District News & Video

Come join us at the Summer Meal Program!
NIS is participating again in the Summer Food Service Program.  Nutritious and appealing meals will be provided to ALL children at no charge! Call 292-3038 for more information  Meals are served Monday-Friday at:

Newport Middle School  30 W. 8th Street, June 3 - August 7.

Breakfast: 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Lunch: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

A Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program Grant was awarded to AD Owens and Fourth Street Elementary. Fourth Street was awarded $17,350 and AD Owens was awarded $21,500 for fresh fruit and vegetables for the students.

The 2009-2010 proposed Comprehensive District Improvement Plan
is available for public review at the
Newport Board of Education, 301 E. 8th St. beginning June 1.

The Newport Board of Education will hold a Local Planning Committee meeting on Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. in the library at Newport High School.  The purpose of this meeting will be to make amendments to the current facilities plan

Parents and students, you now have online access to our new student administration system, Infinite Campus (IC)!  Click here to be directed to the IC Portal, or you can access IC via the Quicklinks drop-down menu located to the left.

Check our newly updated College Access Section of our District Website, click here>

Newport Alumni, take a look at the recently launched Alumni section of our Website.  Find old friends, share your stories, lives and pictures and reconnect with all the great things happening at Newport Independent Schools, click here>

Newport Independent Schools is part of the regional Strive Partnership!  Learn more about how Strive is positively impacting our student's access to quality education from preschool through college.  Learn more about Strive>

Enquirer reports: Newport High School students build on core skills, click to read>

It's time to register for preschool and kindergarten!  Call the NIS Welcome Center at 292-3080 for more information.  Click here for more information>

United Way of Greater Cincinnati provides $15,000 gift to keep NIS Early Childhood Collaborative on-track, click here>

NIS receives Greater Cincinnati Foundation grant of $15,000 to fund NIS Early Childhood Home Visitation Program, click here>

View pictures from 7th grade field day!  click here>

Congratulations to our staff on being awarded a National Energy Education's National Energy Pacesetter Award, achieving over $275,000 in energy savings: click here>

The monthly, "Helping Children Learn" newsletter is again available to parents; with parenting tips for preschool, elementary, middle school and high school age children: click here>

Newport Independent releases 2007-2008 Kentucky Core Contest Test (KCCT) results.  Schools show solid gains with all school levels (elementary, middle and high school) surpassing average state academic gains. Also, data indicates academic achievement has accelerated since the implementation of the district strategic plan. To read district press release, click here>

Newport Independent District Meets No Child Left Behind Requirements for 93% of targeted areas. To help parents and the community better understand district academic progress, NIS has developed an easy to understand 4 year analysis of each school's results under Federal No Child Left Behind Mandates:

A.D. Owens Elementary No Child Left Behind Analysis, click here>
Fourth Street Elementary No Child Left Behind Analysis, click here>
Mildred Dean Elementary No Child Left Behind Analysis, click here>
Newport Middle School No Child Left Behind Analysis, click here>
Newport High School No Child Left Behind Analysis, click here>