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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

Kelloggsville Cardboard Houses to Raise Awareness of Homelessness

Kelloggsville Erin Albanese
Kelloggsville students’ art project hit home in a real way. The cardboard houses they built mean something much larger than paint and cool designs. They...

Byron Center Win Time a Big Hit

Byron Center Erin Albanese
Byron Center High School sophomores Andrew Rellinger, Jesse Ursiny, Trace Horvath and Vinh Tran spent a recent Wednesday morning sitting in the school hallway...

Be Nice Initiative Encourages Positive Actions in Schools

East Grand Rapids Erin Albanese
“Be Nice” messages recently made their way from student to student at East Grand Rapids Middle School; a bold-lettered banner in the EGR high...

Committee Explores Tech, Building Improvements

Kelloggsville Erin Albanese
Kelloggsville parents and administrators toured other schools to review facilities and determine how their schools measure up to the opportunities provided students in neighboring...

A successful Odyssey

Caledonia Erin Albanese
Question: What do you get when you mix a Model T, legendary inventors, an electric eel and a tricky obstacle course? Answer: An Odyssey of...

Psychology Added to Growing List of GRCC Courses at Kent City High School

Kent City Erin Albanese
Psychology 201 will join the list of college courses available to Kent City high school seniors, which means students can graduate with a semester’s...

Hand2Hand Ministries Provide Students Food for Weekend

Byron Center Erin Albanese
 The backpacks hang, waiting in student lockers in the morning, then go home filled with nourishing food for the weekend. They are vehicles for feeding...

Byron Center West Middle School gets Weather Lesson from Teri DeBoer

Byron Center Erin Albanese
Byron Center West Middle School students learned the answers to some interesting questions about weather phenomena from meteorologist Terri DeBoer recently. “Who knows why...

Old Factory DOCK Hosts Students After School

Kelloggsville Erin Albanese
It’s 3 p.m. on a Thursday and students make their way from Kelloggsville Middle School across Division Avenue to The Dock, a place that...

From Immigrant to Valedictorian and Millennium Scholar

Kent ISD Erin Albanese
When Kaleab Mamo arrived in Michigan from his native Ethiopia, he started his freshman year at Creston High School speaking no English.  Now, he’s finished...

Local Students Win Prizes in Statewide Film Competition

Byron Center Erin Albanese
Eating healthy, anti-bullying, diversity, exercise and safety were a few of the topics high school students from across the state chose to share messages...

Students Get Lesson in Civil War Living

Byron Center Erin Albanese
Re-enactors from Third Michigan Volunteer Infantry, Company F, based in Grand Rapids, recently brought history to life for Byron Center West Middle School students. The...

A Win for Caledonia and for Manufacturing

Caledonia Erin Albanese
Caledonia High School digital art students won first and second place for the popular vote in theDiscover Manufacturing Today Video Challenge. The local contest...

Byron Center Students Teach Tech Skills to Local Seniors

Byron Center Erin Albanese
Byron Center Public Schools junior Kamber Smith cheered on Jean Krol as she learned to work her GPS device to find a destination point....

Kent City Elementary Artists Selected for Association Show

Kent City Erin Albanese
Kent City Elementary School art teacher Sara Goodrich likes to quote a legendary Spanish painter. “I really believe ‘every child is an artist,’ just...

Connect Builds Bridges Between Students

East Grand Rapids Erin Albanese
From the ability to make funny faces to their favorite birthday treats, it turns out middle-school students in special education teacher Jill Fouch’s Links-Connect...
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