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

Kelloggsville ‘Favorite Teacher’ Inspires Student to Become Healthy and Fit

Kelloggsville Erin Albanese

Thanks to Kelloggsville High School teacher Jen Sadler, senior Taylor VanderPloeg is confident she's heading to Western Michigan University this summer armed with the...

Math Success Rates Jump in Comstock Park

Comstock Park Erin Albanese

Editor's note: This is the second in a series on the difficulties students have learning math, and what methods some schools and teachers are...

African-American Male Mentors Read to Kentwood Students, Show Them Possibilities

Kentwood Erin Albanese

For African-American male community leaders who visit Kentwood elementary schools to read to students, the hour they devote each week is about much more...

Kelloggsville Archer Shoots Straight to Second-Place National Finish

Kelloggsville Erin Albanese

Come lunch hour at Kelloggsville High School, Alex Richards heads to a storage building behind the school to pull back arrows and let them...

African Theme Touches Both School, Community

Byron Center Erin Albanese

Smiles of African third graders lit up the projector screen in art teacher Rachael Ambroso's class as Countryside Elementary School students received greetings via...

Student-Designed Robots Face Off In District Match

Kent ISD Erin Albanese

Huge blue and red medicine balls flew through goals, catapulted by quick-moving robots scuttling around the floor. The crowd cheered as high school robotics...

Comstock Park Celebrates School Breakfast

Comstock Park Erin Albanese

Stoney Creek Elementary School first-grader Dominic Estudillo took a drink of his strawberry smoothie and smiled. "It's delicious!" he said. Dominic and his classmates got...

Byron Center Middle School Students Awarded $40,000 for Eco-Friendly Projects

Byron Center Erin Albanese

After inspiring classmates to reduce electricity use "one pedal at a time," a team of Byron Center West Middle School eighth-graders felt compelled to...

Uniserv Director Served County with Integrity, Humor, Honesty

Kent ISD Erin Albanese

Henry William "Bill" Dungey, Jr. was a lifelong advocate for justice, a champion of causes, and a towering presence who evoked warmth and kindness...

Wyoming Second Graders Band Together With Colorful Creation

Wyoming Erin Albanese

Oriole Park Elementary second graders recently stretched a colorful chain created from tiny rubber bands down the school hallway, past classrooms and lockers. "It's almost...

Breton Downs Elementary Students Boogie to Raise Funds

East Grand Rapids Erin Albanese

Energy in the Breton Downs Elementary gymnasium was already high before the deejay started "Gangnam Style," the popular song and dance craze created by...

Press Conference Launches Reading Now Network Initiative

Kent ISD Erin Albanese

West Michigan instructional leaders will soon begin visiting schools, talking to principals and teachers to answer a critical question: "What strategies work best in...

Students, Teachers to Converge for Annual Livestream for Education

Kent ISD Erin Albanese

For Linda Olejnik, attending her first Livestream for Education was like getting "a creative shot in the arm for teaching" in her American literature...

Iditarod Comes to Life as Students Meet Sled Dogs, Cheer on Mushers

Kentwood Erin Albanese

Pulled by lead dog Storm and a team of six other Siberian Huskies, Endeavor Elementary second grader Malachi Geemes rode atop a dog sled...

Elementary Students are ‘Maestros’ of Español

Kent City Erin Albanese

Lorin Sorenson compares her method for teaching Spanish to circuit-training body conditioning, with Kent City Elementary students learning vocabulary in fast-paced learning "centros." At the...

EGR Students Test Drive Google Glass as Way to Tune In to Class off Site

East Grand Rapids Erin Albanese

While East Grand Rapids High School teacher Brandon Oldenbroek lectured in his AP Psychology class, senior Julian Lipton sat in the front row with...

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