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Creating safe spaces

Kenowa Hills Alexis Stark
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

Kenowa Hills Alexis Stark
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!’

Kenowa Hills Alexis Stark
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’

Kenowa Hills Alexis Stark
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...

Schools start remotely, offer choice of plans

Kenowa Hills Alexis Stark
Kenowa Hills Public Schools developed two options for the 2020-2021 school year: allowing families to choose between 100% face-to-face instruction or 100% virtual learning...
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Teachers agree: virtual classroom has its pluses, but ‘much of the joy is missing’

Kenowa Hills Cris Greer
Two Kenowa Hills teachers reflect on the good and bad of virtual education during the school closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic...

‘Father figure’ uses positivity to succeed

Grads with Grit Cris Greer
Next stop: Michigan State University...

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...

The show might go on

School 2.0 Bridie Bereza
Months of preparation and rehearsal suddenly seem for naught as school plays and musicals are postponed...

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...
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