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Meet Your Administrators

Get to know the new leader in your school: This series captures the passions, personalities and goals of new administrators.

She has a love for growing plants, students and staff

Caledonia Alexis Stark

Camela Diaz is the new director of secondary education, a brand new position for Caledonia Community Schools...

Former umpire is now making calls at Rockford High

Rockford Allison Poosawtsee

A veteran teacher in Rockford Public Schools is now an assistant principal at Rockford High School...

Elementary administrative team off to strong start

Sparta Jane Lally

SNN gets to know the heads of Ridgeview and Appleview schools...

A lifelong love of education

Sparta Jane Lally

Ridgeview Elementary assistant principal Kelley VanVliet always loved school...

‘We take care of one another’

Byron Center Alexis Stark

Kris Vydareny is the new principal at Marshall Elementary School...

‘I am here for them through it all’

Forest Hills Carol Lautenbach

Fix helps students feel known, valued, and accountable by checking in, a lesson she learned when she was a middle school student...

She brings balance, laughter to dean position

Kelloggsville Sean Bradley

Marissa Lanser is Kelloggsville Middle School’s newest dean of students...

‘This is where I’m supposed to be’

Cedar Springs Beth Heinen Bell

“I’m all about being visible and welcoming people in,” says Cedar Springs High School’s new principal...

Former Chuck E. Cheese mouse brings the magic of relationships to school

Cedar Springs Beth Heinen Bell

Eddie Johns is the new assistant principal for Cedar Springs High School. SNN gets to know him in this edition of Meet Your Administrators...

Baton twirler, flautist wants to make students’ days

Forest Hills Carol Lautenbach

The new Central High assistant principal says teachers helped challenge her, helped her find her voice...

‘We’ve got to elevate the profession’

Kent ISD Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Dave Rodgers’ excitement about his new position at Kent ISD is tied to a concern for those who teach...

These two champions for students ‘feel the love’

Cedar Springs Beth Heinen Bell

Courtney MacDonald and Shelly Alvarez are the new middle-level assistant principals for Cedar Springs Public Schools. SNN gets to know them in this edition of Meet Your Administrators...

A lover of family who learns from her students

Meet Your Administrators Jane Lally

Longtime Appleview teacher takes over as assistant principal...

Geography whiz, avid reader, bilingual instructor

Grand Rapids Erin Albanese

This new assistant principal looks forward to dual-language instruction...

Students bring joy to new principal at Forest Hills Northern High School

Forest Hills Carol Lautenbach

Relationships are at the heart of Principal Amena Moiz’s Husky Pride...

Once short on credits to graduate, now an advocate for student success

Kent ISD Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Longtime student supporter Ron Gorman now champions all students as Kent ISD’s new assistant superintendent of instructional services...

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Her career path was laid in first grade

She helps students develop language, read, write & grow

Not just a volunteer, but ‘a piece of the library’

He is demonstrating how important English is in business

Partnership pairs high-schoolers with scientists for real-world research

Simulated crime ties science, critical thinking & data analysis

Opportunities abound at first in-house career fair

Partnership with Black-founded nonprofit brings dedicated learning space

Learning life skills ‘where life happens’

State of the Student tackles four big topics

High-schoolers talk mental health with education leaders, legislators

Student news crew interviews state superintendent

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