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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 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...

EGR Students Work Hard “Spring Greening” the High School

East Grand Rapids Erin Albanese
The East Grand Rapids High School landscape is ready to flourish, thanks to members of the new high school gardening club, “Wild and Dirty.” Students...

School program dishes up free meals for hundreds of children

Kent City Erin Albanese
Breakfast for lunch was quite a treat for Kyle Devine, 8. “Today was the best,” he said after polishing off french toast sticks, hash browns,...

Iraqi Student Visits Oriole Park Friends, Gets Needed Medical Treatment

Wyoming Erin Albanese
It wasn’t long before 10-year-old Hamzah Al-Daeni took on the role of teacher in the Oriole Park third-grade class. “One, two, three,” he counted,...

2013 Graduate Beat the Odds – Again

East Grand Rapids Erin Albanese
Thomas Komor has literally been overcoming obstacles and beating the odds since birth. Born 16 weeks premature on Aug. 29, 1994, and weighing just 1...

Students Get a Summer Boost to Help Them Start High School

East Grand Rapids Erin Albanese
Garrett Reahm, Benny Lafleur and Davion Pearson got a head start on their English class this summer, just before they start ninth grade in...

Author Greg Tang Teaches Students Through Skype

East Grand Rapids Erin Albanese
Author Greg Tang virtually helped Lakeside Elementary School third-graders’ tally up numbers in exciting ways during a recent Skype session. Seventy students in three classes...

Cornstarch Slime a Big Hit at Kent City Fun Camp

Kent City Erin Albanese
Kent City Elementary students made cornstarch slime called Oobleck, visited with a Kent County Sheriff Department officer, painted a large canvas and headed to...

Byron Center Graduate Won’t Let A Stroke Slow Him Down

Byron Center Erin Albanese
Byron Center High School Class of 2013 senior Chris Schmitt wrote a quote for the senior yearbook. “You can’t alter the past, but you...

Overcoming Asperger’s, Becoming a Student Leader

Kent ISD Erin Albanese
Gage Schell led tours of the Informational Technology program at Kent Career Tech Center, articulately explaining the program to adult visitors. He served on...

Byron Center students get the ‘“jitters” out at 8th grade orientation

Byron Center Erin Albanese
Byron Center West Middle School eighth-graders Kiersten Woudstra and Janelle Baar had some advice for incoming seventh graders while helping them check in at...

Wyoming Bond Proposal to Fund Construction

Wyoming Erin Albanese
The Wyoming Board of Education is making a second attempt to get a construction bond request passed by voters, this time breaking it into...

Turning Up The Music in Wyoming

Wyoming Erin Albanese
A two-story, 12,000-square-foot band and choir area at Wyoming High School will add much-needed space for the school’s music programs. The high school in the...
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