Erin Albanese

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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

New Middle College Program to Provide Associate Degrees

Grand Rapids Community College Erin Albanese

A goal at the high school is for every student to receive college credit from at least one class before they graduate, said Evan...

Sack Suppers, Popcorn, Fundraisers: She Does it All

Godwin Heights Erin Albanese

Every weekday at about 1:30 p.m., Sheila Gurd arrives at West Godwin Elementary School to deliver hundreds of sack suppers from Kids' Food Basket...

Healthier Options on the Menu

Caledonia Erin Albanese

In their new cafeteria, high school students stopped by a demonstration table to sample California rolls packed with sticky rice, cucumber, avocado and cooked...

What’s in the Water? Students Wade in to Learn

Kelloggsville Erin Albanese

Southeast Kelloggsville teacher Lynnea Roon lifted up a vial containing water that had turned abright blue, taken from a portion of Buck Creek that...

Dia de los Muertos a Celebration of Life

Multi Districts Erin Albanese

Schools throughout Kent ISD this week studied and celebrated Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), a a Nov. 2 holiday to honor the...

Students Put Design Thinking to Use with Voters

Wyoming Erin Albanese

To learn about an upcoming school bond proposal, high school business students are zeroing in on their neighbors by using the Design Thinking process. Challenged...

Wyoming Bond Vote Would Upgrade 50-Year-old Facilities

Wyoming Erin Albanese

Voters will consider a bond proposal Tuesday, Nov. 7 that, without raising property owners' current tax rate, would fund $79.5 million in district-wide improvements....

‘I Can Do Anything’

Byron Center Erin Albanese

There's a slogan used at Space Camp for visually impaired students that resonates with ninth-grader Brenna Stachnik: "Just because I can't see the stars...

Schoolyard Watershed Stewardship

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese

Oh, the creatures you’ll find in a creek! Early Childhood Center students shrieked as they discovered the tiny inhabitants of Plaster Creek. “I got something!...

New AP Courses Give Students Shot at College Credits

Kelloggsville Erin Albanese

A slate of four new Advanced Placement classes at Kelloggsville High School are giving students a taste of college rigor and the opportunity to...

Me and My Dad

Kentwood Erin Albanese

Hector Rodriguez sat with his daughters, Jocelyn, a kindergartner, and Aaliyah, a fifth-grader, munching on breakfast sandwiches and sipping juice. "I wish Pappi was here...

A Lesson in Philanthropy, Taught by 6th-graders

Caledonia Erin Albanese

How do you turn $2 into $8,500? Lemonade stands, cupcake sales, a backyard movie night, and peddling painted rocks and bracelets are just a few...

Stop, Collaborate and Listen

Byron Center Erin Albanese

Next to the statement, "I can make equivalent fractions," fifth-grader Amaya Davis checked a box that read, "I can do it myself" on a...

‘I show them another way, and another way, and another way’

Kelloggsville Erin Albanese

A bank was robbed. Fifteen suspects – all middle-school staff members – had their mugshots taken, each holding a dollar bill up to their...

Learning Garden Opens

Caledonia Erin Albanese

Kettle Lake Elementary students have a new place to appreciate the great outdoors while reading, performing skits and feeling the sunshine as they learn. Complete...

Hispanic Culture Celebrated a Lo Grande!

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese

The Mexican Hat Dance is perhaps cutest when performed by kindergarten, first- and second-graders, Early Education Center students demonstrated. Led by music teacher Tami Nelson,...

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