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

Public Education Advocate Stresses Need for Schools to Support Each Other

Kent ISD Erin Albanese

Improving the perception of public education requires being a champion for all schools, said national advocate John Draper. "If you are sitting in a teacher's...

Retiring Custodian a “Superhero Listener”

Wyoming Erin Albanese

Many who have walked the halls at Oriole Park Elementary School know Bob Pickard is a superhero. To students who have inquired about this cleaning-carted...

Students Unleash Imaginations at Summer Theatre Camp

Byron Center Erin Albanese

For the performance of “The Time Machine” third-grade student Isaiah Predman’s self-assembled costume was a pirate outfit with a rainbow-colored clown wig for his...

Senior Learns Politics at National Level, Brings Experience Back to School

Kelloggsville Erin Albanese

While Hasani Hayden represented a “senator” during the recent American Legion Boys Nation event, he considered what kind of bill to write. He thought...

Kentwood Students Make Gains in Learning While Having Fun in ARCH Summer Program

Kentwood Erin Albanese

Soon-to-be fifth graders Amaree James, Jerreh Saidykhan and Jordan Steffen dug for a buried clue in the dusty dirt of Meadowlawn Elementary School’s baseball...

Teacher Looks to Bring Metal Slides Back to Playground

Grand Rapids Erin Albanese

When Grand Rapids Public Schools moved its Oral Deaf Program from Shawnee Park Elementary School to Ken O Sha Elementary last year, one thing...

Band Teacher of the Year Challenges Students Beyond Typical Level

Kentwood Erin Albanese

There was a happy vibe in band teacher Jim Ross' Pinewood Middle School band room. While playing clarinets, flutes, drums, saxophones, trombones and other...

Wyoming School Entrances to Become Secured This Summer

Wyoming Erin Albanese

Construction will take place this summer to secure entrances at Wyoming Public Schools' eight school buildings, a project Wyoming Superintendent Tom Reeder said is...

TEAM 21 Funding to Restore Cut Programs

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese

For Claribel Ortiz, having a place for her four children to go after school and in the summer while she works helps a lot. She...

Districts Continue to Make Cuts, Tap Savings to Cover Budget Holes

Kent ISD Erin Albanese

After a decade of teacher and staff concessions, slashed programs, layoffs, shuttered schools and consolidated services, Kent County school districts continue to struggle to...

Students Help Community Garden Grow Bigger and Bigger

Kelloggsville Erin Albanese

Bean trellises, fruit trees and brightly painted bowling balls are among new additions to the Kelloggsville Community Garden, where students recently planted seeds, spread...

Student Writers Awarded Grant for Field Trip

Kelloggsville Erin Albanese

Kelloggsville student Chandler Pham took a break from sprucing up a path through the woods to consider his role with several classmates in bringing...

Students Create Mural for Drop-In Center

Kelloggsville Erin Albanese

Ivory Perez' world in mural form depicts possibilities for her future, she explained while painting a car, music notes, mountains and the sun bordered...

Crowd of Volunteers Work to Beautify Schools

Wyoming Erin Albanese

More than 250 volunteers from Grand Rapids First Church spent a summer week improving Wyoming Public Schools' buildings in any way they needed it,...

Students Explore Science in Water, Woods and Teacher’s Yard

Byron Center Erin Albanese

"Mr. V! Mr. V!" Countryside Elementary fourth-grade students shouted over and over again, excited about their discoveries, from frogs to plants to mouse skeletons. It...

Dogs on a Dash

Byron Center Erin Albanese

Byron Center elementary and Nickels Intermediate School students worked their way up to finishing a 3.1 mile run this spring. More than 500 students...

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