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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.

‘My kids are counting on me’

Kent City Beth Heinen Bell

In conjunction with SNN’s first decade of education reporting, we sat down with teacher Amber Powell to talk about her first 10 years in education: the changes she’s seen, the new perspectives she’s gained and the dreams she has for the future.

Built for balance? Observe, predict, test, adjust

Kent City Beth Heinen Bell

How do squirrels balance so well, and why can’t humans do the same? These third-graders got to test some theories in STEM class.

Already thinking page count & merch

Kent City Alexis Stark

Fourth-grader Xavier Beiter isn’t waiting until he grows up to pursue his passion of writing and illustrating comic books.

Using inchworms to help learn about, um, inches

Kent City Beth Heinen Bell

These handmade math tools are very precise, thanks to precise measurements by some second-graders and a little help from the inchworm.

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