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‘I’ll Saw this Wood Up – I’m Not Scared of It’

East Grand Rapids School News Network
From the courtroom to the archery range and beyond, a quartet of female high school students are breaking into fields dominated by males. Two Kent...

From Pirate to Picture Books

Kent City School News Network
As a child, Floyd Cooper’s first dream was to become a pirate. As an adult, his career path veered toward advertising, but he ended...

Building a Better Back-Up

Kent City School News Network
If engineers look at the world and ask, "What could work better?" Caleb Sible would probably say forklift driving. The pros must agree, since judges...

Library Remodel Includes New Books, Student Reviews

Kent City School News Network
The Elementary School's library has been transformed. Along with a remodel, new initiatives brought books and reading to every corner and classroom of the...

Class Dojo Connects Parents, Provides Positive Competition for Students

Kent City Adrian Hirsch
A new program in Kent City Elementary classes provides parents instant feedback on how their student is doing in class, while encouraging classmates to...

Musician, Fourth-Graders ‘Link Up’ for Collaborative Concert

Kent City Adrian Hirsch
When music mentor Yun Preece set foot into the fourth-grade exploratory music session at Kent City Elementary, she was as excited to hear what...

Students With Visual Impairments Cook Up New Skills

Kenowa Hills Adrian Hirsch
Cookies? Check. Apple crisp? Check. Camaraderie? Check. These are the ingredients that make up the fun-filled after-school cooking class for visually impaired students from...

Computer Fields Beckon Girls to Great Careers

Kent City Erin Albanese
Rachel Bowman likes robots so much she wants to own a robotics company someday. She spends half her school day in the Information Technologies...

Saying Goodbye with a Song

Kent City Adrian Hirsch
Linda Johnson was packing up for retirement when she was called to the principal's office during her last week at Kent City Elementary. Johnson,...

Warm Feet, Warm Hearts

Grand Rapids Adrian Hirsch
While many C.A. Frost students were designing cupcakes, others were gathering socks. Sixth- through ninth-grade students held a drive that collected more than 250...

Bringing the School Along on ‘A Christmas Story’ Adventure

Kent City Adrian Hirsch
Thanks to a relationship between Kent City Elementary and Grand Rapids Civic Theatre, 179 students and family members got to attend a production of...

Young CyberArtists Click, Drag, Create

Kent City Adrian Hirsch
Learning to use a computer mouse and printer may not sound like creativity skills, but for elementary students designing action scenes and mandalas out...

Eight-year-old Combats Cold Weather for Others

Kent City Adrian Hirsch
As third-grader Addisyn Robinson traveled with her mom to the hospital to see her grandfather, she repeatedly saw homeless people on the street. She...

Showing Respect for Community’s Veterans

Forest Hills Charles Honey
School districts across Kent ISD marked Veterans Day in ways big and small on Wednesday. Here’s a sample of how a few schools honored...

Cooking Up Support for Library Improvements

Kent City School News Network
Chatting was far down the list of priorities for Jack Swanson on a recent Saturday morning. The retired Kent City Community Schools principal/teacher arrived at...

One for All, All for One

Kent City School News Network
Morgan Ogden puzzled over what her family crest should include. She knew it needed to contain an animal that demonstrated strength, colors that conveyed...
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