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Students Net National Awards for Artwork, Invited to Carnegie Hall

Byron Center Erin Albanese
A unique necklace, camouflaged window cling, picture of colorful fish and a black-and-white photo of a thoughtful woman are the creative artworks that have...

Bus Drivers Play Key Role, Form Bonds with Students

Byron Center Erin Albanese
As the wheels on the bus go round and round, bus drivers watch students grow up day after day and year after year. They...

Student Leader Devotes Fridays to Friendship

Byron Center Erin Albanese
It’s a little card with simple directions, but Byron Center High School students know what passing it out results in: smiles, a feeling of...

Together, Parents & Teachers Foster Good Readers

Byron Center Erin Albanese
With a red crayon, Sydney O'Keefe, 4, colored on white paper over a cardboard "D." The letter magically appeared bright and bold. While Sydney had...

Students Promote Diversity, Acceptance of Differences

Byron Center Erin Albanese
Accept. Unite. Act. Those are the goals of the AUA Diversity Club at Byron Center High School, where district Superintendent Dan Takens recently shared...

Byron Center and Kenowa Hills named to AP Honor Roll

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Byron Center Public School District and Kenowa Hills School District are listed on the College Board’s 5th Annual AP District Honor Roll — a...

School Transformer & Author: Reach Each Student

Byron Center Erin Albanese
The “old” system of education-- students all learn the same lesson in the same amount of time--maintains and perpetuates the “learning gap,” sought-after educational...

Superintendent Seeks Input on Building Capacity Needs

Byron Center Erin Albanese
With two percent enrollment growth anticipated annually for the next 10 years and a high school facing capacity, Byron Center Public Schools Superintendent Dan...

JazzBand Swingin’ to Savannah

Byron Center Erin Albanese
While his bandmates rehearsed "Swingin' the Blues," on their trumpets, trombones and saxophones, senior Byron Center High School Jazz Orchestra member Nate Seese talked...

A Cut Above: Student Films Connect to Peers, Schools through Meijer Great Choices

Byron Center Erin Albanese
It's a red-carpet affair, a celebration of student film-making, and a way novice directors can offer their perspectives on issues that touch their lives:...

Teacher of the Year Shows Students the Impact Art Can Have

Byron Center Erin Albanese
In Janine Campbell's Byron Center West Middle School art classroom, a student molded clay into masks; another created a cardboard tree from aluminum; others...

Time Capsule Opened with Lesson in Culture and Lifestyle Spanning Generations

Byron Center Erin Albanese
Opening a time capsule filled 30 years ago brought back long buried memories for Byron Center Middle School’s 1984 sixth-grade class, from their affinity...

Byron Center Football Player Kicking to Fight Cancer

Byron Center Erin Albanese
Byron Center High School senior Hunter DeWindt is well on his way to raising his goal of $3,000 for children’s cancer research through football. The...

Community Hosts Drive for Teacher’s Baby

Byron Center Erin Albanese
Parents and staff members are joining forces Oct. 7 in a registry drive to help find a donor for a Byron Center  teacher’s newborn...

Past the Finish Line: Ironman Race to Help Students

Byron Center Erin Albanese
Proving a will as strong as steel to give back to children in their community, two Byron Center Public Schools principals and a board...

Student Lemonade Stand to Benefit Homeless

Byron Center Erin Albanese
When Reese Hurley decided to raise money to support a cause by having a lemonade stand, she rounded up her schoolmates, set up a...
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