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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

School shooting protests provide teachable moment on touchy topic

Wyoming Erin Albanese
Wyoming Junior High eighth-graders read and discussed different perspectives -- right, left and center -- on the Second Amendment, gun rights and what measures should be taken to stop mass shootings

Beatboxer busts growth mindset rhymes

Caledonia Erin Albanese
“(Blake) demonstrated what can be accomplished with a positive, growth-mindset attitude and plenty of perseverance,” said Principal Sean McLaughlin

Deeply rooted in community, retiree helps plant trees and love of reading

Kelloggsville Erin Albanese
Retired Forest Hills media specialist Jim Ward works to support reading and good schools in his community of Kelloggsville
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Video featuring parents encourages more to get involved

Powered by Parents Erin Albanese
Parents’ voices unite in an uplifting video that shares their experiences in the district and encourages others to get involved

New play includes many firsts

Wyoming Erin Albanese
Student cast members say the play has allowed them to go deep into character development, while recognizing strong themes of isolation, anxiety and abandonment
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Is this school haunted? Time to call the ghost ferreters!

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese
The rewards of a summer filmmaking experience are (not grimly) being reaped by Lee students who spent a week last June creating a 10-minute short film, as part of the school’s first summer Movie Making Extravaganza class

Teens gather messages for Parkland peers, say they must speak up

Wyoming Erin Albanese
The Wyoming High students said they wanted to reach out to Florida peers who experienced the Feb. 14 mass shooting at their school

Students become engineers to design games, including Black Panther and the Brooklyn Bridge

Byron Center Erin Albanese
Design-thinking, meet science, technology, engineering and math. In all three of the district’s elementary schools, students are busy inventing by using a step-by-step process that allows them to develop products like real designers would

Teachers help teachers take it to the next level at Van Andel Education Institute

All Districts Erin Albanese
Mastermind is a group of West Michigan teachers, principals, social workers and other educators who have met monthly at Van Andel Education Institute this school year, working together to overcome challenges common to many of them

Local educators on school shootings: ‘Arming teachers is not the answer’

All Districts Erin Albanese
Kent County teachers and principals agree more must be done to stop mass school shootings, but say arming teachers is not the answer. More resources for mental health counselors and stricter firearms requirements are needed to keep students safe, they say

Board begins search for new superintendent, seeks public input

Caledonia Erin Albanese
The Caledonia Community Schools Board of Education has officially begun the search for a new superintendent, and is asking community members to answer a...

Filipino ESL student is still learning, and loving it, at age 84

Kent ISD Erin Albanese
At age 84, Susan Domeier likes to spend three hours, two evenings a week in her English as a Second Language class. Her native language is Tagalog, and though she has spoken English for decades, she wants to improve her vocabulary and conversational skills

Caledonia school board hires interim superintendent

Caledonia Erin Albanese
Newly named interim Superintendent Dirk Weeldreyer recently retired as head of Fennville Public Schools

Technology turns biography reports into multimedia efforts

Wyoming Erin Albanese
After researching and writing about historical figures and famous people, third-graders recorded their work like mini-broadcasters

Hispanic families struggle with uncertainty about Dreamers’ future

Multi Districts Erin Albanese
Students who are Dreamers, among about 700,000 young people nationwide who arrived to the U.S. as children of undocumented parents and are enrolled in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, wonder if they will be able to go to college or secure financial aid. They feel betrayed by the system

Retiring police chief says teen sessions will continue

Multi Districts Erin Albanese
James Carmody has made it a priority to give high school students a voice at the table. Every week he meets with students, rotating between Wyoming, Godwin Heights, Lee and Kelloggsville high schools
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