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Beth Heinen Bell

Beth Heinen Bell
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Beth Heinen Bell is associate editor, reporter and copy editor. She is an award-winning journalist who got her professional start as the education reporter for the Grand Haven Tribune. A Calvin University graduate and proud former Chimes editor, she later returned to Calvin to help manage its national writing festival. Beth has also written for The Grand Rapids Press 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

Same family, different major goals

Twins Christian and Xander both have big plans for the future, yet you won’t find them working together. We recently spoke with the pair about their (very individual) dreams and how their school is helping them get there.

‘I need to teach. I need this job, here in this place, with these students’

English teacher Betsy Verwys calls her job at the Northview Next Career Center the hardest, but most rewarding, teaching job she’s ever had. We asked what motivates her to keep returning to the classroom after 25 years.

Making middle school ‘the absolute best it can be’

While Curt Gerbers is a familiar face at Kent City Middle School, he’s taking on a new role as principal this year. SNN gets to know him better in this edition of Meet Your Administrators.

Fourth-graders mark year’s end with horses

Century Park Learning Center students took their reading and volunteer skills to a therapeutic horse center as they discovered new ways to learn outside the classroom. 
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