Beth Heinen Bell

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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

Pink Arrow Ts bring community together again, artfully

Lowell Beth Heinen Bell

A community art project, now on display at ArtPrize, has helped Lowell students start the school year on the right foot...

Students wade in to investigate stream health and find bugs

Grandville Beth Heinen Bell

Students in AP Environmental Science recently took a trip out to Buck Creek to learn more about its aquatic ecosystem by doing some water quality testing...

Head of human resources chosen as interim superintendent

Rockford Beth Heinen Bell

Korie Wilson-Crawford, head of human resources, will serve as interim superintendent while the school board searches for a successor to longtime Superintendent Michael Shibler, who retires Dec. 31...

A heart for kids, a hand that can break concrete

Grandville Beth Heinen Bell

She is the new assistant principal for Century Park Learning Center and Grand View Elementary. SNN gets to know her in this edition of Meet Your Administrators...

High-quality learning for every student, every day

Lowell Beth Heinen Bell

Dan VanderMeulen is the new director of curriculum for Lowell Area Schools...

‘Whatever it takes’ to support students

Meet Your Administrators Beth Heinen Bell

Tom Hosford is the new principal at Rockford High School’s 10-12 building...

‘You can see their minds expanding’

Grandville Beth Heinen Bell

This multi-award-winning physics teacher and robotics coach has made it his mission to keep doors open for students and encourage young women to pursue STEM careers...

Artist-in-residence helps students tap interests to grow creative skills, independence

Cedar Springs Beth Heinen Bell

Teacher Nichol Handwork said the partnership was a marked change from the typical, quiet R1TS classroom setting, where students often don’t seek out much social interaction...

A graduation victory for this band of brothers

Lowell Beth Heinen Bell

A quartet of fifth-year seniors at Unity High School weren’t sure they would be able to graduate, until they met each other and realized that they could do it together...

Determined leader sprints past K-12 finish line, pushed by her little ‘star’

Godfrey-Lee Beth Heinen Bell

Growing up, DaJa West always knew she was going to graduate from high school. But when she became pregnant, “some people doubted me,” she said. They shouldn’t have...

Red Hawk Elementary team headed to Odyssey of the Mind World Finals

Cedar Springs Beth Heinen Bell

After a season of virtual competitions, Red Hawk Elementary School’s Odyssey of the Mind team is headed to Florida for the World Finals...

Board names interim superintendent to succeed Polston

Godfrey-Lee Beth Heinen Bell

The Godfrey-Lee Public Schools Board of Education has tapped Dirk Weeldreyer to take over as interim superintendent, beginning July 1...

Great day, all day, to read

Grandville Beth Heinen Bell

With beach chairs and sunscreen in hand, students hit the books...

Is there a place where no one gets sick? Yes, inside children’s minds

Godfrey-Lee Beth Heinen Bell

After a year of virus-related ups and downs, Godfrey Elementary third-graders recently had the opportunity to meet an author who knows just how they’re feeling...

Stressed? Anxious? They’re all ears — and tails and fur

Lowell Beth Heinen Bell

Between Cherry Creek Elementary and Lowell Middle School, the district has three therapy dogs to help students regulate emotions, reduce stress and connect with others...

Godfrey-Lee’s Kevin Polston selected to lead Kentwood Public Schools

Kentwood Beth Heinen Bell

The Kentwood Board of Education chooses the superintendent of a neighboring district to take the helm...

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