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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...

She’s ‘small but mighty’ and ready to fly

Grads with Grit Phil de Haan

Despite a time of homelessness in ninth grade, and the COVID-19 school closure as a senior, Kelloggsville senior Naudia Potts is set to graduate and has been accepted to Central Michigan University where she will major in social work...

Getting down to business

Kent ISD Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Through the inaugural Student StartUp Day, area high school students met with local professionals and learned what it takes to make an idea for a business a reality...

Suddenly serving up thousands of pick-up meals with a smile

School 2.0 Phil de Haan

Switching from serving students in their buildings to handing out food curbside is a whole new thing for schools...

Working from concrete to abstract in Algebra 2

Kelloggsville Phil de Haan

Popsicle-stick Ferris wheels are just one more way to teach important mathematics concepts at Kelloggsville’s 54th Street Academy...

What does the 2020 Census have to do with school lunch?

Multi Districts Phil de Haan

With some funding dependent on census data, school districts help spread the word on this key count of residents...

Kelloggsville voters to decide sinking fund request

Kelloggsville Phil de Haan

If approved on May 5, the request would mean about 96 cents a week for a $100,000 home but would allow the district to fund a long list of already-identified projects without borrowing or paying long term interest debt...

Pudding parfaits and pedagogy

Kelloggsville Phil de Haan

For preschool students at the Kelloggsville Early Childhood Learning Center, Cooking Thursdays are a recipe for success...

‘Thinking about my world and deciding how to make it’

Kelloggsville Phil de Haan

A middle school teacher is using gaming software to help his students learn about islands, archipelagos, peninsulas and more...

EL students: eager to learn, ‘masters of change’

Kelloggsville Phil de Haan

English Learners classes at Kelloggsville High School serve students from myriad countries and offer a variety of teaching techniques to help them succeed...

Elective gives high-schoolers a crash-course in business

Kelloggsville Phil de Haan

Students handle everything from raising capital and tracking finances to marketing and sales...

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...

‘Bigger than me’ kicks off newly formed group

Kelloggsville Phil de Haan

For the first time in its history, Southeast Kelloggsville Elementary has a 12-person Student Council, one representative for every class...

‘Getting ready for the robot revolution’

Kelloggsville Phil de Haan

Middle school students think robots are probably the future, but for right now they’re hoping to have fun, learn a few things and hang out with their friends...

Protecting cyber security in schools: ‘This is kind of scary’

All Districts Phil de Haan

A cyber security event at Kent ISD on Halloween was designed to make the prospect of an attack on school data a little less frightening...

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

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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

High-schoolers share thoughts on school safety, engagement & more

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