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Students Take to the Air with New Radio Station

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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...

Pink Arrows Provide Strength, Hope for Those with Cancer

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Shelby Offrink wheeled her way toward an ocean of pink, pushed along in her wheelchair by her husband, Ben, younger daughter Hazel on her...

Lowell Teacher Honored for Contributions to Math Education

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A Lowell Middle School teacher who uses journaling and project-based learning to help students see the usefulness of math was recently honored for her...

With Song and Support, Students Connect with Ugandan Orphans

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It's one thing to send money to an orphan halfway around the world. It's quite another to talk to him face-to-face, some Lowell third-graders...

From Genocide to College, Rwandan Refugee Student Keeps Faith Strong

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Editor's note: This is the seventh of a series about students who have had to overcome unusual challenges and hardships to graduate this spring. Moses Kabandana...

From Skinned Knees to Shoveling Snow, She Does it All

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When it comes to her role at Alto Elementary School, Vicky Pratt's philosophy is pretty simple. "If it needs to be done, I don't...

Hard Work, Leadership Pay Off for Student, Teacher at State FFA Convention

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When Emma Blough attended her first Michigan FFA Convention as a freshman, she knew she wanted to be a state officer. Small wonder, then,...

Children and Seniors Make Snowmen and Memories

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No sooner had two dozen first-graders arrived at a Lowell assisted-living facility than Albertine Schreur began telling a few of them about her life...

School Day or Snow Day? Driving in the Dark Helps Make the Call

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On a late January morning, Carol Hamilton was out driving at 3:30 a.m. to see just how bad the roads were around Lowell. Pretty bad,...

Embezzlement Case Raises Safeguard Issues for Schools

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As parent-run youth sports programs go, this one seemed to be thriving. More than 100 third- through sixth-grade girls competed in volleyball against girls...

Students Rewarded for Teen Driver Safety Campaign

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Jacob North knows of too many people his age killed in car crashes. "The ones that really hit home are the ones where we have...

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