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Need Extra Study Time? You’ve Got It

Byron Center Erin Albanese

With the end of the semester approaching, nine students in English teacher Trevor Muir's classes had unfinished essays or quizzes. Without a last-minute push Muir...

A Lot of Blood + a Portal = STEM Brilliance

Byron Center Erin Albanese

Who better than a trio of West Middle School seventh-graders to come up with The Cell Apocalypse, a video game that shows how the...

Finding Heroes ‘Right in Our Own Hometown’

Byron Center Erin Albanese

Veterans were the stars of the show when high school seniors gave a heartfelt salute and thank you by documenting the former service members' words.

Super Readers Save the Day!

Byron Center Erin Albanese

There are new superheroes in town, and with the point of a popsicle stick, the zoom-in ability of hyper-focused eyes and ears, and the...

‘Carbon Cleansers’ Tackle Ways to Reduce Construction Footprint

Byron Center Erin Albanese

The eight Earth-conscious eighth-graders are working to offset carbon emissions using an action plan, which they are entering into a competition that has involved the whole school.

Students Track the Earth Beneath Their Feet

Byron Center Erin Albanese

A big shift in science instruction at West Middle School can be illustrated through the shifting boundaries of tectonic plates. Eighth-grade students in science teachers...

In Honor of Those Who Served

Multi Districts Erin Albanese

Editor's note: Schools across Kent County observed Veterans Day with a variety of events. Here is a sampling. Byron Center Boys Scouts brought up the...

‘I Can Do Anything’

Byron Center Erin Albanese

There's a slogan used at Space Camp for visually impaired students that resonates with ninth-grader Brenna Stachnik: "Just because I can't see the stars...

Stop, Collaborate and Listen

Byron Center Erin Albanese

Next to the statement, "I can make equivalent fractions," fifth-grader Amaya Davis checked a box that read, "I can do it myself" on a...

Prehistoric Science Lesson

Byron Center Erin Albanese

It's not every day you get to touch a 50-pound hip bone, or massive molars on a gigantic jaw. West Middle School students recently examined...

Terrific Trifecta

Byron Center Erin Albanese

Countryside Elementary has joined Brown and Marshall schools as a National Blue Ribbon School winner, giving the district the distinction that all three of...

High-Achieving Reading: How One School Does It

Byron Center Erin Albanese

Brown Elementary School fourth-grader Layla Funk looked up from the book she was reading to consider the question: “How has your school helped you...

Classmates Find Art in Each Other’s Faces, Home State

Byron Center Erin Albanese

For West Middle School students, "paper cuts" are part of the artistic process. That is, paper cuts in the form of their classmates' faces...

Yep, She Was That Kid in Middle School

Byron Center Erin Albanese

School: West Middle Other positions you have held in education: I was high school science teacher and competitive cheer and girls track and field coach...

Teen Marketers Turn Profit at Spirit Store

Byron Center Erin Albanese

As a business, what's the best way to market to teenagers? Put them in charge, high school students recently proved. At Byron Center High School,...

Sticky, Oozy, Science-y Fun

Byron Center Erin Albanese

Countryside Elementary School second-grader Addison Gearhart sunk her feet into the watery cornstarch inside a plastic kiddie pool and took a couple steps. "It felt...

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