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Second-graders take festive field trip to Frederik Meijer Gardens

Rockford Riley Kelley

Roguewood Elementary second-graders visited Frederik Meijer Gardens’ Christmas & Holiday Traditions exhibition.

Initiative aims to double enrollment in career & technical education by 2030

Kent ISD Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

An ambitious county-wide initiative aims to increase the number of students taking classes that teach them career skills and prepare them for the workforce.

Salmon lessons are going swimmingly at Lakes Elementary

Rockford Riley Kelley

Third-graders at Lakes Elementary are raising salmon through a program offered by the DNR.

Touched by tragedies, social worker educates families on safe gun storage

All Districts School News Network

Social worker Eunice Benavidez, who’s lost family members to gun violence, talks about a safe gun storage initiative she leads at Kelloggsville Public Schools.

Threats to schools: real or hoaxes?

Multi Districts Alexis Stark

Following a school shooting in Georgia, school districts locally and statewide saw an increase in threats this fall – many of them false.

State of the Student tackles four big topics

All Districts Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Area students were center stage at the annual “Listen. Learn. Lead.” event to share their thoughts about mental health, school safety, engagement and belonging.

High-schoolers talk mental health with education leaders, legislators

Multi Districts Erin Albanese

What can schools do to support student mental health and make connections? Students shared their thoughts on how and why it’s so important to them.

Ensuring the ‘right to read’: library advocates recognized

Rockford Riley Kelley

Three Rockford library leaders have been recognized by the Michigan Association of School Librarians.

No cell phones in class? It’s a good thing, student and principal say

Podcasts School News Network

Five years after Forest Hills adopted a policy severely restricting cell-phone use during the school day, we talk to a student and principal about how that’s working out.

At Meadow Ridge, engagement & enthusiasm lead to success

Rockford Riley Kelley

Rockford’s Meadow Ridge Elementary is one of 12 National Blue Ribbon schools designated this year in Michigan, and here’s why.

Preparing a plan for fire safety

Rockford Brett Atwood

Fire safety was the lesson of the day for first-graders at Parkside Elementary School, where students learned about prevention from a Rockford Fire Department firefighter.