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

From Immigrant to Valedictorian and Millennium Scholar

Kent ISD Erin Albanese

When Kaleab Mamo arrived in Michigan from his native Ethiopia, he started his freshman year at Creston High School speaking no English. Now, he’s finished...

Local Students Win Prizes in Statewide Film Competition

Byron Center Erin Albanese

Eating healthy, anti-bullying, diversity, exercise and safety were a few of the topics high school students from across the state chose to share messages...

Students Get Lesson in Civil War Living

Byron Center Erin Albanese

Re-enactors from Third Michigan Volunteer Infantry, Company F, based in Grand Rapids, recently brought history to life for Byron Center West Middle School students. The...

A Win for Caledonia and for Manufacturing

Caledonia Erin Albanese

Caledonia High School digital art students won first and second place for the popular vote in theDiscover Manufacturing Today Video Challenge. The local contest...

Byron Center Students Teach Tech Skills to Local Seniors

Byron Center Erin Albanese

Byron Center Public Schools junior Kamber Smith cheered on Jean Krol as she learned to work her GPS device to find a destination point....

Kent City Elementary Artists Selected for Association Show

Kent City Erin Albanese

Kent City Elementary School art teacher Sara Goodrich likes to quote a legendary Spanish painter. “I really believe ‘every child is an artist,’ just...

Connect Builds Bridges Between Students

East Grand Rapids Erin Albanese

From the ability to make funny faces to their favorite birthday treats, it turns out middle-school students in special education teacher Jill Fouch’s Links-Connect...

Kelloggsville Students Learn Actions to End Human Trafficking

Kelloggsville Erin Albanese

Andy Soper had a firm message for Kelloggsville High School students about ending the exploitation of young people in West Michigan: take action. “Nothing changes...

Pre-schoolers’ Coffee Shop Demonstrates their Learning through Play

Northview Erin Albanese

Guests to Katie Shepard’s Great Start Readiness Program preschool class are likely to be offered invisible coffee by charming 4-year-olds who then tally the...

Health Students Help Doctors, Nurses with Disaster Drill

Kent ISD Erin Albanese

Emanuel Melendez appeared weary and ill when he walked in. “I’m so weak and the nausea has been so bad,” he told Dr. James Barron,...

Byron Center to Open Stand-Alone Early Childhood Center

Byron Center Erin Albanese

A renovated Byron Center facility will soon bustle with the activity of the district’s youngest learners. Byron Center’s first stand-alone Early Childhood Center opened to...

Raising Money for Clean Water at Haiti Sister School

East Grand Rapids Erin Albanese

Children in a Port Au Prince school in Haiti will enjoy clean drinking water for a year through the work of 78 Breton Downs...

Kelloggsville Students Grow Hydroponic Peppers

Kelloggsville Erin Albanese

The peppers are poppin’ at Kelloggsville Middle School. Eighth-grade teacher Marcia Cisler’s hyrdroponics program started in December as a way to teach students agriculture and...

New Kent City Summer Camp Uses iPads and Flashcards to Boost Literacy

Kent City Erin Albanese

“It’s awesome,” said third-grader Ryan Lucht, as he finished the day’s three-hour session with a game of Word Bingo on an Apple iPad. Around...

Teachers Spend Summer Learning to Innovate

East Grand Rapids Erin Albanese

It may have been summer break, but issues on the minds of East Grand Rapids teachers were technology, collaboration and keeping on track with...

Lee High School Students Give Back to Community During Summer Vacation

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese

A carnival on the Lee High School lawn bustled with happy neighborhood children, while a couple blocks away drivers handed over donations for charity...

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