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Student Writings for Theatre by the Numbers: A Sampling

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Student submissions from Nancy Hoffman’s Advanced Theatre Arts Class, highlighted in the related story: The Play’s the Thing; So’s the Writing "Side Effects" by Heaven...

The Play’s the Thing; So’s the Writing

Northview Charles Honey

A lengthy short story from the mind of Eliot King comes to life onstage in a powerful pantomime by Marissa Schutter and Donovan Fletcher....

Can’t Keep A Can-do Man Down

Reading & Writing with Rademacher Tom Rademacher

It took the better part of four years for Mike Alanowski to get his foot in the door as a full-time employee in the...

Getting it All on Film and Dreaming Big

Northview Charles Honey

If you want to know a bit about David Tay and the pride he takes in his school, watch this video. It’s a lip-dub he...

Make Art, Then Prosper

State of the Arts Charles Honey

When Tricia Erickson was a little girl, her mother found her drawing pictures of Yogi Bear and his cartoon friends Tricia watched on TV....

Making Monster Art: More Fun than Scary

Northview Charles Honey

Children sometimes worry about monsters lurking under their beds. But when Aaron Zenz projected their imagined monsters onto a big screen, East Oakview Elementary...

New Specialist Will Serve Needs of the ‘Whole Child’

Northview Charles Honey

Each summer, James Vanden Heuvel visits youth camps in Kent and Mason counties. As a consultant for the state of Michigan, he makes sure...

Teachers Stock Up on Class Supplies, with Help

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese

Wyoming's Parkview Elementary School teachers demonstrated their love for new school supplies at the Teacher Resource Store, where they left with cartloads of notebooks,...

Crunch Time for Number-Crunching

Northview Charles Honey

Juggling scads of numbers doesn’t really bother Heidi Piela. After all, it’s her job as accounts payable/pupil accounting specialist for the district. But her...

Diploma: ‘I Feel Like it Changed My Life’

Grads with Grit Charles Honey

Tyler Zahnke sat down at his musical instrument – aka, his Toshiba laptop – and proceeded to open a wonder-box of sounds. He called...

Student Journalists See the Real Deal in TV Newsroom Visit

Northview Charles Honey

Staff members of the recently revived high school newspaper, The Roar, got some real-life field experience when they met with several members of the...

Concert Honors Legacy of Band Program Directors

Northview Charles Honey

The high school band program recently hosted eight current and former directors in a concert honoring their legacy. In a program titled "Heroes, Mentors, and...

Students to Drivers: Put the Phone Down!

Kent City Charles Honey

The image looms high above southbound U.S. 131, just north of the Burton Street exit -- a tear falling from a teen girl’s eye,...

Approval Would Help Class Sizes, Classroom Materials and College-Career Prep

Northview Charles Honey

On May 2, voters in the Kent ISD region will be asked to approve a 0.9 mill tax for local school districts, generating $211...

Music Inspired by Favorite Children’s Books a Big Hit

Northview Dianne Carroll Burdick

Students from all three Northview elementary schools got to hear stories in song form thanks to Emily Arrow, a singer/songwriter from Nashville, Tennessee who...