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‘Our Diversity is Our Strength’

Kentwood Erin Albanese
At Bowen Elementary School, students come from 26 countries and that's a reason for celebration. At the second annual Parade of Nations, 100 students, clad...

Six Teachers Seek National Board Credentials

Multi Districts Erin Albanese
Big names in teaching in Kent County – Michigan Teachers of the Year for 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 – have joined forces to share the...

Out of the Classroom and Into the Garden

Kentwood Erin Albanese
After touring the Richard & Helen DeVos Japanese Garden at Frederik Meijer Gardens in Grand Rapids Township, high school art students found peaceful places...

Knowing Students Comes First for Teacher of the Year

Kentwood Erin Albanese
Question: If there are 100,000 teachers in Michigan, what is the probability of being named the state's Teacher of the Year? Answer: The probability cannot...

Kentwood’s Luke Wilcox Named Michigan Teacher of the Year

Kentwood Erin Albanese
Math teacher Luke Wilcox, who is credited with playing a large role in creating a culture of success at East Kentwood High School, is...

Learning From a Master

Kentwood Linda Odette
Senior Hadassah Babura learned from one of the best April 20 when she took part in an art class taught by Chris LaPorte. The...

Mind Sports Roundup

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Editor's note: Academic competition season is upon us! In Mind Sports Roundup, School News Network will be running roundups of events including Odyssey of...

Students Do Battle with ‘Bots, Steampunk Style

East Grand Rapids Erin Albanese
Busy 'bots, moving gears and quick-thinking pilots converged at the For Inspiration & Recognition of Science & Technology (FIRST) Robotics district finals at East...

Growing Produce from the Ground, er, Air Up

Kentwood Erin Albanese
Discovery Elementary fifth-graders are growing up –– with leafy, green plants on their Tower Garden. Bib and gourmet lettuce, basil, rainbow chard, peppers and...

Signs of Understanding

Empowering Abilities Erin Albanese
Senior Nathan Ketchpaw uses sign language with big motions –– wide arms, a broad grin. His favorite sign? "Lion," he demonstrates, running his hand...

Fifth-grade Author Keeps Turning Out New Fiction

Kentwood Erin Albanese
In colorful markers, Oummu S. Kabba neatly wrote "O.S.K," adding a smiley face inside the "O," during her book-signing event at Barnes & Noble...

Drive-up DNA Lesson Delivers STEM to School’s Front Door

Kentwood Erin Albanese
Inside a 40-footmobile classroom parked outside their school, Southwood Elementary students got to the "true core" of their food -- its basic building blocks...

Teachers’ Turn to Learn

Forest Hills Erin Albanese
This year, nearly 1,000 K-12 school leaders in 45 states and 38 countries signed up to participate in Shadow a Student Challenge. It's a...

Helping Hands for the Youngest Newcomers

Kent ISD Erin Albanese
Kentwood resident Van Cung told representatives from about a dozen local organizations what the Kent ISD early childhood program, Bright Beginnings has meant for...

Board Member’s Bywords: Grit, Growth and Giving Back

Kentwood Erin Albanese
If Kentwood Public Schools Board of Education Vice President Allen Young was standing in front of a classroom, he would tell students to never...

Reversing Academic Decline: How One School Did It

Kentwood Erin Albanese
East Kentwood High School teachers have always known that wonderful things go on inside their school. Theirs is the most diverse in the state,...
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