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Team builder, champion shaper wants athletes to be their best
She comes to the district after five years as women’s basketball coach at Ferris State University...Two-stepper, avid reader owes career to her first-grade teacher
Jenn Shultz is the new Emmons Lake Elementary School principal. SNN gets to know her in this edition of Meet Your Administrators...Just one fire ant in a flood
Craig Veldman is the new principal for Cherry Creek Elementary School. School News Network gets to know him better – and learns a little bit about fire ants, too – in this edition of Meet Your Administrator...This student leader aspires to inspire
His advice: seize all opportunities, reach out to others...
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‘These kids just really want to be singing’
Determined to bring back choir in a safe manner, this teacher made changes to her classes based on the latest scientific research and best practices by fellow teachers...Marching on
The plan is to continue regular rehearsals and to host a number of community events, to be determined...Virtual career exploration a hit with students
The district helped shape the online program, which is now being used to varying degrees by a handful of area schools...Celebrating senior singers with a final concert, virtually
Over 120 choral students in grades 9-12 will join voices in a virtual choir to celebrate the graduations of about 45 senior singers, in a prerecorded concert to be posted on the Rockford Choirs YouTube channel...
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Bus drivers work as daytime cleaners during pandemic
It’s also a plus to have familiar faces around school...‘These kids just really want to be singing’
Determined to bring back choir in a safe manner, this teacher made changes to her classes based on the latest scientific research and best practices by fellow teachers...Teaching from a distance: ‘they have to learn to be patient’
Lana Tran, a 26-year district teacher, is in her regular classroom this year, but behind a locked door. Her 18 students are at home, their parents having chosen distance learning...‘Ner-cited’ to be back in person
After spending the first couple weeks in virtual school, fifth-grader Jakiyah Johnson said she knew as she entered through the doors of North Godwin Elementary on Sept. 14 that this year was going to be great...
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