Charles Honey

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Charles Honey is an editor and also helps to develop series and issues stories for all districts. He is also producer of the SNN podcast, "Study Hall." 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. He 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.

Top Students Find a Real Challenge in ATYP

Kent ISD Charles Honey

Nineteen students hunch intently over their papers and scratch away with pens and pencils. Their English writing assignment this morning: In what way has...

Providing the Services Families Need – Right at School

Kent ISD Charles Honey

When Kenyana Gary brought her children to Sibley Elementary School two years ago, she had just been laid off from her job, recently divorced,...

Cedar Springs Writers Discover “Final Four” Not Just for Basketball

Cedar Springs Charles Honey

Unfortunately for Nicole Von Seggern, her classmates think she’s a darn good poet. That’s how the Cedar Springs eighth-grader found herself in the final rounds...

Dual Enrolled Northview Artist Seeks to Move Others

Northview Charles Honey

When Jessa Challa was in eighth grade, she took an oil painting class at Kendall College of Art and Design. For one assignment she...

Junior Gardeners Get Up Close & Personal with Honeybees, Vegetables, Beetles

Lowell Charles Honey

“How do you get into this thing?” That’s Leo Tavarone, a fourth-grader at Murray Lake Elementary School, as he tries to wiggle his way into...

Middle Schooler Builds Memories, Relationships in France Back to Back Program

Northview Charles Honey

Ask David Tay about the high points of his trip to France, and he’s liable to bring up the Eiffel Tower right away. “Just imagine...

Science Teacher Hikes Appalachia, Gains Inspiration

Kenowa Hills Charles Honey

The sign near the top of Mount Washington confronted Ray Byle like a park ranger in a bad mood. “STOP,” it read. “This area has...

Continuing a Family Legacy of Northview Graduates

Northview Charles Honey

When Katherine Steelman headed off to the Fashion Institute of Technology in mid-August, she took more than a few suitcases with her to New...

KSSN Supports Parents, Students – Even in Summer!

Cedar Springs Charles Honey

Caleb Cruz gazes at a computer screen showing a cartoon guy making sub sandwiches, taking orders by phone and frantically falling behind. “Looks like our...

Pink Arrow Pride Runs Deep

Lowell Charles Honey

Anna Organek stood before an auditorium full of her fellow Lowell High School students, describing what it was like to endure cancer as a...

Security Officer Provides Supplies To Students; Seeks To “Keep Them Out Of My Cruiser”

Rockford Charles Honey

Kelly Anglin-Noordewier never forgot how much a school binder meant to her when she was a child. She thought some of her favorite students...

First Year Teacher Preps for Success

Cedar Springs Charles Honey

It’s about halfway through her French 1 class and Mary Beth Hills is sitting on an exercise ball – one of the few times...

Chinese Students Focus of Pilot Program

Rockford Charles Honey

As West Michigan increasingly goes global, so do Kent County schools. Ten Chinese high school students are taking classes here this school year, five each...

Districts Seeing Red Over Michigan’s Color-Coded Accountability System

Kent ISD Charles Honey

When the state’s new color-coded School Accountability Scorecard rated Rockford Public Schools red – the lowest ranking – school district parents didn’t understand why....

Student Mural Highlights Lowell Section of National Scenic Trail

Lowell Charles Honey

Most people don’t know America’s longest National Scenic Trail goes right through Lowell. But thanks to some artistic Lowell High School students, a lot...

Feeding Hungry Students

Cedar Springs Charles Honey

As a school secretary, Robin DeLine notices the needs of students who walk into her office -- especially the hungry ones. One day she...

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