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Perseverance, Sports and Belief in Self Inspire This School Leader

Kenowa Hills Charles Honey

School: Kenowa Hills Middle School What are your first priorities as principal? To support staff and students. Also, I hope to maintain the professional and collaborative...

More than a Game: Contest on 9/11 Benefits Wounded Warriors

Kenowa Hills School News Network

Diane Schwaiger is proud of her daughter Holli for serving in the United States Marine Corps, just as she was when Holli was named...

Hey Teacher, How Did You Spend Your Summer Vacation?

Forest Hills School News Network

As choir teachers passionate about music, Jed and Mandy Scott found themselves in Nirvana this summer by studying under renowned choral composer Alice Parker. The...

Kenowa Hills Aims to Try Again for Bond Issue, but Scaled Down

Kenowa Hills Charles Honey

Kenowa Hills Public Schools officials plan to ask voters again to fund school improvements, but this time with a scaled-down request. District voters will be...

Teaching, Technology and Time Help Iraqi Student Learn American-Style

Kenowa Hills Charles Honey

It’s notoriously difficult for a student to adjust to a new school in the middle of the year. For a student from Iraq who...

Knitting Calms Students’ Emotions, Exercises Their Brains

Kenowa Hills Charles Honey

Three boys sat in a school hallway, concentrating on the task literally at hand: knitting. “Once you get it down, you can focus on it,”...

Student Baristas Add Math, Social Skills to their School Menu

Kenowa Hills Tom Rademacher

It's not even yet 8 a.m., and already, it's a honeycomb of activity inside Mandy Acker's second-floor classroom. But the dozen or so students buzzing...

Grateful Grads Get Jump on College, Cut Costs

Kenowa Hills Charles Honey

On their way to earning tuition-free associate degrees at Davenport University, 14 Kenowa Hills High School students found an unexpected source of support: each...

Teachers’ Children Get a Fun Taste of High School Life

Kenowa Hills Charles Honey

The way up the stairs was long and mysterious, which made it all the more exciting for the young explorers. “This is a secret...

‘Leader of Leaders’ is All About Creating Change

Kenowa Hills Charles Honey

During her shifts as a dietary aide at St. Ann’s Home, 18-year-old Naomi Cuenca likes to chat with 97-year-old Isabel Butkiewicz. “How are you?” Naomi...

Learning, Not Time, Drives New Approach to Teaching

Kenowa Hills Charles Honey

It’s easier to do well in school when you know what you need to know. At least that’s how students at Kenowa Middle School see...

Students and Community Raise Funds for Worthy Causes

Kenowa Hills Charles Honey

Kenowa Hills High School students and district residents combined forces recently to raise more than $4,000 for community causes. The eighth annual Robert Kozminski Memorial...