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Students build skills via community coffee cart 

Lowell Meghan Gracy
Students from Lowell High School’s transition skills class practice vocational skills when they serve coffee, hot chocolate, snacks and more at Brody’s Be Mobile Café...

Voters in three districts approve tax requests

Multi Districts Allison Poosawtsee
Voters in Rockford, Lowell and Forest Hills on Tuesday, Nov. 8 approved millage requests for school operating funds and community recreation...

Students prepare, practice for first official votes

Lowell Meghan Gracy
Voting is a right of passage for young adults, and Lowell High School seniors are reviewing ballots, taking notes, and preparing to join the democratic process...

Lowell to ask voters to restore non-homestead operating millage

Lowell Meghan Gracy
Millage rates, property values and inflation all affect school funding, and Lowell Area Schools is looking to balance its budget with a proposed millage renewal...

Districts offer summer programs aimed at long-term gains

Multi Districts Morgan Jarema
Math, reading, stamina and overall wellness are among the targeted skills to be honed with summer programs...

A robust resource for the 21st century

Lowell Beth Heinen Bell
At Lowell High School, the library plays a key role in both instruction and curriculum...

To be her own boss

Lowell Beth Heinen Bell
This Lowell High School junior, a marketing student at Kent Career Tech Center, has big plans for her future...

Finding a way to help Ukrainian kids, through books

Lowell Beth Heinen Bell
Books may not seem like a priority during wartime when people are in need of so much, but some Murray Lake students wanted to do something more personal...

‘Oh, I can do this!’

Lowell Beth Heinen Bell
Experimenting with different types of drawing techniques gives these Lowell Middle School students confidence in their ability to create...

A sound investment in reading comprehension

Lowell Beth Heinen Bell
The features 'help you understand what you’re reading about,' these third-graders explain...

New middle school wing offers spacious, light-filled classrooms

Lowell Beth Heinen Bell
After a year of construction, the new seventh- and eighth-grade wing at Lowell Middle School opened for business on January 3...

Classroom turns escape room, with a Spanish twist

Lowell Beth Heinen Bell
The activity was funded through a grant from the Lowell Education Foundation...

Teaching the future teachers

Career Exploration Joanne Bailey-Boorsma
Kent Career Tech Center students get hands-on teaching experience as part of the new Teacher Academy program...

From coaching to educator, she’s inspired by listening to students and an empowering playlist

Lowell Beth Heinen Bell
Abby Wiseman is the new principal at Lowell Middle School. SNN gets to know her in this edition of Meet Your Administrators...

Kent ISD program ‘feeds my teacher soul’

Multi Districts Phil de Haan
Area teachers are taking part in a cohort model of professional development, and are returning to the classroom fired up...

Six feet apart, but closer than ever

Lowell Beth Heinen Bell
When the virus forced educators to change course, one Lowell teacher found a way to keep building community despite social distancing. Andrew Sargent shares his “Lessons of the Pandemic” story with SNN...
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