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Kent County Cup winner finds new career focus through esports

Kent ISD School News Network

How can esports tie to careers? Listen to thoughts on gaming and its possibilities from Lowell High School senior and gamer Jonny Rapelje.

Initiative aims to double enrollment in career & technical education by 2030

Kent ISD Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

An ambitious county-wide initiative aims to increase the number of students taking classes that teach them career skills and prepare them for the workforce.

Teacher Academy students design their future classrooms

Kent ISD Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

First-year Teacher Academy students designed classrooms with a focus on the developmental needs of their students.

Touched by tragedies, social worker educates families on safe gun storage

All Districts School News Network

Social worker Eunice Benavidez, who’s lost family members to gun violence, talks about a safe gun storage initiative she leads at Kelloggsville Public Schools.

Method offers trauma-informed approach to managing students in crisis

Cedar Springs Riley Kelley

Kent County schools are turning to an intervention method that focuses on trauma-informed crisis management. Key: understanding what the developing brain does in moments of crisis and the impact of trauma on the brain.

Students explore job opportunities, build skills with holiday market

Kent ISD Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Lincoln Developmental Center’s annual holiday market gives students an opportunity to be creative and learn about business.

Threats to schools: real or hoaxes?

Multi Districts Alexis Stark

Following a school shooting in Georgia, school districts locally and statewide saw an increase in threats this fall – many of them false.

State of the Student tackles four big topics

All Districts Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Area students were center stage at the annual “Listen. Learn. Lead.” event to share their thoughts about mental health, school safety, engagement and belonging.

High-schoolers talk mental health with education leaders, legislators

Multi Districts Erin Albanese

What can schools do to support student mental health and make connections? Students shared their thoughts on how and why it’s so important to them.

Four years after pandemic, chronic absenteeism still a problem

Comstock Park Riley Kelley

Four years after the pandemic, students continue to miss more school than they should.

No cell phones in class? It’s a good thing, student and principal say

Podcasts School News Network

Five years after Forest Hills adopted a policy severely restricting cell-phone use during the school day, we talk to a student and principal about how that’s working out.

Growing skills and knowledge by cultivating produce

Multi Districts Alexis Stark

Collaborative efforts between Kent ISD and nonprofit H.O.P.E. Gardens resulted in districts receiving the Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant to help sustain school garden education and infrastructure.

His path led him back to adult ed

Kent ISD Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Gerry Verwey is the new director of the Adult Education program.

U.S. Rep. Scholten weighs in on national issues affecting local schools

All Districts Beth Heinen Bell

U.S. Rep. Hillary Scholten recently sat down with SNN to discuss career and technical education, the upcoming election and more.

Is it enough? Supplemental budget aims to offset mental health, security cuts

All Districts Riley Kelley

Supplemental funds will curb the impact of mental health and safety cuts in the education budget, but they won’t solve everything.

Tech Center students start new tradition with butterfly release

Kent ISD Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Tech Center students joined forces with John Ball Zoo in a native butterfly conservation project.

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School News Network reports on the 20 public school districts in Kent ISD, which enroll more than 102,000 students. Founded in 2013 as an initiative of Kent ISD, we are supported by local districts and community sponsors, and powered by an experienced team of reporters, editors and multimedia journalists. We specialize in covering classroom teaching and learning, analyzing the many issues facing students and highlighting the education magic that happens each day in our public schools.

Kent County Cup winner finds new career focus through esports

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Initiative aims to double enrollment in career & technical education by 2030

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High-schoolers share thoughts on school safety, engagement & more

Student broadcaster pushes for positive coverage in advisory role

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