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Music Teacher Awakens ‘Dead Guys,’ Seals Grant Money, Gets Students Moving

Comstock Park Erin Albanese

In Amanda Hite's music class, there's always a lot of moving and shaking going on. Stoney Creek and Pine Island elementary students dance, wave scarves,...

A Clean Sweep: Voters in Seven Kent Districts Approve Funding Requests

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Tuesday was a good day for schools and students in Kent ISD, as voters approved tax proposals in all seven districts that requested them....

Outreach Group Links Kids to Summer Camps

Comstock Park Erin Albanese

Pine Island Elementary fifth-grader Weston Parrish stopped to get information about Hastings-based Camp Michawana at the recent Comstock Park Summer Camp Expo. Camp Michawana was...

From the Congo to Comstock Park: Refugee to Graduate with Near-Perfect GPA in Two Years

Comstock Park Erin Albanese

Editor’s note: This is the third in a series about students who have had to overcome unusual challenges and hardships to graduate this spring When...

Math Success Rates Jump in Comstock Park

Comstock Park Erin Albanese

Editor's note: This is the second in a series on the difficulties students have learning math, and what methods some schools and teachers are...

Comstock Park Celebrates School Breakfast

Comstock Park Erin Albanese

Stoney Creek Elementary School first-grader Dominic Estudillo took a drink of his strawberry smoothie and smiled. "It's delicious!" he said. Dominic and his classmates got...

High School Lacrosse Official at Comstock Park

Comstock Park Erin Albanese

Comstock Park High School lacrosse players are looking forward to their first season checking, passing and blocking goals as an official team. After four years...

Digital Learning Day Highlights Comstock Park Improvements

Comstock Park Erin Albanese

It was Go Noodle break time in first-grade teacher Kristen Keifer’s classroom. Students hurried from their desks to stand in front of a projector...

Third-grade Reading Legislation Could Hold Back Thousands

Byron Center Erin Albanese

Brown Elementary School students discussed the actions of a boasting rabbit and patient tortoise in Gayle Corey’s third-grade class as they considered characters, setting,...

Comstock Park Seeks Renewal of Sinking Fund for Maintenance Needs

Comstock Park Erin Albanese

Comstock Park Public Schools' 10-year sinking fund millage is up for renewal May 6. The tax has generated about $360,000 annually for facility repairs...

Hard Work Results In Naval Academy Entry

Comstock Park School News Network

As he waited for an interview to seek congressional nomination to attend the U.S. Naval Academy, Comstock Park High School Senior Miguel Nava, 17,...

Comstock Park Teacher Introduces Students to World Through Travel

Comstock Park School News Network

Comstock Park World History Teacher Betsy Rybarczyk fell in love with the world years ago, when as a recent high school grad, she grabbed...

Gleaming New Building Gives Comstock Park a Center for Arts, Athletics, More

Comstock Park Erin Albanese

The gleaming new Comstock Park Performing Arts and Athletic Center could be called a “gym-atorium” or “audanasium” or “cafe-gym-auditorium.” Certainly, the term “multi-functional” best...

Volunteers Challenge Students to Give of Themselves

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When Comstock Park High School senior Justin Terveen helped deliver Christmas gifts to a local family in need last year, he saw the children...

Community Members, Schools Stepping Up to Address Need in Comstock Park

Comstock Park Erin Albanese

The Giving Closet is stocked with winter coats, boots, clothes and more, ready to make the winter months easier for struggling families in the...

Career Academy Combines Job Training with Academics

Comstock Park Erin Albanese

Maddi Saum hopes to become a physician. Jamasen DeKlein wants to get a job in construction or attend Grand Rapids Community College after graduation....

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