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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...

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...

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,...

‘It Saves People’s Lives’

Godwin Heights School News Network

Andrea Lewis doesn't think of herself as someone with the bottomless drive to tackle any problem. But she also won't back away from issues she...

‘A Lot of Wisdom and Honest Talk’

Godwin Heights Erin Albanese

Lazevious Steele sat snugly in a barber chair as Duane Bacchus used a razor to perfect his fade. The next day, Lazevious and other...

#accepted

Godwin Heights Erin Albanese

Senior D'Nyszha Brand was accepted into six colleges: Baker College, Ferris State University, Wayne State University, Grand Rapids Community College, Aquinas College and Western...

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