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Students Should Have Fun Along with Learning, New Principal Says

Lowell Morgan Jarema

Name: Paul Papes School: Alto Elementary How do you pronounce your last name? PAY-pess. Everybody asks. What are your first priorities as Alto Elementary principal? My first...

Lesson One: Hold Your Tongue on the Car Ride Home

Lowell Morgan Jarema

For parents of school athletes, a few things are obvious: We love our kids, and we love it when they win. But we also...

After 31 Years of Teaching, It’s Tough to Walk Away

Lowell Charles Honey

Mike Fillman has said goodbye to his last class of fifth-graders, but he will carry their names and faces with him wherever he goes. Their...

Boxes of Brainpower Teach Students STEM Concepts

Lowell Linda Odette

The path to an engineering career for Lowell High Schoolfreshmen may be inspired by rat traps, Domino pieces, a miniature doll in a pink...

While Others Took Tests, They Tested Out Possible Jobs

Lowell Charles Honey

After taking a tour of Atomic Object, a software development firm run by smart young techies, Gina Ricards knew what kind of place where...

Anonymous Survey Seeks Info on Stressors, Health

Lowell Charles Honey

Not far below the surface of high-school life, with its tests and social pressures and family problems, lie a rash of mental-health problems: anxiety,...

Students Cap K-12 Career by Helping Others

Lowell Charles Honey

The project started with a question: How can we help sick children in the hospital? It led to a surprising answer: ChapStick. Four Lowell High...

Student Musicians Pumped to Play with Grand Rapids Symphony

Lowell Charles Honey

After her orchestra students tore through a rousing version of Aaron Copland’s classic “Hoe-Down,” director Wendy Tenney saluted the hard-working players. “That was awesome,” Tenney...

Real-World Study: Raising Money for Sierra Leone Schools

Lowell Charles Honey

Ben Fabiano has definite ideas on why his class is raising money to help build schools in Sierra Leone. “These kids don’t really know very...

Athlete, Academic, White House Advisor: Leighton Watson

Lowell Tom Rademacher

Ladies and gentlemen, keep your eyes on this young man. I’ve been wrong before, but something tells me the name “Leighton Watson” will surface down...

Students Take to the Air with New Radio Station

Lowell Charles Honey

Connor Smithee got hooked on radio in sixth grade. All it took was reading the weather report with Tommy Dylan and Brook Taylor on...

For Curious Third-Graders, Museum is the Perfect Classroom

Lowell Charles Honey

Megan McDonald gazed at a wide diorama of a Lake Michigan sand dune crawling with wildlife, and jotted this in her journal: “The job...

Student Tells U.N. about Lowell Youth Rotary, Community Giving

Lowell Charles Honey

The United Nations is not exactly new to Hayden Sutton. For the past two years he has competed in Model U.N., taking part in...

Youth RotaryMember to Speak at United Nations

Lowell Charles Honey

Some students get to meet the governor. Others might even meet the president. Hayden Sutton will meet the world. The Lowell High School junior has...

Kent ISD and Lowell Rock Orchestra Selected for Arts Advocacy Award

Kent ISD School News Network

Student musicians joined educators on stage Oct. 23 as State Farm representatives present a check to Kent ISD to fund the Rock Orchestra Arts...

Fallen Local Heroes Honored at Homecoming Game

Lowell Charles Honey

Lowell High School teacher Cari Slot wiped away tears after watching a video of her late brother-in-law, Trevor Parker Slot, on the Lowell football...

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