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

Wyoming Bond Proposal to Fund Construction

Wyoming Erin Albanese

The Wyoming Board of Education is making a second attempt to get a construction bond request passed by voters, this time breaking it into...

Turning Up The Music in Wyoming

Wyoming Erin Albanese

A two-story, 12,000-square-foot band and choir area at Wyoming High School will add much-needed space for the school’s music programs. The high school in the...

First-Day Buddies

East Grand Rapids Erin Albanese

Lakeside Elementary School kindergartner Tyler Blake tried to pull his backpack out of his locker. It wouldn’t budge. “It’s stuck,” he told fifth-grader Ted Campbell,...

Middle Schoolers Join EGR’s Engage 1:1 Program

East Grand Rapids Erin Albanese

The first week of middle school in East Grand Rapids looked a little different than in the past. Middle school students lined up in...

Gleaming New Building Gives Comstock Park a Center for Arts, Athletics, More

Comstock Park Erin Albanese

The gleaming new Comstock Park Performing Arts and Athletic Center could be called a “gym-atorium” or “audanasium” or “cafe-gym-auditorium.” Certainly, the term “multi-functional” best...

Innovation High, Global Tech: Engaging Students in Real World Connections & Projects

Kent ISD Erin Albanese

World War II for sophomore Zach Jones became something real when he met veterans who remembered it firsthand. It brought the history lesson to...

Taking A Different Path

Kelloggsville Erin Albanese

The Rocket Learning Lab has launched. At a recent class, high school students worked independently on netbooks while others received face-to-face math instruction. Most were...

A New Line of Credit at Wyoming

Wyoming Erin Albanese

Talk about a head start. Wyoming High School students Max Kallemeyn and Gabby Menard plan to graduate with 60 college credits already earned and...

Press ‘n Go

Kentwood Erin Albanese

Buying lunch at Kentwood Public Schools will soon only take the press of two fingers on a scanner. A new biometric system, being phased...

Happy To Be Back

East Grand Rapids Erin Albanese

When Principal Linda Kehm says “Lakeside Elementary” in front of her students, the response is automatic: “Where kindness counts!” comes the chorus of voices. The first...

Superintendent Wright Returns with Big Plans

Kelloggsville Erin Albanese

Superintendent Samuel Wright is back at the helm of the district, challenged with increasing enrollment numbers and balancing finances. “I’m a rocket at heart,”...

From the Bottom Up: Scores Take a Jump

Kent City Erin Albanese

An increase in testing scores at Kent City High School, and a significant jumpin the state’s Top to Bottom school ranking, has district leaders...

ArtPrize Artist Helps Students Get Messy, Creative

Byron Center Erin Albanese

Markers, crayons and paint covered by more markers, crayons and paint created a whimsical, fun, sometimes messy art project for Nickels Elementary School students. “We...

Remembering the Rockets

Kelloggsville Erin Albanese

Former high school football teammates Rich Bolhuis and Dan Roeloffs did a little reminiscing about their glory days during the Kelloggsville High School football...

Wyoming Scouts Give Elementary Children a Nicer Place to Play

Wyoming Erin Albanese

When West Elementary School moved into the former Newhall Middle School building, students inherited a schoolyard never used by children in kindergarten through fourthgrade....

Marching Forward with Winning Band Director

Kent City Erin Albanese

“There’s our tempo, arms are up, one, two, ready and...” said Jonathan Schnicke, as the Kent City middle school band began its melody. Schnicke...

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