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Student wins second straight grand prize in Congressional Art Competition

Multi Districts Cris Greer

Northview senior Nick Ensing captures second straight grand prize in ArtFest 2019, the Congressional Art Competition for Michigan’s 3rd district...

Students win prizes for short videos about compassion

Multi Districts Charles Honey

Two local students made moving videos about caring and compassion, and were amply rewarded for their artistry...

For some students, graduating takes five or six years — ‘and that’s OK’

Multi Districts Erin Albanese

Districts including Kentwood, Grand Rapids and Wyoming face distinct challenges in their four-year grad rates, partly because of their large immigrant/English-language learner populations. But they are making progress under the radar...

‘Only so much time, and so much to see’

Multi Districts Hannah Lentz

This year’s event featured 116 employers showcasing more than 150 careers. Among the more than 10,000 students at DeVos Center, 300 were from the Kenowa Hills district, the most of any in Kent County...

EGR voters asked to renew & restore full rate for non-homestead property tax levy

Multi Districts Morgan Jarema

Area voters will also see tax requests from six other school districts next Tuesday including Byron Center, Kelloggsville, Kentwood, Lowell, Rockford, and Sparta...

Inadequate funding – even in affluent districts – still short-changes students

Issues in Education Charles Honey

It’s not just poorer districts feeling the pain from Michigan’s inadequate school funding, officials say. Higher-income districts are also pinched by the funding formula and having to make cuts...

Figuring out problems, not just learning about them

Multi Districts Morgan Jarema

Third-grade teachers in Sparta, Northview, Kentwood and Wyoming are participating this year in a pilot program that ties Next Generation Science Standards-aligned lessons with lessons in math and literacy...

Grant aims to ready middle schoolers for what comes after high school

Multi Districts Erin Albanese

Seventh-graders in four Wyoming school districts will receive tutoring, mentoring and career exploration opportunities via Grand Rapids Community College...

A powerful message for adolescent girls: ‘Love yourself every day’

Multi Districts Erin Albanese

Girls from Grand Rapids, Kentwood and Wyoming Public Schools spent a day focused on self-esteem, health and wellness and just being themselves...

How best to get the jump on college? Students give the lowdown

Multi Districts Erin Albanese

These days, students have multiple ways to get credit for college courses – and save college tuition – while still in high school. We asked a few from East Kentwood and Rockford high schools which options they chose, and why...

AP or early college? What’s a student to do?

Multi Districts Charles Honey

For college-bound students hoping to earn credits early and save on tuition, choosing the right kinds of courses for their particular programs can make a big difference...

Walking through the ‘door of opportunity’

Classrooms for All Hannah Lentz

Wyoming high school students Mounahinde (Terry) Almame and Rohim Mohammed visited Lisa Monroe and Jodi VanDam’s fifth-grade class to talk about their experiences as refugees...

In mixed millage results, approvals for five districts but setback for one

Multi Districts School News Network

While five local school districts won tax request approvals from voters, a defeat in Caledonia will cost the district more than $150,000 in revenue...

Politically engaged, though not all of voting age

Multi Districts Charles Honey

From canvassing for candidates to registering voters – or voting themselves – some area students have been active in the midterm elections...

Six school districts seek tax approvals on Nov. 6 ballot

Multi Districts James Harger

Voters in six Kent County school districts will be asked to vote on school tax proposals that can be found on the second page of their ballot Nov. 6...

Building a groundswell of support for fresh water

Forest Hills Hannah Lentz

They started the year as penpals. Now they have met and are working together to explore local water systems...

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