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

Graduates Return to Share Wisdom With Current Students

Comstock Park Erin Albanese

During his first two years as a U.S. Naval Academy cadet, 2013 Comstock Park High School graduate Miguel Nava faced new challenges: bootcamp, juggling...

School Embraces Concept That Leadership Can Be Taught

Wyoming Erin Albanese

Parent Matt Stowe is used to hearing leadership lingo at home from his daughter, Kalani, a third-grader, and son, Nathan, a seventh-grader. They've practiced the...

Hallway-long Mural Honors Students, Recovering Principal

Kentwood Erin Albanese

In honor of East Kentwood High School students and Principal John Keenoy, who is battling cancer, art students recently unveiled a huge mural that...

Art Instruction Spans the Century for Third-Graders

Wyoming Erin Albanese

Wyoming Public Schools Oriole Park Elementary third-grade students bookended the school year with lessons in art history, touring the Grand Rapids Art Museum during...

Forest Hills Takes Top Honors at Odyssey of the Mind World Event

Forest Hills Erin Albanese

Danny Burns just can't resist adding the 'Dun, dun, dun!' sound effect when he talks about the costume he donned for the Odyssey of...

Odyssey of the Mind Unfolds as Epic Adventure

East Grand Rapids Erin Albanese

Dan Delano's head pops up in the top window of the cardboard castle. The East Grand Rapids Middle School student flops a very long...

‘Three, Two, One, Liftoff!’

Byron Center Erin Albanese

Byron Center West Middle School eighth-grader Ellise Pierson situated her bottle rocket atop a tripod, readying it for launch. She and classmate Luke Feuerstein had...

Thanks to Gift for Retired Educator, Newcomer Students Tour Museum

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese

For Tuppin Hauschild, a Grand Rapids Public Museum field trip was a way to introduce Lee Middle and High School immigrant students to the...

First Group of Students Completes Innovation High Program

Kent ISD Erin Albanese

There was the time Kent Innovation High School student Anna Reynolds' group surveyed the community on their knowledge of human trafficking. Or the time...

Teacher Provides Opportunity for Learning in the Great Outdoors

Byron Center Erin Albanese

Byron Center Public Schools Countryside Elementary School students reeled in bass, examined snapping turtles, dissected owl pellets, and feasted on s'mores and hamburgers at...

Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers: Special Needs Students Shine Onstage

Wyoming Erin Albanese

With superhero capes to go with their super-wide grins, Oriole Park Elementary students sat in a circle, passing around an invisible "whoosh" from person...

Senior’s International Efforts to Help Others Influence School Culture

Comstock Park Erin Albanese

Emily Macalka sees parallels between helping people in the Dominican Republic and her volunteer work in the Comstock Park High School special education classroom. Both...

The Ties That Bind: African-American Seniors Support Younger Boys Through Connections, Necktie Lesson

Kelloggsville Erin Albanese

Kelloggsville High School senior Marcus Dumas remembers looking up to his brother and other older students when he was in middle school. Their positive...

Students Leave Their Mark Through Artwork

Wyoming Erin Albanese

Wyoming High School senior Lordia DiPiazza has left her signature, and it's in the form of a smiling face looking toward the future. Lordia, an...

Community Members Pack Suppers to Feed Students in Need

Byron Center Erin Albanese

To serve students in Byron Center Schools, about 40 volunteers recently helped pack 402 food bags, 223 summer fun bags, over 300 snack packs...

Students Hatch ‘Sea Monkeys’ to Feed Fish in Science Classrooms

Kentwood Erin Albanese

Jonathon Haskill peered into the microscope at minuscule eggs as he described how he and his classmates have tested again and again the right...

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