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Why do most schools start before Labor Day? Several reasons

Multi Districts Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Middle college programs are the main reason Kent ISD seeks a post-Labor Day waiver for all local school districts. But there are others.

Making middle school ‘the absolute best it can be’

Kent City Beth Heinen Bell

While Curt Gerbers is a familiar face at Kent City Middle School, he’s taking on a new role as principal this year. SNN gets to know him better in this edition of Meet Your Administrators.

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.

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.

Plant-based learning ‘sprouting like crazy’ in elementary greenhouse

Kent City Brett Atwood

In Kent City Elementary School’s greenhouse, kids learn about hydroponic farming, nutrition and everything in between.

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.

New manufacturing hub means more space, more students

Kent ISD Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Kent Career Tech Center’s new manufacturing hub brought together four programs, each in larger spaces: welding, engineering, precision machining and mechatronics.

Celebrating environmental education, one plant or pollinator at a time

Caledonia Alexis Stark

The Groundswell Stewardship Initiative student showcase featured projects from over 25 West Michigan schools, celebrating hands-on environmental teaching and student-led, community-based stewardship.

Art club mural reminds peers how to be ‘GREAT’

Kent City Beth Heinen Bell

A wall at Kent City Elementary School will soon be adorned with a GREAT reminder of how to treat others and act responsibly, thanks to some student artists.

For pro swine handler, it’s all about family bonding

Kent City Beth Heinen Bell

Macy first got a pig of her very own to care for when she was 3; now this eighth-grader is an expert at raising and showing pigs.

Suburban-rural swap illustrates similarities, differences between high schools

Kent City Beth Heinen Bell

What happens when students from rural and urban schools switch places? Students from Kent City and Kelloggsville recently took part in a first-of-its-kind “student swap.”

Phalanx formations teach an ancient lesson in human ingenuity

Kent City Beth Heinen Bell

Classical ancient history can be hard for today’s seventh-graders to imagine, so their teacher taught them how to prepare for an authentic Greek “battle”... in the gym.

Educators and business leaders team up to help build school-to-work pipeline

Kent ISD Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Kent County educators and business leaders explore how to make students more aware of possible careers and connect them to job opportunities.

Bespoke shoe biz signals successes to come

Kent City Beth Heinen Bell

This creative sixth-grader has started his own shoe customization business and YouTube channel to help him achieve the goal of higher education.

Student’s winning artwork will benefit his whole school

Kent City Beth Heinen Bell

A fifth-grader’s artistic prowess has not only won him statewide accolades, but will also benefit his classmates at Kent City Elementary.

Third-graders visit Capitol, examine real laws

Kent City Beth Heinen Bell

Various state laws came under intense scrutiny recently as third-graders dug into a social studies unit on Michigan’s government.

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