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A bumper crop of summer learning

Byron Center Alexis Stark

Countryside Elementary’s garden is flourishing during the warm season, since the first horticulturist team began planting seeds last fall.

Fifth- and sixth-graders to start school in new building

Byron Center Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

New Nickels Intermediate School builds on district’s commitment to fifth and sixth grades...

Young green thumbs help garden blossom

Byron Center Alexis Stark

Countryside Elementary’s first horticulturists team gets third- and fourth-graders outside and taking the lead in the garden...

‘I know I’ve got it in me’

Byron Center Alexis Stark

After beating cancer at 4 years old and succeeding academically, graduate Jessica O’Neill will pursue her goal of becoming a nurse at Davenport University this fall...

A festive display of art

State of the Arts Dianne Carroll Burdick

Student creations showcase classroom learning, creativity...

A hands-on lesson in how life works

Byron Center Alexis Stark

Fifth-graders at Nickels Intermediate School learned during a pig dissection that animal digestive and respiratory systems aren’t that different from their own...

‘You have to know where you are & where you want to go’

Byron Center Alexis Stark

Eighth-grade explorers set out to brave the wilderness on the open plains of West Middle School for the annual Lewis and Clark Day...

Gorillas, flamingos and komodo dragons, oh my!

Byron Center Alexis Stark

Marshall Elementary first-graders are young authors and animal experts in the making...

New buildings, new friends to be made

Byron Center Alexis Stark

Students share their excitement for the new Nickels Intermediate School, on track to open Aug. 4...

Sub’s video book teasers get high marks from viewers

Byron Center Alexis Stark

Phil Blum’s video series helps introduce Nickels Elementary students to new books and a love for reading...

Student art gets gallery showing

Byron Center Alexis Stark

Byron Center students learned different artistic techniques and got to see their projects displayed in downtown Grand Rapids...

‘I want her to know she’s not alone’

Byron Center Alexis Stark

Cello prodigy and sixth-grade student Cameron Renshaw will host a concert at Wealthy Theatre to raise money for his former teacher who is battling a rare bone cancer...