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.

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...

Assistant principal grateful for ‘overwhelming’ statewide honor

Rockford Beth Heinen Bell

North Rockford Middle School Assistant Principal Al Reickard has been named Michigan’s 2022 Assistant Principal of the Year...

Bird nerd, off-roader, intentional leader

Grandville Beth Heinen Bell

Jen Burns is the new principal at Century Park Learning Center. SNN gets to know her in this edition of Meet Your Administrators...

A fire truck, real firefighters and a spray hose = ‘best day ever!’

Rockford Beth Heinen Bell

For Fire Prevention Week, kindergartners at Lakes Elementary School enjoyed a visit from Lt. Matt Alles and firefighter Ed Lockhart of the nearby Cannon Township Fire Department...

Gunner, another counseling dog, joins Chillie as greeter, morale booster

Rockford Beth Heinen Bell

The Rockford Education Foundation recently welcomed Gunner the golden retriever to the high school counseling program as a counseling dog...

No camping trip? No problem, camp’s coming to you

Grandville Beth Heinen Bell

If West Elementary’s sixth-graders can’t go to camp, their teachers will bring camp to them...

District says bond projects on time, on budget

Cedar Springs Beth Heinen Bell

With projects at Cedar Trails and the middle school completed this summer, the district has begun construction on new classrooms and hybrid learning spaces at the high school...

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...

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