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The Price of Distracted Driving

Byron Center Erin Albanese
Student drivers had to react quickly while using a distracted-driving simulator. Cars pulled out in front of them. Children kicked balls into the road. Trucks...

Area Special Education Teams Shoot and Score!

Byron Center School News Network
Kenowa Hills High School recently hosted for the second year a regional Special Olympics basketball tournament. Schools from Byron Center, Sparta, Forest Hills, Thornapple...

If You Build It, They Will Nest

Byron Center Erin Albanese
Purple martins like to live in “huge condominiums” and downy woodpeckers prefer their birdhouses to be 6 to 20 feet off the ground. Those are...

Senior Project Yields 1,080 Toys Bound for Haiti

Byron Center Erin Albanese
Teddy bears, fluffy puppies and Beanie Babies of all kinds will soon be in the hands of children preparing for surgery in Haiti, thanks...

Following the Music South

Byron Center Charles Honey
High school jazzers from Byron Center and Northview are heading to swing central. The Byron Center High School Jazz Orchestra and the Northview High...

First Pride Patrol Honoree ‘Like a Second Mom’

Byron Center Erin Albanese
There’s a boy under the table in paraprofessional Sandy Slentz’s reading group. He’s reading a book like the other students in class, but he’s...

Connecting Civil Rights Movement to Today’s Issues

Byron Center Erin Albanese
Nickels Intermediate School sixth-graders related Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech with friendship, freedom and speaking up for each other during...

App Class Breaks Boundaries of Paper, Motion, Art

Byron Center Erin Albanese
There's more than meets the eye in teacher Greg Reinstein's classroom. Known as "Stein's World," the class appears artsy and tech-y all at once,...

Electric Car Plugs into Aerodynamics

Byron Center Erin Albanese
Byron Center High School senior Trevor Hofman's specially designed sprockets will help electric cars zoom around the Berlin Raceway, in Marne. The sprockets' interior...

Students Celebrate Film, Learn about Media from HBO

Byron Center School News Network
Executives from HBO were in Grand Rapids recently to talk with some of the area’s youth. No, not for some new reality series, but...

Blue Ribbon Leader Challenges Students and Staff to ‘Dream Big’

Byron Center Erin Albanese
Brown Elementary School Principal Barb Johnson was the special guest at a first-grade writing celebration. An invitation, written by students on a huge sheet of...

With a Little Help from Their Music Friends

Byron Center School News Network
Running through Northview High School sophomore Hamin Gil’s mind recently were the melodic lines he spent weeks memorizing so he and other marching band...

High School Student Turns Senior Project into Community Festival

Byron Center Erin Albanese
When Byron Center High School senior Evie Misiak wants to make a difference, she goes big. Big like this: Evie had to complete a senior...

Book Speed-Dating: Finding the Perfect Read

Byron Center Erin Albanese
Byron Center High School sophomore Lexi Hess may have found her perfect match. She plucked the book, The Star Won't Go Out, by Esther Grace...

Students Read What They Love, Develop Literacy Skills

Byron Center Erin Albanese
West Middle School eighth-grade students Anja Whitehouse and Katie Townley are definitely what you would call "readers." They finish one book to start another,...

Two Blue Ribbon Award Winners Named in Kent County

Byron Center Erin Albanese
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan recognized Brown Elementary School, in Byron Center Public Schools, and Wealthy Elementary School, in East Grand Rapids Public...
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