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Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

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Joanne Bailey-Boorsma covers Kent ISD and Godwin Heights. She was born in the Detroit area but grew up in Brighton where she attended Hartland Public Schools. The salutatorian for the Class of 1985, she changed her colors from blue and maize to green and white by attending Michigan State University, where she majored in journalism and minored in photography and German. She expanded her color palette to include orange and black as both her daughters graduated from Byron Center Public Schools; maroon and white for Aquinas College where her daughter studies nursing and also brought back blue and maize for Grand Rapids Community College where her youngest daughter currently is studying music. Read Joanne's full bio

A door to reading

Godwin Heights Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

This annual event offers reading-related activities for students and their families...

Keep calm and practice mindfulness

Godwin Heights Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

West Godwin students set aside time to be mindful as a way to reduce stress and anxiety and improve class work...

Asst. superintendent: ‘Gun laws should evolve with society’

Kent ISD Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Kent ISD Assistant Superintendent Chris Glass says gun reform laws are needed, along with discussion on mental health and social media...

Loves math, wants to work in medicine with children

Kent ISD Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Senior Sarah Najar knows that the road will be long to reach her dream of being an anesthesiologist...

A black belt in space

Godwin Heights Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Earth will be safe with this future black-belt astronaut...

New initiative aims to connect students with careers & schools with employers

Kent ISD Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Kent ISD expands career exploration and work-based opportunities through its new Career and Talent Development initiative...

Creator and innovator

Kent ISD Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

For this Rockford senior, his decision to pursue engineering started with a bag of Legos...

Leading the band, on field and off

Godwin Heights Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Carlos Soto-Castillo encourages students to take advantage of the opportunities at school to discover who they are...

Kent Career Tech Center and Kent Transition Center to merge

Kent ISD Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

The Kent Career Tech Center and Kent Transition Center merger, planned for the 2023-24 school year, is aimed at giving students more opportunities for career exploration...

Hands-on learning means expanded skills

Kent ISD Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

The pilot course in a planned merger of KTC and Tech Center programs shows signs of broadening skills-based learning to a wider student population...

‘You can’t be afraid of getting your hands dirty’

Godwin Heights Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Godwin Middle students have built a natural way to help filter pollutants out of the Plaster Creek watershed and educate others about their efforts...

The goal: to help people

Kent ISD Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

This Kent Career Tech Center student has her eye on the medical field...

E is for engineering

Godwin Heights Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Building a better bag teaches North Godwin students future workplace skills such as collaboration and creativity...

Middle school makeover

Godwin Heights Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

The district’s 2020 bond’s last phase focused on Godwin Heights Middle School...

Coats for all

Godwin Heights Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Every student at West Godwin received a special surprise: a new winter coat...

Building community, one gumdrop at a time

Kent ISD Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Students and their families in the Kent ISD Oral Deaf program build candy houses and community at a holiday event...

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