HomeByron Center

Byron Center

Umpire, newlywed, positive-behavior-supporter

Byron Center Alexis Stark

Troy Reedy is the new assistant principal at West Middle School. SNN gets to know him in this edition of Meet Your Administrators...

District earns two Blue Ribbon honors

Byron Center Alexis Stark

Brown and Marshall elementaries have been named 2022 National Blue Ribbon Schools, the only schools in Michigan to receive the honor this year...

Christmas in August wraps up

Classrooms for All Alexis Stark

After 15 years serving West Michigan schools, School Supplies Santa goes out the way it came in: providing teachers with school supplies for the new school year...

Students orienteer to complete race

Byron Center Erin Albanese

The Adventure Race is the culmination of the school year and of sixth-grade science...

Well versed

Byron Center Alexis Stark

Seventh-grade poets ditched laptops and pencils to write poems on West Middle sidewalk using chalk, while learning about different poetic forms, tone and imagery...

Leading the leaders

Byron Center Erin Albanese

When it comes to helping students learn to be leaders, a group of student ambassadors are leading the way at Brown Elementary School...

Lighthouse project lights up learning

Byron Center Erin Albanese

With more than 100 lighthouses to choose from, fourth-graders at Marshall Elementary looked to Great Lakes’ shorelines to build replicas...

Staff shortages, increased school funding create conundrum

Issues in Education Erin Albanese

School districts finally have money in hand for new staff and programming, but are facing a lack of workers to fill positions...

Teacher awarded fellowship to bolster lessons on Constitution

Byron Center Erin Albanese

West Middle teacher Allie Burkhardt wants U.S. history to come alive for her students...

First-year program links peers

Byron Center Alexis Stark

Nickels Intermediate gen ed, special ed students pair up to learn from one another...

Professionals: social media can lead to jobs, be a job

Byron Center Erin Albanese

Byron Center High English teachers invited the social media experts – coordinated through Kent ISD Career Readiness – as part of a modern communications unit that also includes mock interviews and making resumes...

‘It’s like getting wrapped up in a hug every day’

Byron Center Erin Albanese

These Brown Elementary volunteers keep the tailgates, fun runs and dunk tanks going, as well as everyday needs...

00:03:24

A Mount Everest climb is a geography lesson in this classroom

Byron Center Brett Atwood

The students in teacher Melissa Thomas’ class assumed the role of climbers on the legendary peaks...

Kindergartners study Black Olympians

Byron Center Erin Albanese

They learned about how speeding bobsledders, elegant skaters and talented hockey players were tied to Black History Month...

Spinning off the stress

Byron Center Erin Albanese

Every now and then, two teachers bring out the wheel so students can spin for prizes — creating joy and levity...

More than just a good buy

Byron Center Erin Albanese

This history teacher is known for getting her students thinking as they learn. And she doesn’t gloss over issues that impacted America and its growth, even if controversial...

1...456...20 Page 5 of 20

- Sponsorship -

GET OUR HEADLINES IN YOUR EMAIL

SUSTAINING SPONSORS

Join these sponsors

- Sponsorship -

MEDIA PARTNERS

School News NetworkA Window into Your Public Schools

ABOUT US

School News Network reports on the 20 public school districts in Kent ISD, which enroll more than 102,000 students. Founded in 2013 as an initiative of Kent ISD, we are supported by local districts and community sponsors, and powered by an experienced team of reporters, editors and multimedia journalists. We specialize in covering classroom teaching and learning, analyzing the many issues facing students and highlighting the education magic that happens each day in our public schools.

New ‘fami-LEE’ leader fueled by coffee and community

This teacher enjoys the sincerity & hilarity of high-schoolers

Making connections to motivate students

On state council, junior hopes to ‘make school better for every individual’

Levitating cars? Anything’s possible in STEM Academy

High-schoolers use TikTok to inform, entertain

Symphony visit all about sharing the music

Research-based reading curriculum aims to amplify skills

Student news crew interviews state superintendent

Cultural fair: Students share countries, culture

Same family, different major goals

Summer internship leads to national news segment

Byron Center

GET OUR HEADLINES IN YOUR EMAIL

SUSTAINING SPONSORS

MEDIA PARTNERS

ABOUT US

FOLLOW US

OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS