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Students become engineers to design games, including Black Panther and the Brooklyn Bridge

Byron Center Erin Albanese
Design-thinking, meet science, technology, engineering and math. In all three of the district’s elementary schools, students are busy inventing by using a step-by-step process that allows them to develop products like real designers would

Ooey Gooey Goopy

Byron Center Erin Albanese
There's a slime-making craze oozing through preteen circles and leaving many a parent wondering, "Who ya gonna call?" when gooey trails are left on...

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...
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