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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. 

Trust us, this book-based contest was delicious

Kent City Beth Heinen Bell
There’s nothing like a holiday project that involves the whole family, especially if it also gets kids thinking about reading. 

Lettuce lessons: Third-graders learn about hydroponic farming

Kent City Allison Poosawtsee
Kent City third-graders tour an indoor hydroponic farm and give culinary advice.

‘No day is the same, and that’s why I enjoy it’

Kent City Alexis Stark
Passionate about reading and watching her second-graders grow, Monica Moore hopes to teach in Kent City her entire career.

Varied interests, goals, all nurtured at school

Kent City Beth Heinen Bell
Junior Amy Sytsma is a talented mathematician and budding engineer who is also heavily involved in the creative arts. School News Network spoke with her about her dreams for the future.

Want student behavior to change? Make them teach it

Kent City Allison Poosawtsee
Can TikTok help middle- and high-school students learn how to behave in school? They say yes. 

Filling students’ buckets with praise

Kent City Allison Poosawtsee
Kent City schools are shifting their approach to behavior management through a new system that clearly communicates, models and praises positive behaviors

Kent City superintendent talks safety, new initiatives

Kent City Allison Poosawtsee
Learn more about what’s new for the 2023-24 school year in Kent City Community Schools. 

Region I emergency coordinator now on the job

Multi Districts Riley Kelley
John Wittkowski, emergency response and safety coordinator for Region I schools, brings 28 years of law enforcement experience to his new position. 
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