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Olympic-style reading events push students to go for the gold

Kelloggsville Erin Albanese

Forget a pentathlon or decathlon; Southeast Kelloggsville Elementary School students completed up to 20 events for the “Read for the Gold!” March is Reading...

Deeply rooted in community, retiree helps plant trees and love of reading

Kelloggsville Erin Albanese

Retired Forest Hills media specialist Jim Ward works to support reading and good schools in his community of Kelloggsville

Teachers help teachers take it to the next level at Van Andel Education Institute

All Districts Erin Albanese

Mastermind is a group of West Michigan teachers, principals, social workers and other educators who have met monthly at Van Andel Education Institute this school year, working together to overcome challenges common to many of them

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

Way Cool: Public Library Within a School

Kelloggsville Erin Albanese

The new Kelloggsville Branch of Kent District Library was buzzing with activity as children, teens and families checked out the new community facility they...

Necessity, Not Luxury

Kelloggsville Erin Albanese

Art teacher Amber Warren sees the difference in students who have had experience in art and those who haven't. The latter have little faith...

Latino Club Members Celebrate Culture, Share Concerns about Future

Kelloggsville Erin Albanese

For Hispanic high school students in the new Latino Student Union, there are many ways to relate to each other. They enjoy shared traditions...

New AP Civics Class Tackles Tough, Timely Topics

Kelloggsville Erin Albanese

As a teacher at one of the most diverse high schools in Michigan, Katie Baechler knows many of her students and their families are...

What’s in the Water? Students Wade in to Learn

Kelloggsville Erin Albanese

Southeast Kelloggsville teacher Lynnea Roon lifted up a vial containing water that had turned abright blue, taken from a portion of Buck Creek that...

Dia de los Muertos a Celebration of Life

Multi Districts Erin Albanese

Schools throughout Kent ISD this week studied and celebrated Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), a a Nov. 2 holiday to honor the...

New AP Courses Give Students Shot at College Credits

Kelloggsville Erin Albanese

A slate of four new Advanced Placement classes at Kelloggsville High School are giving students a taste of college rigor and the opportunity to...

‘I show them another way, and another way, and another way’

Kelloggsville Erin Albanese

A bank was robbed. Fifteen suspects – all middle-school staff members – had their mugshots taken, each holding a dollar bill up to their...

‘When Trouble Came to Find Me, She Was There’

Multi Districts Erin Albanese

Lexis Pearson was a self-described troublemaker when she was in seventh grade. Her poor choices led her to the office of social worker Brooke...

Grad Returns to School … This Time with Blankets

Kelloggsville Erin Albanese

While clutching a class picture from school year 1955-1956, Jeanne Wendt leaned over to speak to a preschooler who was stretched out on her...

Minecraft for Geometry, Scholarships for College

Kelloggsville Erin Albanese

When playing Minecraft: Education Edition in class, Southeast Kelloggsville students know what they're building: math skills. The worlds they join and build, connected via computers,...

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Budding birder brings energy, passion to job tending school’s bird feeders

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Kent County Cup winner finds new career focus through esports

Student broadcaster pushes for positive coverage in advisory role

Second- & third-graders learn how things work by doing

Marshmallows & math make for a sweet multiplication lesson

Senior makes artistic mark on snowplow

Initiative aims to double enrollment in career & technical education by 2030

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Student journalists look at what’s next for tech in West Michigan

Eating disorders topic of Jan. 29 community event

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