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Beth Heinen Bell

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Beth Heinen Bell is associate editor, copy editor and reporter covering Northview, Kent City and Grandville. 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.

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...

Arctic ABCs and arithmetic

Grandville Beth Heinen Bell
A teacher’s creativity did more than just transform this second-grade classroom — it transported students to a new place...

Cake, like a boss

Cedar Springs Beth Heinen Bell
A baking and decorating competition brings out the best in Cedar Springs High School’s Food and Nutrition students...

Toy for the pool & nifty math tool

Grandville Beth Heinen Bell
A third-grade teacher’s unique use of YouTube and pool noodles is helping his East Elementary students conquer multiplication...

Fourth-grade classroom becomes crime-solvers HQ

Grandville Beth Heinen Bell
With surprise classroom immersions, such as a week of “crime-solving,” these West Elementary students are learning without even realizing it...

Lights, camera, learning, action!

East Grand Rapids Beth Heinen Bell
The young broadcasters put together a short newscast that the entire school watches on Fridays...

‘This is where I’m supposed to be’

Cedar Springs Beth Heinen Bell
“I’m all about being visible and welcoming people in,” says Cedar Springs High School’s new principal...

Former Chuck E. Cheese mouse brings the magic of relationships to school

Cedar Springs Beth Heinen Bell
Eddie Johns is the new assistant principal for Cedar Springs High School. SNN gets to know him in this edition of Meet Your Administrators...

Avid outdoorsman aims to be one of his generation’s change-makers

Grandville Beth Heinen Bell
This Grandville High senior and police officer-to-be is committed to showing integrity and serving the Grand Rapids community...

Reading growth spurt as measured by shirts

East Grand Rapids Beth Heinen Bell
Second-graders put some of their newfound reading skills to use reading words and phrases on their classmates’ shirts...

These two champions for students ‘feel the love’

Cedar Springs Beth Heinen Bell
Courtney MacDonald and Shelly Alvarez are the new middle-level assistant principals for Cedar Springs Public Schools. SNN gets to know them in this edition of Meet Your Administrators...
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