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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...

Tuesday’s Votes a ‘Double Win’ for a Growing District

Byron Center Erin Albanese

By fall of 2019, Byron Center High students will have an expanded high school, adding room to grow for the burgeoning district. "I'm totally excited,"...

Revving Up Reading, Writing with Workshops

Byron Center Erin Albanese

A renaissance of reading and writing is going on at West Middle School, where teachers say students are indulging in books they love more...

Investing in Hard Work Pays Off with Economics Award

Byron Center Erin Albanese

When it comes to understanding the stock market, there's a lot that goes into bulls and bears and highs and lows. When giving his...

Character Development All About Attitude

Byron Center Erin Albanese

Mornings at Countryside Elementary begin with a joyful buzz. While visiting a classroom, Principal Jolynne Dobson chooses four kindergarten students to help her test...

Young Storytellers Delight Younger Listeners

Byron Center Erin Albanese

It was story time in Brown Elementary School second-grade classrooms. Byron Center High School freshmen arrived with books they authored, containing action-packed, kid-friendly plots,...

‘It’s Incredible, the Opportunities We Get’

Byron Center Charles Honey

Jazz at Byron Center High School has always been about swinging hard and playing big, and hitting the smooth, cool notes just right. So...

‘Free to Try, Free to Do Your Best’

Byron Center Charles Honey

For some students, inspiration came from a science teacher's lesson on the expanding universe. For others, it was reading "To Kill a Mockingbird" for...

Future Lunar Lander Builders Start Practice Young

Byron Center Erin Albanese

The message is simple: brush your teeth. A public-service announcement video being created by a group of Nickels Elementary fifth-graders stars two teeth. One is...

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