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Beth Heinen Bell is a reporter (covering Cedar Springs, Grandville, Lowell and Rockford), editor, copy editor and social media manager. She is an award-winning journalist who got her start as the education reporter for the Grand Haven Tribune. A Calvin University graduate, she later returned to Calvin to help manage its national writing festival. Beth has also written for The Grand Rapids Press, Fox 17 and several West Michigan businesses and nonprofits. She is fascinated by the nuances of language, loves to travel and has strong feelings about the Oxford comma. Read Beth's full bio

Registration open for summer STEAM conference

Opportunities Beth Heinen Bell

Science on the Grand, a STEAM conference for educators put on by the Van Andel Institute for Education, will be held this summer on July 10 and 11...

Voters approve bond proposals, millage renewals in six Kent ISD districts

Multi Districts Beth Heinen Bell

Tuesday’s Election Day turned out to be a good day for education in Kent County, with voters passing bond issues, sinking funds and/or operating millages in all six districts with ballot proposals...

Bond proposals, millage renewals up for vote in six districts

Multi Districts Beth Heinen Bell

Voters in Caledonia, Comstock Park, East Grand Rapids, Grandville, Kelloggsville and Northview school districts will see school-related proposals at the polls on Tuesday. Learn more about what’s on your ballot...

Dual proposals to ask for operating fund renewals

East Grand Rapids Beth Heinen Bell

Voters in East Grand Rapids on May 2 will see two school proposals on the ballot; both millages would work together to ensure that the district can levy up to 18 mills in total...

$15.7-million operating millage on May 2 ballot

Grandville Beth Heinen Bell

Voters are being asked to renew for another four years. Taxes on primary residences are not affected...

History, US government teacher earns award

East Grand Rapids Beth Heinen Bell

An East Grand Rapids High School history teacher has earned recognition from the Daughters of the American Revolution...

Survivor: Grandville edition

Grandville Beth Heinen Bell

Move into the high school for a week? It’s all for a good cause...

A fifth-grader at heart

Cedar Springs Beth Heinen Bell

Sam Becker joined the Cedar Springs community last fall as the new principal at Cedar View Elementary. SNN gets to know him in this edition of Meet Your Administrator...

Isaac Newton never imagined this

Cedar Springs Beth Heinen Bell

What’s better than simply reading about Newton’s laws of motion? Students getting on a hovercraft and experiencing those laws of motion for themselves...

Student-organized college Q&A panel earns high marks

Grandville Beth Heinen Bell

It can be hard to filter out all the admissions jargon when trying to pick a college. So these high school students organized an event to ask alumni some of their burning questions...

Teacher shares holiday tradition with students

East Grand Rapids Beth Heinen Bell

“A big part of Chinese culture is that it’s shared,” and this teacher is doing just that at Breton Downs, in honor of the Lunar New Year...

Biggest individual donation ever will support mental health

East Grand Rapids Beth Heinen Bell

A record-setting gift is poised to make a significant difference in the mental health and well-being of East Grand Rapids students...

Thanks to Ariel, he’s part of that world

East Grand Rapids Beth Heinen Bell

A former student-turned-Disney artist shared his talents and advice with middle school digital art students, and shows it’s about more than following a dream...

‘They have a need; we have excess that we can share’

Grandville Beth Heinen Bell

More than 2,100 textbooks are on their way to schools in Liberia, thanks to the generosity of the Grandville High School community...

Helping, ‘in any way I’m able to’

Cedar Springs Beth Heinen Bell

Savanna wants to make an impact on the world with her work, and she sees writing as the best way to make that happen...

Students teach kindness, service to younger peers

East Grand Rapids Beth Heinen Bell

Breton Downs fifth-graders were in charge of Community Kindness Day, a schoolwide service project planned and led by students for local charitable organizations...

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