Kentwood

Refugee completes high school twice, graduates as valedictorian

Northview

Hands-on math class shows surprising results

Cedar Springs

Have you heard? New district podcast aims to set record straight

Caledonia

Navigating seizures to find success through sport

Student athlete and recent high school graduate Ty Lewandowski decided to not let his epilepsy define him or his future hockey career.

Kent ISD

Program uses stories to build literacy, connection

Books on the tables. Books on the floor. Books everywhere you look in a classroom at Kent Education Center Oakleigh — and all of them have a purpose.

SNN Video Features

Comstock Park

Shuffleboard showdown: students battle for bragging rights

Using their math skills, fourth- and fifth-graders build their own shuffleboards for the school’s annual shuffleboard competition.

East Grand Rapids

Empowering students to get interested in STEAM

Northview

Future songwriters, audio engineers learning to create in production lab

Caledonia

Taking the plunge for a good cause

Godwin Heights

Exploring, learning, loving it: Zero Hour in action

EDUCATION EVERYWHERE

Find all kinds of ‘wonder’ at the library this summer

Education Everywhere School News Network

Kent District Library branches are offering readers of all ages exciting summer break opportunities.

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Immersive learning: when museum becomes classroom

Grandville Beth Heinen Bell

When fourth-graders spend an entire week at the Grand Rapids Public Museum, there’s no limit to what they might discover.

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ISSUES IN EDUCATION

Coaches offer ongoing support for preschool teachers

Coaches work side-by-side with preschool teachers, helping them navigate educating Kent ISD’s youngest learners.

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Caps, gowns and game plans: juniors look to the future

Godwin Heights

Fifth-graders restock time capsule for another quarter century

Forest Hills

He credits school with helping him overcome grief, loss

Grand Rapids

Students document, present composite of immigration stories

Kentwood

News BRIEFS

Signing day: Auto Tech students accept employment offers

Kent ISD

Find all kinds of ‘wonder’ at the library this summer

Education Everywhere

Rocking a colorful garden

Kelloggsville

AI Summit highlights classroom uses for artificial intelligence

Kent ISD

HOPE Gardens opens new community greenhouse

Godwin Heights

Making Headlines

Grand Rapids

He credits school with helping him overcome grief, loss

This graduate lost a friend to gun violence and a grandmother to cancer, but he never gave up.

Student Voices

Northview

SEALS: Where the tiniest hands reach for the biggest hearts

This article from The Roar, the student newspaper of Northview High School, explores the district’s Student Educators and Listeners program.

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