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

Byron Center Football Player Kicking to Fight Cancer

Byron Center Erin Albanese

Byron Center High School senior Hunter DeWindt is well on his way to raising his goal of $3,000 for children’s cancer research through football. The...

Cake Challenge Teaches Physics Concepts to Eager Judges

Kelloggsville Erin Albanese

Question: What tastes better, cake mixed by hand or with an electric mixer? Answer (as determined by Southeast Kelloggsville Elementary fifth graders): Both are pretty...

Community Hosts Drive for Teacher’s Baby

Byron Center Erin Albanese

Parents and staff members are joining forces Oct. 7 in a registry drive to help find a donor for a Byron Center teacher’s newborn...

Encouraging Community Reading with a Little Free Library

Wyoming Erin Albanese

Tracey Davis-Replogle has big plans for miniature free libraries: scatter them throughout Wyoming to motivate everyone to grab a book and read for enjoyment. "I...

Past the Finish Line: Ironman Race to Help Students

Byron Center Erin Albanese

Proving a will as strong as steel to give back to children in their community, two Byron Center Public Schools principals and a board...

School Lunches are Fresher, Healthier

Comstock Park Erin Albanese

The days of a greasy burger served with fries and a Cherry Coke for school lunch, followed by a mid-afternoon candy bar from the...

Student Lemonade Stand to Benefit Homeless

Byron Center Erin Albanese

When Reese Hurley decided to raise money to support a cause by having a lemonade stand, she rounded up her schoolmates, set up a...

Students Hit the Links After School Thanks to The First Tee

Kentwood Erin Albanese

When Bowen Elementary School fifth-grade student Breanna Scott took her turn putting, the golf ball rolled past the hole. Brendan Coallier, an intern for The...

New Shoes Help Students Start School in Style

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese

For Graciela Landa, receiving free shoes for her children from a Grand Rapids nonprofit organization was a big relief. Pregnant with her sixth child, Landa...

Collaborative Art with Haitian School Selected for ArtPrize

East Grand Rapids Erin Albanese

A mural that has traveled thousands of miles to unite children in East Grand Rapids and Haiti will have a prominent location for this...

Teachers Teach Each Other, Share Expertise

Kentwood Erin Albanese

East Kentwood Spanish teacher Rachael Ubaldo read the words “la tortilla Espanola” during a game of vocabulary bingo. “Oooh!” teachers said in unison as...

Volunteer Builds Robots to Teach Engineering

Wyoming Erin Albanese

Students on the Wyoming High School FIRST Robotics team explain their robots’ ball-launching mechanism with notes of pride in their voices as they talk...

Alternative School Reopens with New Name and Model

Kelloggsville Erin Albanese

Students at Kelloggsville’s 54th Street Academy stood in the hallway after lunch, joking and laughing. It was the second day of school, and they...

Beyond Computers: Teachers Dig Deep with ‘Tech Tool Smackdown’

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese

With online standardized testing coming down the pike, students as early as kindergarten using Google Docs and email, and districts integrating mobile devices more...

Van Andel Institute Experience Moves Students to Become Scientists

Kentwood Erin Albanese

In Van Andel Institute’s (VAI) research laboratories, scientists are constantly researching ways to improve human health and medicine. They examine cell reactions, cancer growth...

High School Baseball Coach Listedon Hall of Fame

Comstock Park Erin Albanese

Tim Johnson has been wearing his coach's cap for a long time, 28 years in fact, heading the varsity baseball team at Comstock Park...

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