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Online story time, virtual PE keep students connected during shutdown

School 2.0 Charles Honey

'They need to see we’re smiling and happy and that we’re OK, and that they’re going to be OK too'...

Dance power: helping girls ’empower themselves and be themselves’

Rockford Charles Honey

EmpowHER ½ Hour meets once a week during recess to let young girls feel their strength through the joy of dance...

To Australia with love

Multi Districts Morgan Jarema

Area students are spearheading fundraisers to support those affected by bushfires in Australia that have been burning for months...

Band performs for fifth time at statewide music conference

Rockford Charles Honey

The Lowell Middle School eighth grade string orchestra and the Byron Center High School Jazz Orchestra also performed...

Students restore greenhouse for healthy food, tranquil space

Rockford Charles Honey

Students from a new health and wellness class helped transform a long-neglected greenhouse into a place providing healthy food and quiet reflection...

A creature to comfort students: ‘She brings me happiness’

Rockford Charles Honey

At North Rockford Middle School, a trained counseling assistance dog is helping students manage their stress, focus on their work and feel better about themselves...

He loves welding, building new things & fixing older things

Meet the Future Charles Honey

As a child he loved building things with Legos and wood, but as he got older he found working with metal to be even cooler...

Student leaders recognized with scholarships

Multi Districts James Harger

Three area high school students were awarded the $500 Helen Claytor Achievement Scholarship last month at the YWCA’s 2019 Tribute Awards ceremony...

Most districts allow phones, but with restrictions

Godwin Heights Charles Honey

An informal School News Network survey of public school districts in Kent County besides Forest Hills showed cell-phone use is generally not permitted in elementary schools, and only allowed under strictly defined conditions in middle and high schools...