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

First Pride Patrol Honoree ‘Like a Second Mom’

Byron Center Erin Albanese

There’s a boy under the table in paraprofessional Sandy Slentz’s reading group. He’s reading a book like the other students in class, but he’s...

When Kindness, Compassion Trumps Grades, Touchdowns

Wyoming Erin Albanese

About Wyoming High School sophomore Bryan Rosello Lizardo: "His peers describe him as someone who helps other students when the teachers are busy... dedicated,...

Helping Parents Build Brighter Futures through Home Visits, Play

Classrooms for All Erin Albanese

Three busy boys play at Van Cung and Nzun Chin's house, pushing around trucks and bouncing on the couch. Staci Zuspann, Bright Beginnings parent educator,...

Hot Jobs in West Michigan

Kent ISD Erin Albanese

At the Health Sciences Early College Academy, students practiced drawing blood on a fake arm, providing range-of-motion therapy and taking one another's blood pressure....

Company Reps Introduce Sixth-Graders to STEM, Skilled Trades Careers

Kentwood Erin Albanese

Crestwood Middle School sixth-grader-turned-builder Roshan Kami and his business partner classmates scrambled when their clients said they wanted an already-installed window moved from the...

How Does Imagination Boost Vocabulary?

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese

Godfrey Elementary School English language-learner teacher Jackie Wearing's students were learning vocabulary during the Swoop reading intervention program. Their challenge: to end this sentence:...

Social, Medical Services Extend to Schools, Homes

Godwin Heights Erin Albanese

Godwin Heights High School senior Cameron Gray overheard a classmate telling Kent School Services Network community coordinator Duane Bacchus that he needed new shoes....

Move More, Do Better in School

Comstock Park Erin Albanese

Things got moving fast recently in Stoney Creek Elementary School teacher Heather Paparella's second-grade class. Students were stretching, jumping and dancing. Students were taking a...

Connecting Civil Rights Movement to Today’s Issues

Byron Center Erin Albanese

Nickels Intermediate School sixth-graders related Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech with friendship, freedom and speaking up for each other during...

App Class Breaks Boundaries of Paper, Motion, Art

Byron Center Erin Albanese

There's more than meets the eye in teacher Greg Reinstein's classroom. Known as "Stein's World," the class appears artsy and tech-y all at once,...

The Weight of the Test

All Districts Erin Albanese

Taking the PSAT left Kent Innovation High School sophomore Anna DeBraber feeling stressed, frustrated and as if the years of work in class and...

Computer Fields Beckon Girls to Great Careers

Kent City Erin Albanese

Rachel Bowman likes robots so much she wants to own a robotics company someday. She spends half her school day in the Information Technologies...

Five-star Preschool Makes Parents a Priority

Kelloggsville Erin Albanese

Kelloggsville Early Childhood Center preschoolers Kamron Atkinson and Aidan Palmer tried to build a wooden ramp, complete with cardboard tunnels, for a ball to...

When Calling Students Out is a Very Good Thing

Wyoming Erin Albanese

Wyoming Junior High seventh-grader Siana DeJesus doesn't like to be the center of attention. But it felt pretty good to be honored with purple...

When Being a Nerd is ‘More Than OK’

Comstock Park Erin Albanese

Being a "nerd" at Comstock Park High School is about doing what you enjoy, taking pride in being smart and sharing quirky passions with...

1,800 Bikes Find Their Home for the Holidays

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese

Santa Claus delivered for children in the Godfrey-Lee Public Schools district area in the days before Christmas, with six semi-trailers filled with 1,800 free...

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