Beth Heinen Bell

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Beth Heinen Bell is associate editor, copy editor and reporter covering Northview, Kent City and Grandville. 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.

Taking her own advice & trying something new

Cedar Springs Beth Heinen Bell

Cassandra Chartier is the new director of preschool and Campus Kids programs for Cedar Springs Public Schools. SNN gets to know her in this edition of Meet Your Administrators...

A sound investment in reading comprehension

Lowell Beth Heinen Bell

The features 'help you understand what you’re reading about,' these third-graders explain...

Nationally ranked in jiu-jitsu, she’s more than ‘pretty good’

Cedar Springs Beth Heinen Bell

This sixth-grader is fast becoming a pre-teen powerhouse in the sporting world of Brazilian jiu-jitsu, earning national rankings and competing with teens nearly twice her age...

Car enthusiast, shutterbug, entrepreneur

Rockford Beth Heinen Bell

Like many, this high school junior sought new ways to keep busy during the early days of COVID-19 shutdowns and quarantines. He’s now the owner/photographer of Mitten Project, a car photography business...

New middle school wing offers spacious, light-filled classrooms

Lowell Beth Heinen Bell

After a year of construction, the new seventh- and eighth-grade wing at Lowell Middle School opened for business on January 3...

Big shoes to fill, but ‘things can be different, and it can be OK’

Rockford Beth Heinen Bell

Korie Wilson-Crawford is ready for the challenge of leading a district unfamiliar with leadership changes...

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Waving the green flag of learning

Grandville Beth Heinen Bell

In this STEM classroom, racing handmade wooden dragsters is a highlight of the fall, but a lot of work goes into getting the cars race-ready...

Classroom turns escape room, with a Spanish twist

Lowell Beth Heinen Bell

The activity was funded through a grant from the Lowell Education Foundation...

New scholarship honors longtime superintendent

Rockford Beth Heinen Bell

The Rockford Education Foundation has established a new scholarship for graduating high school seniors in honor of Rockford Public Schools’ longtime, retiring superintendent...

Fitnesspalooza boosts minds, bodies, one another

Cedar Springs Beth Heinen Bell

A mental and physical wellness day in Cedar Springs taught sixth-graders how to cope with stress and advocate for their peers...

Green Team rain garden to help keep creek clean

Grandville Beth Heinen Bell

The project is part of a years-long partnership between Friends of Buck Creek and Grandville Middle School...

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Marching band racks up another national parade performance

Rockford Beth Heinen Bell

For the second time in four years, the Rockford High School marching band has learned that they’ll be performing for a national audience...

Laser tag advocate, magician, teen empathizer

Rockford Beth Heinen Bell

Derek Dillon is the new assistant principal at the Rockford Freshman Center. SNN gets to know him in this edition of Meet Your Administrators...

From coaching to educator, she’s inspired by listening to students and an empowering playlist

Lowell Beth Heinen Bell

Abby Wiseman is the new principal at Lowell Middle School. SNN gets to know her in this edition of Meet Your Administrators...

Pandemic-era teaching no longer ‘an impossible task’

School 2.0 Beth Heinen Bell

Teachers from Cedar Springs and Rockford share their “Lessons of the Pandemic” experiences with School News Network...

Six feet apart, but closer than ever

Lowell Beth Heinen Bell

When the virus forced educators to change course, one Lowell teacher found a way to keep building community despite social distancing. Andrew Sargent shares his “Lessons of the Pandemic” story with SNN...

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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.

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Second- & third-graders learn how things work by doing

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Senior makes artistic mark on snowplow

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

What’s in store for federal education dollars?

Student journalists look at what’s next for tech in West Michigan

Eating disorders topic of Jan. 29 community event

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

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