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A year of adventure cut short

School 2.0 Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

For many exchange students, the COVID-19 pandemic has meant going home early, missing key high school moments...

Learning from a distance: ‘Keep them happy and keep them learning’

School 2.0 Charles Honey

In this moment of social distancing, it’s an alternative way to get at the school’s aim of helping all students learn, yet in drastically different and varied circumstances...

For seniors, a memorable finale cut short

School 2.0 Morgan Jarema

Area high school seniors talk about their worries, and offer valuable perspective to their peers and others on the statewide school closure...

Districts face hard choices in timing of ballot requests

School 2.0 Charles Honey

District leaders have had to weigh whether to go ahead as scheduled, or postpone them because of the coronavirus health crisis...

A formula for teaching algebra

Byron Center Erin Albanese

Forget cramming study guide notes before a test...

An explorer, a tropical island, a pineapple

State of the Arts Erin Albanese

The state-wide contest is in its eighth year...

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Online story time, virtual PE keep students connected during shutdown

School 2.0 Charles Honey

'They need to see we’re smiling and happy and that we’re OK, and that they’re going to be OK too'...

Tug of (Revolutionary) War

Byron Center Erin Albanese

A game with mismatched teams is a favorite activity each year in fifth grade teacher Josh Smith’s class...

Math intervention aims to reach every student

Byron Center Erin Albanese

Different students may be in groups weekly, depending on what standards they have met...

To Australia with love

Multi Districts Morgan Jarema

Area students are spearheading fundraisers to support those affected by bushfires in Australia that have been burning for months...

District seeks $80 million to build new fifth/sixth grade building

Byron Center Erin Albanese

In the past 11 years, enrollment has burgeoned by more than 1,000 students to 4,256 students this school year...

Second graders pitch questions to new superintendent

Byron Center Erin Albanese

Superintendent Kevin Macina has been happily busy since beginning his new job Jan. 1, including being peppered with questions by Countryside second graders...

‘He makes us feel like we are home’

Byron Center Erin Albanese

Dan Takens, who retired Dec. 31, was one of School News Network’s first advisory superintendents...

At West Middle School, 78.1 percent of eighth graders were proficient in social studies and 73 percent of seventh graders were proficient in math. Those scores are number one in Kent County and among the top in the state, showing big increases from last year...

‘He makes us feel like we are home’

Byron Center Erin Albanese

Dan Takens, who is retiring Dec. 31, was one of School News Network’s first advisory superintendents...

Students celebrate life of classmate, friend

Byron Center Erin Albanese

Lucia 'Luci' Raegan Kesner had a debilitating and terminal disease called mucolipidosis type II. She was unable to attend school but her classmates connected with her over Skype...

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

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