All Districts

Young brains, big potential: From birth onward, special-ed services can make a lifetime of difference

Northview

Career unit helps prepare students for ‘life’s next step’

Godwin Heights

First-time history competitors advance to state level

Grand Rapids

‘Taking flight’: District shares plans for new school building

GRPS has shared designs for a new school, set to open in fall 2027 as the new home for Aberdeen Academy and Palmer Elementary students and staff.

Northview

Meet your future real estate agent, archaeologist & civil engineer

We spoke to three sixth-graders toward the end of a career unit to see what dreams they have for their future, and how this unit may have helped shed light on those ideas.

SNN Video Features

Kentwood

‘I’m going to wave my flag’: Parade honors students from many nations

An annual event in Kentwood Public Schools, students celebrate where they come from in the Parade of Nations.

Lowell

Into the wild: young adventurers test survival skills

Rockford

The zoo comes to you

Northview

Fourth-grade Choristers come together in song

Kent ISD

Concert empowers students to move to the music

EDUCATION EVERYWHERE

Plenty to do for spring break in West Michigan

Education Everywhere School News Network

From an author visit to an illuminated trail of lanterns, families staying in town during break have lots of options to choose from.

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Museum offers themed days for spring break

Education Everywhere School News Network

Families taking a “staycation” can visit the Grand Rapids Public Museum for special theme days, including paleontology, baseball and LEGO, through April 13.

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ISSUES IN EDUCATION

Growth continues in free-to-all preschool program

The Great Start Readiness Program continues to add classrooms in anticipation of future growth.

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Students showcase talent & skill during ‘Musical Madness’

Kelloggsville

‘I’m going to wave my flag’: Parade honors students from many nations

Kentwood

What is the non-homestead tax, and who pays it?

All Districts

Elementary students join kindness movement

Wyoming

News BRIEFS

May 6 ballot proposal asks voters to renew non-homestead operating millage

Caledonia

Museum offers themed days for spring break

Education Everywhere

Students with disabilities invited to experience butterfly exhibit & gardens

Education Everywhere

District seeks input by April 3 on potential November bond proposal

Byron Center

District unveils designs for planned high school expansion

East Grand Rapids

Making Headlines

Comstock Park

For real, she dances a fine reel

This second-grader gets a kick out of Irish step dance.

Student Voices

Kentwood

Student journalists look at what’s next for tech in West Michigan

Falcon News Network checks out GVSU’s technology plans in a recent broadcast.

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