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‘This was so good for our souls!’

Godwin Heights Bridie Bereza

After 11 weeks of staying home, 'flattening the curve' and distance learning, students got to see the staff and teachers in person, from a safe distance, on the last day of school...

Students speak out on protests, call for ‘a better America tomorrow’

Multi Districts School News Network

For area students, the ongoing protests over police brutality could be a teachable moment, a call to action or both...

‘Doing better’ in the classroom — conventional or virtual

Rockstar Teachers Bridie Bereza

Fourth grade teacher Kelly Compher has adapted her teaching skills and emphasis on equity from the traditional classroom to Google Classroom...

A clean sweep: seven districts pass funding proposals

Multi Districts School News Network

All seven school districts in Kent ISD that made funding requests to voters had them approved, despite the economic and health crises of the COVID-19 pandemic...

Districts come to voters with funding proposals May 5

Multi Districts School News Network

Seven school districts in Kent ISD have funding requests on next week’s Tuesday, May 5 election ballot, ranging from major bond issues and sinking funds to non-homestead operating millage renewals...

Voters on May 5 to decide no-increase $13.9 million bond request

Godwin Heights Bridie Bereza

Absentee ballot applications will be mailed to all voters in an attempt to encourage absentee voting...

A look in the mirror cues self-expression

Godwin Heights Bridie Bereza

Annalise Hammerlund, an artist-in-residence, visits a middle school classroom each week to lead students in an art lesson that challenges them to learn a bit more about themselves...

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Science lesson reveals toxic effect of radium on female workers

Godwin Heights Bridie Bereza

Sophomores at Godwin Heights High School recently discovered for themselves how the radium in paint used at a 1900s company left a legacy of illness and death in its wake...

Getting real

Godwin Heights Bridie Bereza

Students got a simulated experience that included a budget (complete with educational loan debt) based on their intended career path...

Model behavior? Let’s discuss that

Godwin Heights Bridie Bereza

Students use a chart to help them choose their own consequences for inappropriate behavior...

The power of the pen

Godwin Heights Bridie Bereza

A writing assignment yielded some meaningful outcomes for fourth graders in Kelly Compher’s class at North Godwin Elementary...

A case study

Godwin Heights Bridie Bereza

The experimentation involved dropping, crushing and trying to understand the effects of forces on different objects...

Barbie can bungee

Godwin Heights Bridie Bereza

Students apply their math skills to send dolls on a high-flying adventure...

Most districts allow phones, but with restrictions

Godwin Heights Charles Honey

An informal School News Network survey of public school districts in Kent County besides Forest Hills showed cell-phone use is generally not permitted in elementary schools, and only allowed under strictly defined conditions in middle and high schools...

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Making change, learning leadership

Godwin Heights Bridie Bereza

A middle school girls’ group builds leadership while focusing on social justice...

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Budding poets find their voices

Godwin Heights Bridie Bereza

When Betsy Berry began a month-long poetry unit this fall, she never imagined that a single poem would spark a newfound passion for poetry in her eighth graders...

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Educator focuses on cultivating passions

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Marching band showcase culminates ‘big effort every day’

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ArtPrize exhibit honors veterans & their stories

Same family, different major goals

Summer internship leads to national news segment

What do you want to learn? Zinser students weigh in

These middle-schoolers strive to be strong readers

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