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Erin Albanese is managing editor and reporter, covering Kentwood, Lowell and Wyoming. She was one of the original SNN staff writers, helping launch the site in 2013, and enjoys fulfilling the mission of sharing the stories of public education. She has worked as a journalist in the Grand Rapids area since 2000. A graduate of Central Michigan University, she has written for The Grand Rapids Press, Advance Newspapers, On-the-Town Magazine and Group Tour Media. Read Erin's full bio

Library book talks are big hit with middle-schoolers

Kentwood Erin Albanese
The monthly event, a partnership with KDL, has drawn students in for books sessions for the past two years so they can learn about titles and check them out...

GRCC reopening Ford Fieldhouse, showcasing $8 million in upgrades

Grand Rapids Community College Erin Albanese
The 43-year-old building has been under construction since spring to revamp the facility for athletic teams, academic use and the community. The lower-level health club is open to the public for $225 per year...

Students earn credits, gain jobs through GRCC training program

Career Exploration Erin Albanese
After more than 600 hours spent learning to build houses, fix cars, take blood pressure and complete other skills needed for jobs available in West Michigan, 52 students graduated in December from the GRCC Job Training programs...

Have your fork and eat it too!

Byron Center Erin Albanese
As part of a competition, students help others learn to conserve by reducing plastic waste in the lunchroom...

Students can enter Gerald R. Ford Essay Challenge

All Districts Erin Albanese
The President Gerald R. Ford Student Essay Challenge is open to all 9th through 12th grade students. Entries must be received by March 11, 2019...

A Medley of Talent

Kentwood Erin Albanese
East Kentwood High School students recently performed a collage-style concert, which was filmed and edited by students in the Falcon News Network broadcasting class...

‘She’s one of us’

Empowering Abilities Erin Albanese
Her mother said she sees her daughter retaining information and communicating more and more. She wants to do things herself. ‘She wants to be little Miss Independent’...

Students deliver gifts to peers, fulfilling holiday wishes

Wyoming Erin Albanese
Students spent $1,500 in council funds to grant 40 of 70 wishes. Several students and teachers made wishes to give to others...

Educators connect students with workforce opportunities

Career Exploration Erin Albanese
Apprenticeships provide pathways to in-demand, high wage careers, a U.S. Department of Labor representative recently told high school students...

Something fishy going on in fourth-grade classroom

Kentwood Erin Albanese
Students begin a several-months project raising salmon from egg to release...

Students recognized on diplomas for biliteracy

Wyoming Erin Albanese
Michigan is one of more than 30 states to offer the seal. In Kent County, 113 students earned it, far more than any other Michigan county...

GRCC offers new certification in Supply Chain Operations Management

Grand Rapids Community College Erin Albanese
The community college is paving the way to equip people with introductory skills -- and meet the needs of employers -- to manage all facets of bringing goods from producer to consumer...

Figure this: numbers are like toys in Math Circle

Making Math Add Up Erin Albanese
‘It’s math for the sake of math – just for fun. In class you are taught math. Here you experience math’...

A gift fit for knights

Kentwood Erin Albanese
Brookwood Elementary School students were declared official Knights of the Realm for their respectfulness, responsibility, kindness and other traits that follow the Code of Chivalry, a moral system from the Middle Ages...

Rise Up!

Byron Center Erin Albanese
‘There is so much value in teaching the non-curriculum stuff. When it comes down to it, we are hoping we can produce good citizens of the world’...

Workforce training programs show big economic impact

Grand Rapids Community College Erin Albanese
A year ago, Elizabeth Jose Pena wasn’t sure what her next career step should be. “I was a lost individual... I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do with my life.” What a difference a fast-paced training program can make...
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