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Sidney Gardner held a ribbon against a yardstick, Madalynn Fulton extended a weight attached to the ribbon, and Carter Powell and Carlos Newman stood...

State Supe, Students Talk College, Careers, Languages

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State Superintendent Brian Whiston came to Rockford High School to find out more about its course offerings and what’s on students’ minds. He learned...

A Year in America, and Then Some

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In his year of study at Wyoming High School, Triet Vu learned a lot of things about America and its education system that were...

How Much Greener Can You Get? Emerald!

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Students and staff at Parkside Elementary wanted to go green in a big way. They ended up going past green, all the way to...

Pro Singers’ Visit Gives Students ‘An Idea of the Possible’

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Nicole Cocuzza took her auditorium seat, somewhat breathlessly, after having just taken a solo in the Chamber Singers’ rendition of “A Nightingale Sang in...

Mind Sports Roundup

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Editor's note: Academic competition season is upon us! Each week School News Network will be running roundups of events including Odyssey of the Mind,...

Ferris Adds Scholarship to Early College Advantage

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When Amanda Eslinger graduates from Ferris State University, she expects she’ll be looking for work as an optometrist. So knowing she will have already...

For Stressed Students, a Pooch Can be Calming

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It's probably one of the last places you would expect to see man's best friend, but Kim Heys thinks it could be the wave...

Touch of a Finger Replaces Paper and Pen

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Tommy Beaty had come to the Freshman Center to see a student read an essay she had written about him. But before he could...

A Bridge Between Late Childhood and Young Adult

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As nine Rockford Freshman Center students munched on tacos she provided, Assistant Principal Kelly Amshey threw them an open-ended question. "How are we doing to...

Jazz Bands Get Together to Play with a Pro

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The Northview High School Jazz Band is once again hosting a world-class jazz pro, but this time they’ll be joined by their fellow jazzers...

One for Every Child

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Teacher Tara Dzirbowicz puts a number on a projector screen for her fifth-graders: 0.75. Their task: write two other numbers with the same number...

There’s No Reining in This Student Leader

Reading & Writing with Rademacher Tom Rademacher

Once upon a time, there was a little girl of just 4 years old who lost her foot in a tragic accident involving a...

Freshmen and Seniors Share Music, Art and Chatting

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Residents of the StoryPoint senior living community in Rockford were treated to music and artwork compliments of Rockford Freshman Center students. Members of the...

The Sweet Spot of STRIVE

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Denae Gillean and Jennifer Olson have a nice and easy relationship, the kind that comes from swapping weekly text messages and picking up roadside...

‘We All Have Love to Give’

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Peyton Bradford has his eyes on another Connect Four victory as he drops a red checker into the yellow grid. Aaron Christensen, his adult...

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