Launching another school year is a reason to celebrate for families gathered at enrollment events, registrations, open houses and community parties.
Godwin Heights Public Schools recently held a kindergarten through eighth-grade Enrollment Extravaganza at the high school, welcoming new students and embracing returning ones, while serving hotdogs, chips and punch as part of festivities. Kentwood Public Schools ended summer with a bash at a community party at Bailey’s Grove Park, where teachers invited families to eat, participate in fun activities and take advantage of school-supply give-aways.
Read about and see how one school group in Cedar Springs connected to their future students.
![The Falcon mascot greets students](https://snn-images.schoolnewsnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/24145658/18295fdefb2a97685ad4b2677b92009c_f7897.jpg)
![Endeavor Elementary School fourth-grade teacher Sheree Bos hugs Pinewood Middle School seventh-grader Sonia Franks](https://snn-images.schoolnewsnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/24145657/de904b24d4a5c75f82b9e04c733d205f_f7898.jpg)
![Students have plenty of room for soccer, bouncing on an inflatable and getting wet in the sprinklers at the Kentwood community party](https://snn-images.schoolnewsnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/24145657/7f8b1a2eeaf51d85b1adf467aba58b9d_f7899.jpg)
![Siang Lian, a Young Fives student, spins a wheel for a prize with mom, Ngun Tint](https://snn-images.schoolnewsnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/24145656/2ebefa6b128d4321f613dc9a13aa3957_f7900.jpg)
![Kentwood Public Schools sixth-grader Olivia Openshaw celebrates in school colors](https://snn-images.schoolnewsnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/24145656/a93d8f15280584d6cac2f8d7dba331a6_f7909.jpg)
![Mom Hasiba Sejdinovic helps daughters Ajla and Adelina pick out free books](https://snn-images.schoolnewsnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/24145656/a4448cc0fd86a82853aaa2a453deaa74_f7910.jpg)
![Students play carnival games for school supplies](https://snn-images.schoolnewsnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/24145655/1e6f95bf49aff3ca7210aae05c68ac18_f7903.jpg)