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‘When we gain knowledge, we gain empathy’

Kenowa Hills Alexis Stark
Kenowa Hills district and building leaders participated in a poverty simulation designed to educate and teach empathy. 

Bus drivers role-play safety, security events

All Districts Joanne Bailey-Boorsma
More than 170 attended a training focused on educating bus drivers on how to handle unexpected violence and threats.

Let’s meet up: twice-weekly gatherings build connections

Kenowa Hills Brett Atwood
Food, fun and community are the key components of the Kent School Services Network’s summer get-togethers in Alpine Meadows neighborhood.

Starting the school year right for 10,000+ Kent County students

Multi Districts Alexis Stark
Storehouse of Community Resources collaborated with local businesses and community organizations to fill backpacks with supplies for more than 10,000 Kent County students at their inaugural Big Backpack Build event.

This graduate found her passion in the arena with horses

Kenowa Hills Alexis Stark
Recent Kenowa Hills High School graduate Alyxzin Taylor’s passion is spending time riding, showing and loving her two pet horses.

Districts are feeding more students due to universal free meals

Multi Districts Erin Albanese
Increased participation, kitchen investments and more menu options have followed the implementation of universal free school meals.

Voters say ‘yes’ to library, early childhood millage requests

All Districts Joanne Bailey-Boorsma
Both the Kent District Library and the Ready by Five early childhood millage requests had huge support at the polls. 

Districts eye more ‘normal’ financial pictures due to end of ESSER funds

Multi Districts Erin Albanese
The final deadline to spend federal money tied to COVID relief is on the horizon and districts are facing a much different funding climate.

Camp aims to build better bonds between students, school resource officers

Multi Districts Joanne Bailey-Boorsma
Fingerprinting, working with the K9 unit, and trying on gear gave students an idea of what being a Sheriff Department deputy is like.

Testing out Newton’s laws of motion, with longboards

Kenowa Hills Alexis Stark
During their Gone Boarding unit this spring, Kenowa Hills STEM Academy students created longboards and paddleboards from scratch and tested them at local parks.

Capstones: homelessness, school improvements, animal shelters

Kenowa Hills Alexis Stark
Course designed to prepare seniors for college-level rigors

Using research, creativity to bring clay animals to life

Kenowa Hills Alexis Stark
Alpine Elementary second-graders researched a variety of animals, their habitats and what they would look like if sculpted from modeling clay. 

‘Career readiness starts in kindergarten,’ and young Knights are on their way

Kenowa Hills Alexis Stark
Zinser Elementary’s first career fair allowed students to explore different career paths with help from local professionals.

He found a better pathway to graduation

Kenowa Hills Alexis Stark
Senior Ronan Jameyson charted his own course towards earning his diploma from Pathways High School. 

Superintendent and teacher talk about a decade of challenges and rewards 

Kenowa Hills Charles Honey
In this episode of Study Hall, veteran Kenowa Hills Superintendent Jerry Hopkins and teacher Robyn Bradford talk about how education has changed over the past decade.

At JA BizTown, a mini city provides life-sized learning

Multi Districts Riley Kelley
Students from Rockford, Grandville, Kenowa Hills and Sparta are among those who’ve taken part in the JA BizTown program, which launched in spring 2023.
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