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Schools, organizations step up to feed students, families

All Districts Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Area schools continue to provide free grab and go meals at regular distribution events and community partners are helping to fill in the gaps to make sure everyone is fed during a very challenging time...

Students switch to Zoom for traditional visit to senior home

Lowell Beth Heinen Bell

Students at Murray Lake Elementary didn’t want to miss the chance to spread holiday cheer to their senior neighbors, even though they couldn’t visit in person...

Bond projects making progress in Lowell

Lowell Beth Heinen Bell

Contractors at TowerPinkster have been busy at Lowell schools this fall, making progress on the bond projects passed by voters in 2019...

Education foundation awards 16 teacher requests for funding, totaling nearly $12,900

Lowell Beth Heinen Bell

Some $12,000 in available grant funds remain, and may go to spring mini-grants or to fund requests that arise this year due to COVID-19 uncertainty...

This trail leads to kindness

Lowell Beth Heinen Bell

More than 300 student-painted rocks were hidden along the trailway near school as part of an elementary orienteering lesson...

Secondary schools go back to hybrid for three weeks

Lowell Beth Heinen Bell

Lowell Middle and High schools are returning to a hybrid learning schedule beginning Monday, Nov. 2...

Major factor in school closings: evidence of virus spread

All Districts Erin Albanese

While the Kent County Health Department is working hard with superintendents to keep schools open, sometimes closing is the best way to mitigate spread...

COVID-19 cases prompt two-week closing of middle school

Lowell Charles Honey

Lowell Middle School has been closed for two weeks due to an outbreak of COVID-19 cases, moving to online instruction...

Just one fire ant in a flood

Lowell Beth Heinen Bell

Craig Veldman is the new principal for Cherry Creek Elementary School. School News Network gets to know him better – and learns a little bit about fire ants, too – in this edition of Meet Your Administrator...

The year of learning differently

Multi Districts Beth Heinen Bell

SNN asked a sampling of students from across the county how it’s going for them so far in a school year of multiple instruction models...

District conducts contact tracing after high school student tests positive for COVID-19

Lowell Beth Heinen Bell

On Tuesday, Sept. 1, Lowell Area Schools received notification from the Kent County Health Department that a student enrolled at Lowell High School had tested positive for COVID-19...

Education ‘a family thing’ for new interim superintendent

Lowell Beth Heinen Bell

Nate Fowler is the new interim superintendent for the 2020-2021 school year at Lowell Area Schools. School News Network sat down with the lifelong educator to get to know him better in this edition of Meet Your Administrators...

In class, online, both? Parents, students wrestle with choices

Back to School 2.0 Karen Gentry

Students, parents, teachers and others share their feelings about the start of this school year...

Lowell Area Schools taking a hybrid approach to fall

Lowell Beth Heinen Bell

Interim Superintendent Nate Fowler is overseeing a complex return-to-school plan involving both online and hybrid in-person options...

Sinking fund renewed, funds facility improvement

Lowell Erin Albanese

Voters approved the renewal of a building and site sinking fund Tuesday, with unofficial results tallying 3,264 yes and 2,065 no votes...

Two local districts ask voters to approve funding proposals

Multi Districts Charles Honey

The Cedar Springs and Lowell school districts are going to voters Aug. 4 with proposals to improve buildings, grounds and educational technology...

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