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Students Learn From the Fruits of Their Labors

Wyoming Erin Albanese
Five young apple trees grow outside West Elementary School. They are the beginnings of the Beverly Bryan Community Orchard, which could someday flourish with...

Sharing Her Music to Feed Body and Soul

Student Leaders Erin Albanese
Playing piano moves Becca Hanson's soul. That's why she makes it about something bigger than herself. She likes to share that feeling – indulgent,...

Superintendents Support Students In the Face of DACA Decision

Godfrey-Lee Charles Honey
As a mother and grandmother, Teresa Weatherall Neal knows well the value of family. And as superintendent of nearly 17,000 Grand Rapids Public Schools...

Teachers Train Together to Help Close the Gap

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese
A fence illustration is often used to show the difference between equality and equity. Two pictures each show three children, one tall, one short and...

Buck Creek Hunter, Master Ear Wiggler, Life-long Wolf

Meet Your Administrators Erin Albanese
School: West Elementary Other positions you have held in education (title, school, district, state): Sixth-and-seventh-grade social studies teacher at Jackson Park Junior High School 9th...

First Day Festival

Wyoming Erin Albanese
The entire staff of educators started the school year with a morning of celebration last Monday at Grand Rapids First Church, in Wyoming. The fanfare...

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,...

Six Teachers Seek National Board Credentials

Multi Districts Erin Albanese
Big names in teaching in Kent County – Michigan Teachers of the Year for 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 – have joined forces to share the...

‘Make a Place Better Than When You Got There’

Reading & Writing with Rademacher Tom Rademacher
It's not so much that Wyoming High School graduate Mirnes Kukic is bound for Harvard University as it is the personal qualities that surface...

For Immigrant Families, ‘There’s a Lot of Fear’

Wyoming Erin Albanese
Kent School Services Network coordinator Erika VanDyke wasn't sure what the turnout would be for a recent Know Your Rights event for immigrants at...

Shooting for the Top

Grads with Grit Erin Albanese
Donnie Alford owns his past with a perspective on where he comes from, where he is today and why it all matters that seems...

A Year in America, and Then Some

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

A Boost for Bicycle Safety, with Cheers

Wyoming Erin Albanese
West Elementary School second-grader Max Troche plans to wear his brand new helmet when he rides his green and black bike this spring. "I'm excited...

Settling Conflict by Settling Minds with Connective Art

State of the Arts Erin Albanese
With colorful petals radiating from a bright orange center, the mandala Circle of Art rug represents the universe and all its connectivity. For members of...

Mind Sports Roundup

Forest Hills School News Network
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,...

Students Tackle Tough Topics with Police

Wyoming Erin Albanese
It was a question teenagegirls of color don't often get to ask white police officers. "What do you think of the Black Lives Matter...
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