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Students present artistic twist on being nice

Lowell Erin Albanese
Students display art to share messages of kindness, community and compassion...

New initiative aims to connect students with careers & schools with employers

Kent ISD Joanne Bailey-Boorsma
Kent ISD expands career exploration and work-based opportunities through its new Career and Talent Development initiative...

Lighting the spark for inquiry

Lowell Meghan Gracy
Bushnell Elementary families applied real-world lessons at stations set up throughout the school...
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Where art and engineering collide

Kenowa Hills Alexis Stark
Alpine Elementary third-graders are building straw rockets to go where no student has gone before: the moon!

Isaac Newton never imagined this

Cedar Springs Beth Heinen Bell
What’s better than simply reading about Newton’s laws of motion? Students getting on a hovercraft and experiencing those laws of motion for themselves...

Can these students’ designs survive the ‘Eggsecutioner?’

Thornapple Kellogg Allison Poosawtsee
Thornapple Kellogg High School students enjoy the culmination of a unit about force and interactions. Grading also included a writing assignment...

Kent Career Tech Center and Kent Transition Center to merge

Kent ISD Joanne Bailey-Boorsma
The Kent Career Tech Center and Kent Transition Center merger, planned for the 2023-24 school year, is aimed at giving students more opportunities for career exploration...

Student artwork depicting Michigan’s strengths wins state competition

Forest Hills Carol Lautenbach
When announcing the winner of this year’s State of the State art contest, Lt. Gov. Garland Gilchrist said he was encouraged “to see Michigan’s strengths through these students’ eyes”...

Hands-on learning means expanded skills

Kent ISD Joanne Bailey-Boorsma
The pilot course in a planned merger of KTC and Tech Center programs shows signs of broadening skills-based learning to a wider student population...

Thanks to Ariel, he’s part of that world

East Grand Rapids Beth Heinen Bell
A former student-turned-Disney artist shared his talents and advice with middle school digital art students, and shows it’s about more than following a dream...

E is for engineering

Godwin Heights Joanne Bailey-Boorsma
Building a better bag teaches North Godwin students future workplace skills such as collaboration and creativity...
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Cultivating future scientists, techies, mathematicians & engineers

Grand Rapids Erin Albanese
A GRPS graduate who went on to earn a doctorate in engineering is bringing STEM to students and helping boost proficiency...

One-a-day books connect students to deeper themes 

Forest Hills Carol Lautenbach
Just like a vitamin a day can benefit physical health, a book-a-day can benefit thinking, empathy, and joy to build a healthy community of readers...
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A past, present and future tradition

Grand Rapids Brett Atwood
Performing the Victorian-era holiday musical is a 45-year tradition for Blandford School...

Book appétit

Caledonia Alexis Stark
The Dutton Elementary library became the Dutton Diner to allow students to “taste test” new books...

Toy for the pool & nifty math tool

Grandville Beth Heinen Bell
A third-grade teacher’s unique use of YouTube and pool noodles is helping his East Elementary students conquer multiplication...
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