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Finding the Right Fit

Caledonia Janice Holst

How do you turn a would-be class clown into a productive student? How do you motivate a fifth-grader who just doesn't fit in or...

From Ireland to India, Students Tour Holidays Around the Globe

Forest Hills Charles Honey

Yes, Christmas is coming, and Hanukkah just happened, to the delight of kids across America. How are other children around the world celebrating the...

‘Living the Experience’ as Students Create a Civilization

Forest Hills Morgan Jarema

For the past 10 years, juniors and seniors in Brad Anderson's World History class have come to expect that they will spend six weeks...

District Grad Aids in Relief Efforts to Hurricane Victims

Forest Hills Morgan Jarema

Editor's note: SNN reporter Morgan Jarema had the opportunity to interview Lt. Cmdr. Matthew Stepanovich, M.D., a pediatric orthopedic surgeon in the U.S. Navy...

Making Way for the Butterflies

Forest Hills Linda Odette

The nasty invasive species and weeds that took over the Collins Elementary garden space have disappeared, making way for a new garden next spring. Marnie...

Dia de los Muertos a Celebration of Life

Multi Districts Erin Albanese

Schools throughout Kent ISD this week studied and celebrated Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), a a Nov. 2 holiday to honor the...

Science Meets Art, STEAM Results

Forest Hills Morgan Jarema

Stephanie Cionca stood in front of a class of fifth-graders and set up an exercise aimed at figuring out how much water they would...

Students Hope to Save Lives with Honored Video

Multi Districts Charles Honey

Brooke Buchanan and Molly Growney admit they sort of assumed their teacher was giving them busy work when he assigned them a project at...

Farmhand, Auto Worker, Advocate for All

Meet Your Administrators Morgan Jarema

School: Central Middle Other positions you have held in education: Middle school math teacher, Gypsum Creek Middle School, Gypsum, Colorado; math coach/instructional coach, New Berlin...

‘You don’t have to be best friends to be nice to each other’

Forest Hills Morgan Jarema

Cindi Reynolds pulled a miniature tube of toothpaste from her pocket and asked fifth-grader Stella Cummings to squeeze out a big ol' dollop onto...

How We Can Help Harvey Victims from Home

Forest Hills Student Showcase School News Network

Written by Forest Hills Central High student Sophie Bolen. This piece originally was published in The Central Trend. Republished with permission. As the rain trickles...

A Trio of Newcomers

Meet Your Administrators Morgan Jarema

Meet three of seven new principals at Forest Hills Public Schools: Eastern High Assistant Principal Kristine Yelding, Ada Elementary Principal Kimberly Van Antwerp, and Orchard View...

‘Beautiful Chaos … So Much to Learn’

Forest Hills Morgan Jarema

With just about a week to go until the start of her senior year, Ella Streng was still feeling a bit out of sorts. She...

Can’t Find the Words? The Writing Center is Open

Forest Hills Morgan Jarema

Jane Sypniewski knows her honors English teacher has high expectations. Earlier this school year, the Eastern High sophomore came to the fledgling Writing Center with...