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Charles Honey is editor-in-chief of SNN, and covers series and issues stories for all districts. As a reporter for The Grand Rapids Press/mLive from 1985 to 2009, his beats included Grand Rapids Public Schools, local colleges and education issues. Honey served as editor of The Press’ award-winning Religion section for 15 years and its columnist for 20. His freelance articles have appeared in Christianity Today, Religion News Service and Faith & Leadership magazine. Read Charles' full bio

School Day or Snow Day? Driving in the Dark Helps Make the Call

Lowell Charles Honey

On a late January morning, Carol Hamilton was out driving at 3:30 a.m. to see just how bad the roads were around Lowell. Pretty bad,...

Rockford Director Chosen to Lead Statewide Honors Choir

Rockford Charles Honey

After conducting 95 of Michigan’s finest female singers, Mandy Mikita Scott said it was “like driving a Ferrari.” That’s how good the singers were,...

Student Reports News, Boosts Spirits at Cedar Springs

Cedar Springs Charles Honey

Embezzlement Case Raises Safeguard Issues for Schools

Caledonia Charles Honey

As parent-run youth sports programs go, this one seemed to be thriving. More than 100 third- through sixth-grade girls competed in volleyball against girls...

National Geographic Explorer Digs Science on the Seafloor

Rockford Charles Honey

After hearing a presentation by an adventurous National Geographic explorer, seventh-grader Mackenzie Johnson told her, "I really want to do what you do." Mackenzie's interest...

Northview Visit from Jazz Trumpeter “Bigger Than Music”

Northview Charles Honey

The Northview High School Jazz Band was wailing, but professional trumpeter Jon Faddis wasn't satisfied. "That sounds tired," Faddis told the ensemble members as they...

Students Rewarded for Teen Driver Safety Campaign

Lowell Charles Honey

Jacob North knows of too many people his age killed in car crashes. "The ones that really hit home are the ones where we have...

Providing Success Tools for the Littlest Learners

Cedar Springs Charles Honey

Richard Julien pushed his son Nicholas back and forth on a platform swing with a smile as big as his 3-year-old boy’s. Father and...

Mike Paskewicz: Student Champion in Chief

Northview Charles Honey

A buzz of excitement spreads through the classroom like an electric current as 24 fourth-graders await Mike Paskewicz’s permission to open their bright red...

Ready, Set, Teach

Kenowa Hills Charles Honey

The just-risen sun glows through the window as Grace Bollman walks into her classroom, room G121 of Kenowa Hills High School, and gets ready...

Parents Put Work into Play

Cedar Springs Charles Honey

When it comes to play spaces for their children, the Cedar Trails Elementary PTO really goes to work. The PTO’s parents pitched in financially and...

Pottery Students Complete Ceramic Mural

Rockford Charles Honey

Cyndi Len loves art. George Wilson loves books. They both love the movie “Pleasantville.” Thus was a mural born. The 1998 film is about two...

At Tech 21 Academy, Character Counts

Cedar Springs Charles Honey

It’s debate day in David Stuart’s world history class at Cedar Springs High School, and the topic is timely: Is America the best nation...

Personal Connections Make This Play a Huge Hit

Northview Charles Honey

More than 100 students watch, fascinated and without a sound, as a deaf and blind girl furiously wrestles on stage with her teacher. It is...

Hands on Hearts, Students Vow to Spread Kindness

Kent ISD Charles Honey

More than 50 high school students line up on one side of a school gym, ready to acknowledge the secret hurts of their lives. A...

Learning Takes Shape with Geometric Blocks

Kenowa Hills Charles Honey

Put a bunch of different-shaped wooden blocks in front of kids, and they’re bound to do goofy things with them. Second-grader Dylan Fischer, for...

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