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Penguin Playrooms and Baboon Bedrooms

Kentwood Erin Albanese

One must think like a big cat when designing a tiger habitat. Where do you like to sleep and play? What keeps you safe?...

Pounding, Assembling, Constructing a Possible Future

Career Exploration Erin Albanese

When it comes to starting early in career exploration, Kentwood elementary students are hitting the nail on the head – literally. During a science, technology,...

In Honor of Those Who Served

Multi Districts Erin Albanese

Editor's note: Schools across Kent County observed Veterans Day with a variety of events. Here is a sampling. Byron Center Boys Scouts brought up the...

New Middle College Program to Provide Associate Degrees

Grand Rapids Community College Erin Albanese

A goal at the high school is for every student to receive college credit from at least one class before they graduate, said Evan...

Me and My Dad

Kentwood Erin Albanese

Hector Rodriguez sat with his daughters, Jocelyn, a kindergartner, and Aaliyah, a fifth-grader, munching on breakfast sandwiches and sipping juice. "I wish Pappi was here...

Seussical Features EKHS ‘Cat’ AND Low Sensory Performance

Kentwood Linda Odette

"It is fun to have fun, But you have to know how." - The Cat in the Hat, by Dr. Seuss Dr. Seuss knew how...

Girls ‘Inspired to do More’ at Tech Camp

Career Exploration Erin Albanese

Eighth-grader Hien-Tran Bui entered coding commands for her website focused on tips for putting on makeup. She had just learned the basics of site-building...

School of Too Cool Colorful Fish

Kentwood Erin Albanese

"We are all different fish but we all swim together!" shouted Discovery Elementary students, complete with hand motions. Hundreds of students at Discovery, Bowen, Meadowlawn...

Superintendents Support Students In the Face of DACA Decision

Godfrey-Lee Charles Honey

As a mother and grandmother, Teresa Weatherall Neal knows well the value of family. And as superintendent of nearly 17,000 Grand Rapids Public Schools...

Helping New Arrivals Help their Children

Kentwood Erin Albanese

New Meadowlawn Elementary School Principal Tim Hargis recognizes the traits of dedication and perseverance in his English-language learner families, and sees how hard parents...

Teachers Train Together to Help Close the Gap

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese

A fence illustration is often used to show the difference between equality and equity. Two pictures each show three children, one tall, one short and...

Sharing His Expertise with ‘Rising Teacher Leaders’

Kentwood Erin Albanese

While Michigan Teacher of the Year Luke Wilcox has already delved into his statewide responsibilities, he isn't forgetting the new crop of teachers at...

Teachers Stock Up on Class Supplies, with Help

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese

Wyoming's Parkview Elementary School teachers demonstrated their love for new school supplies at the Teacher Resource Store, where they left with cartloads of notebooks,...

From TV Producer to Teacher to Principal

Kentwood Erin Albanese

School: Meadowlawn Elementary Other positions you have held in education: I was academic support coach for all elementary buildings in Kentwood Public Schools. I've also...

Student Talent + Technology Tackle Pollution Problem

Kentwood Erin Albanese

A drone buzzed over the East Kentwood Freshman campus, snapping photos to document the path of water runoff from the school building to a...

So Long, Lunch Lady — But Not for Long

Kentwood Erin Albanese

Agnes Fischer bustled behind her serving station in the the East Kentwood Freshman Campus cafeteria. The fried chicken went fast and she grabbed another...

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