programs   Kids Special Series Several times during the school year, NIE creates a Kids Special Series. These series are distributed in the regular newspaper, and teachers are given the opportunity to sign up for them. Kids Special Series include topics like Citizenship and Nutrition and Fitness. Examples 1) Citizenship Series NIE partnered with our local Kids Voting Program to create the Citizenship Series. After receiving various materials from Kids Voting that included topic ideas and various election topics, our NIE staff along with the creative department designed eight kidsINK pages and an election guide for teachers. 2) Healthy Balance The Healthy Balance series was a three-week guide to health and nutrition. The topics of the pages included the Food Pyramid, healthy activities, and food safety. The pages were designed to be educational, informative and to assist educators in helping students understand ways to make healthy food and exercise choices.