Erin Albanese

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Erin Albanese is managing editor and reporter, covering Kentwood, Lowell and Wyoming. She was one of the original SNN staff writers, helping launch the site in 2013, and enjoys fulfilling the mission of sharing the stories of public education. She has worked as a journalist in the Grand Rapids area since 2000. A graduate of Central Michigan University, she has written for The Grand Rapids Press, Advance Newspapers, On-the-Town Magazine and Group Tour Media. Read Erin's full bio

Girls Only! STEM Event Shows Students Possibilities in Male-Dominated Fields

Kentwood Erin Albanese

Using a procedure involving test tubes, funnels and cheesecloths, Kentwood Public Schools fifth-grade girls separated light pink, mushy blobs from smushed strawberries.“Oooh, it feels...

3D Printing Technology Transforms Classroom into Industry Training

Comstock Park Erin Albanese

Video game fan Izaak Smith’s sword hilt, outfitted with a wooden blade, was in his hand for the Grand Rapids Comi-Con convention.But the Comstock...

Frontiers: Meeting Student Needs Through Online Programming

Wyoming Erin Albanese

When her mother died last summer, Wyoming Senior Tashia Sheneman lost a permanent place to live and has since moved several times. One of...

Students Send Toys, Supplies to Children in Need

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese

Several Lee Middle School students involved in the school's community-service program, Lee Youth Trained to Serve, recently shipped 85 shoe boxes filled with toys,...

Linh Le Works Hard, Shares Talents

Kelloggsville Erin Albanese

A defining moment for Linh Le, who spoke no English when she started eighth grade at Kelloggsville Middle School, was her mastery of the...

Holocaust Survivor Tells Students of Childhood Spent Under Nazi Rule

Comstock Park Erin Albanese

Hate is a powerful word, and Holocaust survivor Martin Lowenberg asked Comstock Park Mill Creek Middle School students if they really know what it...

Parents Learn English, Form School Connections

Kelloggsville Erin Albanese

Isabel Pineda read “out,” “up”, “is,” and “have” with her second-grade daughter, Yazmin, from a list of early-elementary-level reading words. But Isabel wasn’t just...

Whodunit? Freshman Piece Together Decades Old Mystery

Kentwood Erin Albanese

The suspects left puzzle pieces: footprints and fingerprints around the bodies outside the Slater-Morrill Shoe Company. East Kentwood Freshman Campus students eyed the evidence in...

New Greenhouse Helps Students Dig Into Agriscience

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese

Lee Middle and High School students celebrated their new greenhouse recently by simultaneously taking huge bites of apples, symbolizing the produce the greenhouse will...

Godfrey-Lee Board of Education Trustee Elected in Tie-Breaker

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese

It all came down to a random draw to determine who would win the tie to serve a six-year term on the Godfrey Lee...

Volunteer’s Design Skills Help Make Stage Magic

Wyoming Erin Albanese

The wooden structures stood sturdy in Wyoming Public Schools' Dan Heintzelman auditorium. Greg Brooks and a crew of workers added final pieces to what...

Community Celebrates Principal with a Scholarship

East Grand Rapids Erin Albanese

While retired Lakeside Elementary School Principal Linda Kehm read the storybooks "Piggy Pie" and "Mucky Moose," students knew every word by heart and the...

Governor Visits Kentwood, Talks About Early Education Investment

Kentwood Erin Albanese

The state's investment into early childhood education programs has resulted in 830 more children in Greater Grand Rapids attending tuition-free preschool this year compared...

Beyond Reading and Writing: School Nurses Serve Main Point of Contact for Many Low-Income Students’ Medical Needs

All Districts Erin Albanese

Editor's Note: The Burden of Poverty: A Backpack of Heartache is a continuing series examining the problems poverty creates for students and their families, plus the schools...

Dental Team Saving Teeth, School Days, in Districts with High Need

All Districts Erin Albanese

Editor's Note: The Burden of Poverty: A Backpack of Heartache is a continuing series examining the problems poverty creates for students and their families, plus the schools...

Students Launch ‘Rocket Review’ Broadcast to Unite Students

Kelloggsville Erin Albanese

When it comes to school pride, a crew of high school students is owning it by getting behind the camera to film and celebrate...

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