/Roger Simms)

HOT ISSUES and COOL IDEAS

Freshwater swimming:
Fun or Folly?

By KRISTEN STERNBERG | NIE Educational Coordinator
Central Florida is filled with fun places to swim. In addition to hundreds of miles of beach to enjoy, there are also plenty of lakes, streams, rivers and more. Freshwater springs, like those found at Blue Spring and DeLeon Springs State Parks, for instance, offer cool, refreshing water in natural surroundings. Hundreds of lakes dot the area, along with clear streams and rivers that can be a lot of fun, too. Swimmers, though, should be alert to the dangers that can lurk in seemingly innocent, Florida waters!
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