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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

Scrub up, it’s time for English 

Grandville Beth Heinen Bell
On nonfiction surgery day at Central Elementary, third-graders get to dress up as a medical professional and perform surgery on “patients,” otherwise known as nonfiction magazines. 

Varied interests, goals, all nurtured at school

Kent City Beth Heinen Bell
Junior Amy Sytsma is a talented mathematician and budding engineer who is also heavily involved in the creative arts. School News Network spoke with her about her dreams for the future.

‘I really want to be a teacher’

Grandville Beth Heinen Bell
Grace Kloeckner is a fifth-grader at Central Elementary School. School News Network recently talked with her to learn more about her dreams for the future and how her teachers provide inspiration.

Bulking up on their biology skills 

Grandville Beth Heinen Bell
Which bear will win Fat Bear Week 2023? These biology students put together a scientific claim to answer the question based on the evidence they discovered.

Grandville keeps it local with new school name

Grandville Beth Heinen Bell
The new name for Grandville’s renovated intermediate school building is steeped in history.

Extracurricular fair offers students open invitation to ‘find their people’

Grandville Beth Heinen Bell
The high school’s very first extracurricular fair gave students a chance to meet new people and discover new opportunities to get involved.

‘The universe just has its way of aligning’

Grandville Beth Heinen Bell
John Wondergem attended fourth grade at West Elementary, and later taught fourth grade in the very same classroom. Now, he’s the school’s new principal.

‘It feeds me,’ says teacher-artist 

Grandville Beth Heinen Bell
By day she’s a biology and chemistry teacher at Grandville High School. By night and on weekends, and, really, all the time, she’s an artist — and now, an ArtPrize finalist. 

Welcome, class of 2036

Grandville Beth Heinen Bell
The Grandville Education Foundation recently celebrated the district’s newest young Bulldogs by hosting a kindergarten tailgate. 

Travel-loving, pizza-eating, action movie fan to students: ‘I’ll always believe in them’

Grandville Beth Heinen Bell
Joe Scotto is the new principal at Grand View Elementary School. SNN gets to know him in this edition of Meet Your Administrators.

What’s in a (school) name?

Grandville Beth Heinen Bell
Have you ever wanted to name a school? Now’s your chance; the deadline is Sept. 8.

‘Seeing the world through the eyes of someone else’

East Grand Rapids Beth Heinen Bell
Whether it’s reading ancient Greek texts in their original language or discovering how one’s native language can affect perspective, everything about linguistics is intriguing to this recent graduate...

They wrote the book on world travel

Cedar Springs Beth Heinen Bell
Fifth-graders at Cedar View Elementary collaborated on a book project by researching, illustrating and writing about a place each wanted to visit someday...

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...
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