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Partnership between district and church creates opportunity in the arts

State of the Arts Alexis Stark

Lee Street Christian Reformed Church’s third annual “I Am Art” camp brought together neighborhood kids and local artists for colorful crafts, dance lessons and mural painting.

Camp’s mission is to build an art community

Lowell Erin Albanese

Students spend summer days making suncatchers, tie dye, nature collages, treasure maps and painted rocks at Lowell’s first art camp.

Health care leaders ask students for ideas, solutions

Kentwood Erin Albanese

Sixteen students are helping leading scientists and researchers solve problems at an advanced cancer treatment center in Grand Rapids.

Invention the focus of summer camp

Godwin Heights Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

North Godwin students kicked off their summer at the school’s first summer STEM camp.

Artificial Intelligence Incubator, certificate program bring new opportunities for AI education

Grand Rapids Community College Erin Albanese

To reach students and the community, GRCC recently unveiled an Artificial Intelligence Incubator and an AI certificate program.

The full package: Girls get behind-the-scenes look at manufacturing

Grandville Brett Atwood

Grandville High School students toured Amway as the culmination of a Women in Manufacturing series.

Testing out Newton’s laws of motion, with longboards

Kenowa Hills Alexis Stark

During their Gone Boarding unit this spring, Kenowa Hills STEM Academy students created longboards and paddleboards from scratch and tested them at local parks.

Summer camp encourages girls in STEM fields

Education Everywhere Edith Reyes

Girls can change the world, and elementary girls learned just that at a recent Van Andel Institute summer STEM camp.

New ELA curriculums bring consistency, equity

Comstock Park Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Comstock Park teachers are pleased to have a resource to help build lessons while being able to focus on student needs.

Smile, frown or sleepy face? Mural helps identify feelings

Wyoming Erin Albanese

Students created a giant Mood Meter mural to help students understand how they are feeling.

New STEM space provides cutting-edge opportunities

Kelloggsville Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Three years after voters approved a bond request, students and staff are beginning to see all the possibilities of the high school’s new STEM area.

‘Career readiness starts in kindergarten,’ and young Knights are on their way

Kenowa Hills Alexis Stark

Zinser Elementary’s first career fair allowed students to explore different career paths with help from local professionals.

New manufacturing hub means more space, more students

Kent ISD Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Kent Career Tech Center’s new manufacturing hub brought together four programs, each in larger spaces: welding, engineering, precision machining and mechatronics.

Middle-schoolers learn coding, 3D printing, CAD

Kelloggsville Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

A middle school Robotics class teaches coding, 3D printing and computer-aided design. It’s one of three STEM electives offered to expose students to opportunities in high school science and technology.

Career options soar with high school’s new aeronautics program

Grandville Beth Heinen Bell

Grandville High School launched a brand-new aeronautics program this year, a two-semester class that teaches the basics of aviation and so much more.

Career Focus gives students opportunity to explore pathways

Kent ISD Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

The new program allows students to learn about and get some hands-on experience in different work fields.

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