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School safety supervisor: putting out fires and building relationships

Godwin Heights Erin Albanese

As safety supervisor, Jeff Wainwright believes building relationships, along with securing doors and scanning cameras, creates the strongest sense of security for students...

Refugee author tells students, ‘It is the story of your community’

Godwin Heights Erin Albanese

Sandra Uwiringiyimana’s story of fleeing conflict and leaving her country behind resonated with students who read and discussed her book, “How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child.”

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Video featuring parents encourages more to get involved

Parents’ voices unite in an uplifting video that shares their experiences in the district and encourages others to get involved

Hispanic families struggle with uncertainty about Dreamers’ future

Multi Districts Erin Albanese

Students who are Dreamers, among about 700,000 young people nationwide who arrived to the U.S. as children of undocumented parents and are enrolled in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, wonder if they will be able to go to college or secure financial aid. They feel betrayed by the system

Retiring police chief says teen sessions will continue

Multi Districts Erin Albanese

James Carmody has made it a priority to give high school students a voice at the table. Every week he meets with students, rotating between Wyoming, Godwin Heights, Lee and Kelloggsville high schools

Color Me Beautiful

Godwin Heights Erin Albanese

Senior Raven Rochelle knows how much self-image affects girls. "I know, personally, when you are a female, your image is everything," she said. "The way...

Teachers Tell Their Stories, to Help Other Teachers

Multi Districts Erin Albanese

"What inspires you to come to school every day and teach children?" interviewer Rosie del Valle asked Gladiola Elementary intervention math coach Kristi Baumbach. Baumbach,...

‘We’re Living His Dream’

Godfrey-Lee Jaye Beeler

“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the...

Planning an Outdoor Classroom, for Real

Godwin Heights Erin Albanese

Three classrooms, a memory bench and a sidewalk. Those are elements in ninth-graders Diamond Johnson, Madisyn Rogers and Jamya Sanders’ design for a greenhouse-themed...

In This Community, Elves are Everywhere

Godwin Heights Erin Albanese

With presents in tow for 26 North Godwin Elementary School kindergartners, Dutton Christian School sixth-graders helped the younger students make gift bags and cards...

Profiting from Basic Math

Making Math Add Up Erin Albanese

Though some may think it's crummy, 10th-graders Madalyn Austin and Rebekah Hoyle said The Snacky Sleeper is the perfect lazy-evening, popcorn-munching luxury: a "comfortable,...

State Champion Marching Band Plays On

Godwin Heights Erin Albanese

The music is rising to a crescendo at Godwin Heights High School, where Band Director Jake Castillo is building offthe excitement of the Marching...

Pin the Kidney on the Apron

Godwin Heights Erin Albanese

Future doctors conferred with practicing osteopathic physicians recently on some critical topics in the North Godwin Elementary gymnasium. A healthy lifestyle leads to a strong...

Sack Suppers, Popcorn, Fundraisers: She Does it All

Godwin Heights Erin Albanese

Every weekday at about 1:30 p.m., Sheila Gurd arrives at West Godwin Elementary School to deliver hundreds of sack suppers from Kids' Food Basket...

Tireless Go-getter Makes Her Community a Better Place; Dreams of a Brighter Tomorrow

Godwin Heights Erin Albanese

Maria Aguirre likes to help other people's dreams come true: making sure a child has presents wrapped under the tree on Christmas morning, doing...

Soles and Ties That Bind

Godwin Heights Erin Albanese

Godwin Heights High School senior Devon Ferguson painted the outside of an old tennis shoe in bright colors, adding stitches around the seams. She...

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