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Like ballroom dancing without a partner

Kenowa Hills Alexis Stark
With COVID-19 safety restrictions in place, Kenowa Hills High School allowed the show to go on by filming a live performance of “Shakespeare’s Depictions of Love”...

‘Raising kids who care’

Kenowa Hills Alexis Stark
Zinser Elementary students created and sold artwork to friends and family and raised $2,100 to put toward a water tank in the community of Mityana, Uganda...

Your district’s summer programs at-a-glance

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Area public school districts are gearing up to provide K-12 programs this summer to address learning loss impacted by the coronavirus pandemic...

Like Wonder Woman, ‘I gotta save the world!’

Kenowa Hills Alexis Stark
After five years serving students and staff as a social worker at Zinser Elementary, Brooke Davis, is new director of diversity, equity and mental health services...

Making mental health awareness part of school culture

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Paint Kenowa Green is about creating safe spaces and ending stigma...

Students celebrate the beauty of multiple languages

Classrooms for All Alexis Stark
Students celebrated their Spanish-speaking heritage with International Mother Language Day at Alpine Elementary...

Creating safe spaces

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On a freezing February morning at Pathways High School, two speakers from Michigan non-profit i understand spoke to students about the importance of mental health...

Distance learning hones collaboration, forges close connections

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Three elementary teachers share how they have learned resilience and are reimagining how they engage their students outside the traditional classroom setting...

Schools, organizations step up to feed students, families

All Districts Joanne Bailey-Boorsma
Area schools continue to provide free grab and go meals at regular distribution events and community partners are helping to fill in the gaps to make sure everyone is fed during a very challenging time...
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Making merry music, from a safe distance

Kenowa Hills Alexis Stark
The holidays may look different this year, but Kenowa Hills students are still finding ways to lift spirits by sharing their musical talents...
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Video series aims to fill teachers’ cups with appreciation

Kenowa Hills Alexis Stark
Kenowa Hills schools are sharing video messages of gratitude for teachers, just in time for a hope-filled holiday season...
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Fourth-grade hockey fan gets a magical hour on ice: ‘I made the shot!’

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Raised as a Red Wings and Grand Rapids Griffins hockey fan, Jackson Solow lights up while skating on an ice rink wearing his favorite hockey jersey...

Nurses administering COVID tests at school, working with families

Kenowa Hills Alexis Stark
Now stationed in all Kenowa Hills Public Schools, eight nurses are caring for students and administering Covid-19 testing...

Learning from a place full of living things

Kenowa Hills Alexis Stark
Rebecca Perry and her class of eager kindergartners spent their morning exploring the newly redone Living Lab at Zinser Elementary...

‘We’re educators; we always make it work’

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Kelly VanDyke’s roots in Kenowa Hills reach back to her days as a student teacher there in the Resource Room. Entering her eleventh school year as a special education teacher at Central Elementary, she is preparing for new students, safety protocols and classroom learning, reimagined...

New online academy looks to provide paced learning, support

Kenowa Hills Alexis Stark
Approximately 25 percent of Kenowa Hills students -- about 300 -- opted for virtual learning to start the year...
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