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From Soggy Schoolyard to Ecosystem

Caledonia Erin Albanese
How does Dutton Elementary School affect the Plaster Creek watershed and eventually the Great Lakes? Students have only to look up at their school...

New Building will Enable New Ways of Teaching

Caledonia Erin Albanese
Caledonia High School Principal Brady Lake sees the new high school building, under construction next to the main high school, as much more than...

Improved Reading, Better Behavior go Hand-in-Hand

Caledonia Erin Albanese
Third-grader Aliyah VanDrunen beams with pride as she flawlessly reads several paragraphs. She can read 90 words per minute with 100 percent accuracy and...

Library Lab Experience Makes House Call – at School

Caledonia Erin Albanese
Paris Ridge Elementary students walked into an art room that had been transformed into a mini-maker space. Before them were kits with activities in...

‘Look at How Much Stuff is Growing’

Caledonia Erin Albanese
When students talk about food with third-grade teacher Karen Rath, they mention beets, cilantro and parsnips and explain how things grow. To test their...

SiTE: LAB Ramps Up Access

Caledonia Erin Albanese
During an ArtPrize field trip last week, senior Katie Bork stopped to talk to Christopher Smit, executive director of DisArt, an effort that aims...

New Boardwalk is Playtime Empire

Caledonia Erin Albanese
The big wooden playground known as The Boardwalk stood on the Kettle Lake Elementary School playground for nearly three decades, a beloved place for...

Warm Bench, Warm Hearts

Caledonia Erin Albanese
If you need a buddy, have a seat. That's the message Junior Girl Scouts want their peers to hear. Two Caledonia troops recently added special...

FFA Members Make Hard Work Look Fairly Fun

Caledonia Linda Odette
It was 90 degrees at the Barry County Fair when Jordyn Skinner walked her dairy feeder cow, Russell, into the show ring for the...

First Day in the Life 2016

Caledonia Charles Honey
Editor’s note: This year, a quartet of School News Network reporters fanned out across Kent ISD and paired with a single person experiencing his...

Give a Bit of Labor, Get a Life Lesson

Caledonia Linda Odette
"Kids Helping Kids" was the theme for sixth graders at Duncan Lake Middle School this year, and that's just what happened at Family Promise...

Keep Calm and Carry On Conversations with Students, Bus Driver Says

Caledonia Erin Albanese
Paris Ridge Elementary School second-graders considered words to describe Dave Smith, or "Mr. Dave," the man who drives them to and from school. "Nice!" "He's...

History Lessons Take Flight — Bomber-style

Caledonia Linda Odette
Not many students finish the school year with a ride on a B-17 bomber, but that's exactly what sophomore AP history students did. The...

Third-graders Place Seventh at Odyssey World Finals

Caledonia Linda Odette
A district third-grade team placed seventh in the Odyssey of the Mind World Finals. Caledonia’s team tackled a No-Cycle Recycle problem that required them to...

Raising a Record Sum for Cancer Research

Caledonia Erin Albanese
Each year, many personal stories are tied to Duncan Lake Middle School's annual Cancer Walk, which has raised more than $100,000 for cancer research...

Construction Continues on New High School, Other Facilities

Caledonia Linda Odette
Cement walls are going up, bulldozers are pushing tons of dirt and construction signs have been posted seemingly everywhere as progress continues on the...
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