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Marching Band First Again

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Call it a double take. If not for 2012, it’d be a three-peat for the Godwin Heights Marching Band, which won its second consecutive...

School Community Supports New Principal’s Family, Injured Son

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The 2014-15 school year will no doubt be memorable in both very good and very bad ways for Chad Conklin. Not only is it...

Godwin Guys Laugh, Reminisce, Discuss Public Education’s Critical Role

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They call themselves the Godwin Guys, an average of 20 Godwin Heights High School graduates from the 1950s to 1970s who meet monthly for...

Middle School Beats the Odds

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There's a can-do attitude coursing through Godwin Heights Middle School's classrooms that's leading to some very positive results for teachers and students. The school is...

Linking Kindness with Student Achievement

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Godwin Heights students discovered how a shooting tragedy 15 years ago in a Colorado school can kindle compassion and kindness in theirs. Recently, district administrators,...

R.I.P. to Stereotypes of Low-income Students

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They can’t learn like my other students. They’re too lazy to finish their homework. They’ll never go to college. They’ll live in poverty all their lives. When stereotypes...

TEAM 21 Funding to Restore Cut Programs

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese

For Claribel Ortiz, having a place for her four children to go after school and in the summer while she works helps a lot. She...

Godwin Scholarship Fund Increase is “Golden”

Godwin Heights Linda Odette

The winners of scholarships from the Golden Gs this year at Godwin Heights High School were in for a bit of a shock when...

Mentors Give and Gain: Building Important Relationships

Godwin Heights Linda Odette

The special relationship that grows between a mentor and mentee was evident in an email teacher Katie Fuelling received from Marilyn Knowles, who mentors...

High Schools Partner with GRCC to Get College Credits Early

Godfrey-Lee Linda Odette

Godwin Heights and Godfrey-Lee high schools have joined the trend of offering high school students a way to earn college credit right at their...

What’s the Problem with Math? Series to Show Kent Teachers Seeking Answers

Godwin Heights Charles Honey

Editor's note: Teachers have strived for years to improve the math performance of American students, who consistently test below the average of other developed...

Program Teaches Parents Any Goal is Possible

Godwin Heights Linda Odette

Parents are their children's first teachers, but when they don't understand the language being used at their child's school and how the school operates,...

Elementary Students Leave City for The Slopes

Godwin Heights Linda Odette

Nearly 90 inner-city students are experiencing the rush of skiing on the slopes at Cannonsburg Ski Area, many for the first time. Listen closely,...

As They Face Pressures, Students Learn to Rise ‘Above the Influence’

Godwin Heights Linda Odette

At Godwin Heights Middle School, the walls can talk. Getting high, suicide, cutting, bullying and drinking have been some of the topics of conversation....

Mr. Bill: From Student to Superintendent, and Everywhere In Between

Godwin Heights Tom Rademacher

Godwin Heights Superintendent Bill Fetterhoff gets it. He knows what it’s like to be a principal, for instance, because he was one. He understands the challenges...

Just Write: Inspiring students by publishing their work

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Luis Hernandez may only be a third grader, but the West Godwin elementary student has already published his writing for the whole world to...

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Marching band showcase culminates ‘big effort every day’

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