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Fourth-graders and Fish Tales

Kelloggsville Erin Albanese

"Let's talk fish!" a Department of Natural Resources official told a group of Southeast Elementary School students, as they learned about the process of...

School, Community Ties Lead to Sprucing

Kelloggsville Erin Albanese

Southeast Kelloggsville fourth-graders are planting roots in the community –- roots that will grow into big blue spruce trees. Thanks to a donation of saplings...

Rockets, Welcome to Your New (Pretty Much) School

Kelloggsville Erin Albanese

High school students now have a sparkling addition to their building, complete with a repositioned entrance, new gymnasium, two-story media center and classrooms, and...

Funding for Tech, Training, Counseling and AP Expansion

Kelloggsville Erin Albanese

On May 2, voters in the Kent ISD region will be asked to approve a 0.9 mill tax for local school districts, generating $211...

‘I Just Made Them My Friends’

Kelloggsville Erin Albanese

When eighth-grader Jaden Delosh started attending the middle school right after spring break, he was happy to have Ke'Waun Blackmon show him around. "It gave...

Teaching About Climate Change: A Loaded Lesson

Grand Rapids Erin Albanese

Teacher Mary Lewandoski remembers a student making a firm statement while studying endangered species: "It's all because of humans." "Save that thought," Lewandoski recalled telling...

A Little Attention, A Big Difference

Kelloggsville Erin Albanese

A disorganized sixth-grader is certainly not a rarity, but might normally fly under a busy teacher's radar. Damian Cervantes, however, is getting the help...

Students Urged to ‘Find What You Love’

Kelloggsville Erin Albanese

If someone had told Greggory Hampshire how clinical psychologists spend their days (with lots of paperwork), he might not have pursued it as a...

Brain Games: Focusing on Memory to Reduce Effects of Poverty

Kelloggsville Erin Albanese

Second-grade teacher Patrick Sokol is working to close gaps in achievement seen in students raised in poverty, and he's zeroing in on helping students...

More Space to Study, Mingle, Connect

Kelloggsville Erin Albanese

The completely renovated Kelloggsville High School is taking shape, with the opening of eight spacious new classrooms bordering a large common learning area where...

Calling All Senses: Help Me Read!

Grand Rapids Erin Albanese

In a small room within the teacher's lounge, Southeast Elementary School fourth-grader Aubrianna Vernon focused on the consonant blend, "spr." With her index finger,...

He Pushes Students to Excel, with Pushups and ‘Geronimo!’

Kelloggsville Erin Albanese

When it comes to encouraging students to give it their all, band director Troy Anderson says take the leap and yell "Geronimo!" By that he...

‘They Want to Learn so Much’

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese

High School English language teacher Edith Trumbell spends her days with students from Mexico, China, Congo, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Syria, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala...

‘They Get to Own Their Learning’

Kelloggsville Erin Albanese

Manuel Ochoa's face lit up in a smile. He had just learned he will exit the middle school's new School within a School Program...

Staff, Students Connect Through After-school Sports

Kelloggsville Erin Albanese

Second-grader Alvaro Guizar hit a foam tennis ball over the net in the gymnasium. "Nice backswing. I like that swing!" yelled West Kelloggsville Elementary...

Up Close with In-Demand Careers

Byron Center Erin Albanese

Beginning a career in manufacturing after high school can pay off fast, said industry rep. Angie Huyghe. An apprentice in the toolroom can make a...

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