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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.

New CNA course offers hands-on look at health care career

Kelloggsville Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Meeting the health care interest of their students, Kelloggsville now offers a certified nursing assistant course.

Fifth-graders prepare for STEM project with an animal visit

Godwin Heights Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Holland’s Outdoor Discovery Center visits with its animals to help North Godwin students prepare for an upcoming STEM project.

Art plus STEM = student-designed machines

Byron Center Alexis Stark

West Middle School art and STEM classes collaborated to learn how to construct simple machines, with design and decoration inspired by artwork.

Library learning includes space, the eclipse and all things astronomical

Video Features Brett Atwood

The Grand Rapids Public Library marked the recent solar eclipse with a family learning event featuring comet-building, an interactive planetarium and a visit from the Air Zoo.

Book battle promotes literacy, teamwork

Byron Center Alexis Stark

Nickels Intermediate’s annual Battle of the Books competition serves as a fun opportunity to encourage reading.

Future health care pros sample multiple career focuses

Kent ISD Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

The recent event was part of Kent ISD’s Career and Talent Development initiative focused on increasing career exploration, training and work-based learning opportunities for students throughout the region.

Young readers follow the recipe for perfect pound cake

Grandville Beth Heinen Bell

Each class at Grand View Elementary took on a unique challenge for National Reading Month: bake an award-winning pound cake by reading and following the same recipe.

Young engineers turn paper into a wild ride

Kenowa Hills Alexis Stark

Kenowa Hills Middle School STEM Academy students designed, laser-cut and constructed their own roller coasters out of paper, tape and 3D-printed elements.

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