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Beth Heinen Bell is associate editor, reporter and copy editor. She is an award-winning journalist who got her professional start as the education reporter for the Grand Haven Tribune. A Calvin University graduate and proud former Chimes editor, she later returned to Calvin to help manage its national writing festival. Beth has also written for The Grand Rapids Press and several West Michigan businesses and nonprofits. She is fascinated by the nuances of language, loves to travel and has strong feelings about the Oxford comma. Read Beth's full bio

Built for balance? Observe, predict, test, adjust

Kent City Beth Heinen Bell
How do squirrels balance so well, and why can’t humans do the same? These third-graders got to test some theories in STEM class. 

Reading, writing and serving, in memory of Ryan

Grandville Beth Heinen Bell
Veterans aren’t the only ones who can leave a legacy; these eighth-graders recently spent time learning about both writing concepts and giving back to one’s community. 

Using inchworms to help learn about, um, inches 

Kent City Beth Heinen Bell
These handmade math tools are very precise, thanks to precise measurements by some second-graders and a little help from the inchworm. 

Trust us, this book-based contest was delicious

Kent City Beth Heinen Bell
There’s nothing like a holiday project that involves the whole family, especially if it also gets kids thinking about reading. 

Women in manufacturing? Absolutely

Grandville Beth Heinen Bell
The panel was one of several events planned for students participating in the Women’s Inclusion in Manufacturing Series.

Scrub up, it’s time for English 

Grandville Beth Heinen Bell
On nonfiction surgery day at Central Elementary, third-graders get to dress up as a medical professional and perform surgery on “patients,” otherwise known as nonfiction magazines. 

Varied interests, goals, all nurtured at school

Kent City Beth Heinen Bell
Junior Amy Sytsma is a talented mathematician and budding engineer who is also heavily involved in the creative arts. School News Network spoke with her about her dreams for the future.

‘I really want to be a teacher’

Grandville Beth Heinen Bell
Grace Kloeckner is a fifth-grader at Central Elementary School. School News Network recently talked with her to learn more about her dreams for the future and how her teachers provide inspiration.

Bulking up on their biology skills 

Grandville Beth Heinen Bell
Which bear will win Fat Bear Week 2023? These biology students put together a scientific claim to answer the question based on the evidence they discovered.

Grandville keeps it local with new school name

Grandville Beth Heinen Bell
The new name for Grandville’s renovated intermediate school building is steeped in history.

Extracurricular fair offers students open invitation to ‘find their people’

Grandville Beth Heinen Bell
The high school’s very first extracurricular fair gave students a chance to meet new people and discover new opportunities to get involved.

‘The universe just has its way of aligning’

Grandville Beth Heinen Bell
John Wondergem attended fourth grade at West Elementary, and later taught fourth grade in the very same classroom. Now, he’s the school’s new principal.

‘It feeds me,’ says teacher-artist 

Grandville Beth Heinen Bell
By day she’s a biology and chemistry teacher at Grandville High School. By night and on weekends, and, really, all the time, she’s an artist — and now, an ArtPrize finalist. 

Welcome, class of 2036

Grandville Beth Heinen Bell
The Grandville Education Foundation recently celebrated the district’s newest young Bulldogs by hosting a kindergarten tailgate. 

Travel-loving, pizza-eating, action movie fan to students: ‘I’ll always believe in them’

Grandville Beth Heinen Bell
Joe Scotto is the new principal at Grand View Elementary School. SNN gets to know him in this edition of Meet Your Administrators.

What’s in a (school) name?

Grandville Beth Heinen Bell
Have you ever wanted to name a school? Now’s your chance; the deadline is Sept. 8.
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