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

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Cedar Springs Beth Heinen Bell

This spring break, French students are headed to France in a first-of-its-kind trip for Cedar Springs...

Rockford Public Schools names veteran educator as new superintendent

Rockford Beth Heinen Bell

Dr. Steve Matthews comes to Rockford after leadership roles in Novi, Grand Ledge and Troy...

Mr. Blue Sky is living here today, one might infer

Rockford Beth Heinen Bell

Inferring is when you use your background knowledge to gather new evidence from the text, and then use that all to find the meaning of what you’re reading, Meadow Ridge second-graders learned...

Never fear, Eureka student inventors are here

Cedar Springs Beth Heinen Bell

If 'Shark Tank' comes calling, these Cedar View fourth-graders are ready with their unique inventions and a practiced public pitch...

Looking fore-ward to the future

Your Dream is Our Dream Beth Heinen Bell

This series brings you conversations with students about their dreams and the educators who ignite and inspire them...

Board to interview four candidates for Rockford superintendent

Rockford Beth Heinen Bell

After receiving 18 applications from across the country, the Rockford Public Schools Board of Education is ready to interview candidates for the district’s top post...

Taking her own advice & trying something new

Cedar Springs Beth Heinen Bell

Cassandra Chartier is the new director of preschool and Campus Kids programs for Cedar Springs Public Schools. SNN gets to know her in this edition of Meet Your Administrators...

A sound investment in reading comprehension

Lowell Beth Heinen Bell

The features 'help you understand what you’re reading about,' these third-graders explain...

Nationally ranked in jiu-jitsu, she’s more than ‘pretty good’

Cedar Springs Beth Heinen Bell

This sixth-grader is fast becoming a pre-teen powerhouse in the sporting world of Brazilian jiu-jitsu, earning national rankings and competing with teens nearly twice her age...

Car enthusiast, shutterbug, entrepreneur

Rockford Beth Heinen Bell

Like many, this high school junior sought new ways to keep busy during the early days of COVID-19 shutdowns and quarantines. He’s now the owner/photographer of Mitten Project, a car photography business...

New middle school wing offers spacious, light-filled classrooms

Lowell Beth Heinen Bell

After a year of construction, the new seventh- and eighth-grade wing at Lowell Middle School opened for business on January 3...

Big shoes to fill, but ‘things can be different, and it can be OK’

Rockford Beth Heinen Bell

Korie Wilson-Crawford is ready for the challenge of leading a district unfamiliar with leadership changes...

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Waving the green flag of learning

Grandville Beth Heinen Bell

In this STEM classroom, racing handmade wooden dragsters is a highlight of the fall, but a lot of work goes into getting the cars race-ready...

Classroom turns escape room, with a Spanish twist

Lowell Beth Heinen Bell

The activity was funded through a grant from the Lowell Education Foundation...

New scholarship honors longtime superintendent

Rockford Beth Heinen Bell

The Rockford Education Foundation has established a new scholarship for graduating high school seniors in honor of Rockford Public Schools’ longtime, retiring superintendent...

Fitnesspalooza boosts minds, bodies, one another

Cedar Springs Beth Heinen Bell

A mental and physical wellness day in Cedar Springs taught sixth-graders how to cope with stress and advocate for their peers...

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