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Schoolyard Watershed Stewardship

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese

Oh, the creatures you’ll find in a creek! Early Childhood Center students shrieked as they discovered the tiny inhabitants of Plaster Creek. “I got something!...

Hispanic Culture Celebrated a Lo Grande!

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese

The Mexican Hat Dance is perhaps cutest when performed by kindergarten, first- and second-graders, Early Education Center students demonstrated. Led by music teacher Tami Nelson,...

A Patient and Kind Friend to Newcomers

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese

It's an extraordinary claim: During her 10 years working with middle school students, Missdalia Rios-Segundo says, not one has ever treated her with disrespect. But...

Low Test Scores & Low Income Linked; Staff Seek to Help

The Road to Reading Erin Albanese

At Godfrey-Lee Public Schools, the Kent County district with the lowest family income, the correlation between M-STEP scores and poverty is stark. More than...

Superintendents Support Students In the Face of DACA Decision

Godfrey-Lee Charles Honey

As a mother and grandmother, Teresa Weatherall Neal knows well the value of family. And as superintendent of nearly 17,000 Grand Rapids Public Schools...

How to Measure Brilliance? By More Than a Test

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese

At East Lee Campus, you’ll find students participating in a mock trial with a local mayor as judge, presenting marketing plans for a school...

Teachers Train Together to Help Close the Gap

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese

A fence illustration is often used to show the difference between equality and equity. Two pictures each show three children, one tall, one short and...

New School Chief Aims to ‘Build Trust and Relationships’

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese

Superintendent Kevin Polston is greeting people in the neighborhoods, school and local businesses. He's talking to students, letting them see he wants to know...

Teachers Stock Up on Class Supplies, with Help

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese

Wyoming's Parkview Elementary School teachers demonstrated their love for new school supplies at the Teacher Resource Store, where they left with cartloads of notebooks,...

Six Teachers Seek National Board Credentials

Multi Districts Erin Albanese

Big names in teaching in Kent County – Michigan Teachers of the Year for 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 – have joined forces to share the...

Friend of Students, Fighter for Justice

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese

David Britten remembers standing in the lunchroom at Lee Middle/High School. He was the new middle school principal after leaving an elementary-principal post at...

New District Chief Values Community, Diversity

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese

The Board of Education has selected Kevin Polston, principal of Lakeshore Middle School, in Grand Haven Public Schools, as its new superintendent. The board plans...

Into the Wild Next-door

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese

Buffered between the Early Education Center and an industrial building is a swath of wilderness complete with trees, brush and a winding creek. It's...

Four More Interviewed for Superintendent Post

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese

Four new candidates will interview for the Godfrey-Lee Public Schools superintendent position beginning at 6 p.m. tonight at Godfrey-Lee Early Childhood Center, 961 Joosten...

Sound Engineers

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese

Though his rendition of "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" was a bit ding-y, Lee High School senior Scott Peuler looked pleased with himself as...

Making Stuff Work, from Robots to Silly Putty

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese

Sophomore Loren Aguilar laughed repeatedly while playing with Ollie, a robotic toy that seemed to have a mind of its own. It maneuvered its...

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