Kent City Archives - Page 5 of 15 - School News Network

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.

Districts bring in emergency coordinator

Multi Districts Riley Kelley

School districts in Region I have come together to hire an emergency response and safety coordinator to cover each district.

‘Feed the kids’

Kent City Allison Poosawtsee

Michigan’s new Meals for Schools program is taking a big weight off staff and families in Kent City.

Pursuing the law to help those in tough places

Kent City Allison Poosawtsee

This Kent City student is planning a career in law enforcement to help women and children in need...

Longtime area superintendent Mike Weiler remembered as trusting and caring leader

Kent City Ezra Craker

Influential educational leader leaves legacy of achievement and positive culture...

Local apple farmers help bring national Apples4Ed grant to elementary school

Kent City Allison Poosawtsee

Funds from local farmers and U.S. Apples Association provide funds for Kent City students to learn about healthy eating, grow fresh produce...

Immersed in learning

Multi Districts Dianne Carroll Burdick

Students from across Kent County presented on a showcase of topics at Grand Rapids Public Museum...

An investment in classroom stories

Kent City Allison Poosawtsee

School communities are used to seeing social media highlights of sports and other extracurricular activities, but Kent City wants to show off what’s happening in the classroom too...

Threat of school violence gets swift response in Kent City

Kent City Allison Poosawtsee

A new school resource officer answered the call to keep students safe during an active threat situation...

Intentional spaces inspire and connect students

Issues in Education Carol Lautenbach

Designing for today’s learning outcomes in yesterday’s school buildings comes with barriers and constraints that can be overcome with intentional and creative solutions...

Coming full circle

Kent City Allison Poosawtsee

Sofia Lopez is using her experience as an English language learner in high school to support EL students in the district...

In Kent City or Alaska, he’s a learner alongside his students

Kent City Allison Poosawtsee

An elementary teacher in Kent City is bringing his experiences teaching in the Arctic to connect with kids in his new classroom in Michigan...

‘Bookworms’ creates elementary word lovers

Kent City Allison Poosawtsee

With students writing poems and short stories unprompted at home, Kent City Elementary staff know something is working with their new ELA curriculum...

Area high school marching bands place well at state finals

Multi Districts Allison Poosawtsee

Kent County schools marching bands took to the field and ended the season on a high note...

Miss Basketball award-winner on how the sport shaped her life

Meet your future real estate agent, archaeologist & civil engineer

Teacher recognized for ‘excellence in Chinese teaching’

She’s in year 20, and ‘goes at it like year two’

Teachers knock over barriers by embedding literacy into science

Career unit helps prepare students for ‘life’s next step’

Students showcase talent & skill during ‘Musical Madness’

If their teacher can be an author, so can they

Superintendent: ‘Who we are’ is rooted in diversity, equity and inclusion

We ask students: What is high school like for you?

Young brains, big potential: From birth onward, special-ed services can make a lifetime of difference

What’s a transient luminous event? Student meteorologist explains

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