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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

Whodunit? Freshman Piece Together Decades Old Mystery

Kentwood Erin Albanese
The suspects left puzzle pieces: footprints and fingerprints around the bodies outside the Slater-Morrill Shoe Company. East Kentwood Freshman Campus students eyed the evidence in...

Godfrey-Lee Board of Education Trustee Elected in Tie-Breaker

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese
It all came down to a random draw to determine who would win the tie to serve a six-year term on the Godfrey Lee...

Volunteer’s Design Skills Help Make Stage Magic

Wyoming Erin Albanese
The wooden structures stood sturdy in Wyoming Public Schools' Dan Heintzelman auditorium. Greg Brooks and a crew of workers added final pieces to what...

Community Celebrates Principal with a Scholarship

East Grand Rapids Erin Albanese
While retired Lakeside Elementary School Principal Linda Kehm read the storybooks "Piggy Pie" and "Mucky Moose," students knew every word by heart and the...

Governor Visits Kentwood, Talks About Early Education Investment

Kentwood Erin Albanese
The state's investment into early childhood education programs has resulted in 830 more children in Greater Grand Rapids attending tuition-free preschool this year compared...

Beyond Reading and Writing: School Nurses Serve Main Point of Contact for Many Low-Income Students’ Medical Needs

All Districts Erin Albanese
Editor's Note: The Burden of Poverty: A Backpack of Heartache is a continuing series examining the problems poverty creates for students and their families, plus the schools...

Dental Team Saving Teeth, School Days, in Districts with High Need

All Districts Erin Albanese
Editor's Note: The Burden of Poverty: A Backpack of Heartache is a continuing series examining the problems poverty creates for students and their families, plus the schools...

Students Launch ‘Rocket Review’ Broadcast to Unite Students

Kelloggsville Erin Albanese
When it comes to school pride, a crew of high school students is owning it by getting behind the camera to film and celebrate...

Teacher of the Year Shows Students the Impact Art Can Have

Byron Center Erin Albanese
In Janine Campbell's Byron Center West Middle School art classroom, a student molded clay into masks; another created a cardboard tree from aluminum; others...

Time Capsule Opened with Lesson in Culture and Lifestyle Spanning Generations

Byron Center Erin Albanese
Opening a time capsule filled 30 years ago brought back long buried memories for Byron Center Middle School’s 1984 sixth-grade class, from their affinity...

Wyoming Girls Drive Robot to Semi-Final Finish

Wyoming Erin Albanese
Manning, or (wo)manning, the Wyoming High School robot resulted in a semi-final finish at a special Girls Only First Robotics competition at Bloomfield Hills...

Newcomer Students Pitch in to Trunk or Treat

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese
Families with their little goblins, ghouls, princesses and Power Rangers received bags full of goodies donated by neighborhood businesses during Trunk or Treat at...

Student Describes Experiences, Obstacles of Living in Poverty

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese
Lee High School senior Jordan Lovett headed to cross-country practice after her final class of the day. Along the way, she stopped to listen to...

Principal Stresses ‘Education Is the Road Out of Poverty’

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese
As a child growing up in inner-city Chicago, Kathryn Curry had friends who were at school one day and gone the next, after their...

TEAM 21 Connects Students with Mentors, Fun

Wyoming Erin Albanese
With their hands covered in flour, Yeriel Francis-Estrada and his friends measured two cups and plopped them in a bowl for a science experiment....

Students Trained to Work the Polls

Comstock Park Erin Albanese
Training as an election inspector inspired Comstock Park senior Donavin Perrin to register to vote, and he plans to cast a ballot Nov. 4. "I...
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