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Studio Artist Turned Teacher Makes Art Hands-On

Kentwood Erin Albanese
The handiwork of Kentwood Public Schools students is present in the faces of three American leaders who smile down from art teacher Jerry Berta’s...

‘The Coolest Thing in the World’

Kentwood Erin Albanese
Crestwood Middle School eighth-grader Jathurshan Jasinthan, who emigrated from Sri Lanka, spent five busy days this summer in Washington, D.C., absorbing the big-city sights...

Touring China Inspires Art, Builds Cultural Awareness

Kentwood Erin Albanese
East Kentwood High School teacher Adrienne DeMilner will lead her students this year in creating art inspired by a trip to China this past...

Teachers Share Expertise to Improve Learning, Their Own Teaching

Kentwood Erin Albanese
Crestwood Middle School psychologist Kathy Lennon was feeling surly. She was not about to listen to social worker Cathy DeHaan lead a session at...

High School Artists Beautify Hallways, Classrooms, Community

Kentwood Erin Albanese
Fireflies, ladybugs, stick-bugs and other crawly critters climb on numbers across walls at Kentwood Public Schools' Hamilton Early Childhood Center. Next to each of the...

Hey Teacher, How Did You Spend Your Summer Vacation?

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As choir teachers passionate about music, Jed and Mandy Scott found themselves in Nirvana this summer by studying under renowned choral composer Alice Parker. The...

‘Through Every Sense of the Word’ Garden Will Help Youngsters

Kentwood Erin Albanese
Hamilton Early Childhood Elementary Center special education teachers Julie Gaines and Sue Farnham recognize when their preschoolers are overwhelmed, need a break or could...

East Kentwood Teacher Named Among Nation’s Best in Science and Math

Kentwood Charles Honey
East Kentwood High School math teacher Luke Wilcox is one of only 108 math and science teachers in the U.S. selected to receive the...

Hallway-long Mural Honors Students, Recovering Principal

Kentwood Erin Albanese
In honor of East Kentwood High School students and Principal John Keenoy, who is battling cancer, art students recently unveiled a huge mural that...

Students Hatch ‘Sea Monkeys’ to Feed Fish in Science Classrooms

Kentwood Erin Albanese
Jonathon Haskill peered into the microscope at minuscule eggs as he described how he and his classmates have tested again and again the right...

‘You Can Be a Victim or a Victor,’ Homeless Coordinator Tells Teens

Kentwood Erin Albanese
Conversations between Aliya Armstrong and her students usually begin with the same question: "How are you doing?" For the students who show up in Armstrong's...

Students Cheer up Ill Teen with ‘Happy’ Lip Dub

Kentwood Erin Albanese
Cheering up a sick teenager recently involved a very happy project by Explorer Elementary fifth-graders. The Kentwood Public Schools students hung from monkey bars, sang...

Students Evaluate Themselves at Parent-Teacher Conferences

Kentwood Erin Albanese
During spring conferences at Kentwood Public Schools' Bowen Elementary School, fifth-grader Mia Johnson told her mother, Stephanie Mitchell, what she loves about school, her...

Student Leaders Dish Out Help at God’s Kitchen

Kentwood Erin Albanese
There's more to leadership than being in charge or leading a group, said Crossroads Alternative High School students as they scrubbed tables, prepared food...

Science Comes Alive with Community Engineers, Programmers, Experts

Kentwood Erin Albanese
From the science behind a beautiful smile, to forces of flight and how liquid nitrogen works, Kentwood Public Schools elementary students got see, hear,...

High School Tour Shows Girls Why STEM is Fun

Kentwood Erin Albanese
East Kentwood High School senior Jada Haynes peeled back the external layers of skin from a dead frog, showing fifth-grade student Lianna Newbeck its...
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