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Financial Literacy Helps Students Navigate Complex World

All Districts School News Network
Their teen and youngadult years typically are a pivotal time for students. Karen Wolthuis hopes their decisions can be simplified by a program offering...

First-graders Flip for Penguins

Lowell School News Network
Becky DeVito knew she was onto something when she began to hear stories from former Bushnell Elementary School students. Kinda hard to forget those...

A Narrow Escape from Death, at a High Price

Kentwood School News Network
Editor's note: The following is an excerpt from Arafat's story about his experiences in Somalia before coming to America. Read about Arafat's experience in...

Confident and Empowered

Kent City School News Network
A program that empowers parents with the skills to be their child's first teacher has come to Kent City Elementary School. Parents Are Teachers has...

On Protest Day, ‘There Sure was a Lot of Love’

East Grand Rapids School News Network
What started as a disgruntled Facebook post following the 2016 election results, by Hawaii resident Teresa Shook, turned into nationwide marches with an estimated...

Witnessing Inauguration Showed ‘Democracy at its Finest’

Wyoming School News Network
As I stepped on the bus at approximately 5:45 a.m. last Thursday morning, I knew this trip to Washington D.C. to witness the Presidential...

Watch Out for Spinning Tops and Catapults!

Kent City School News Network
A group of middle schoolers formed a circle on the lab floor, while others leapt onto desks to avoid the trajectory of Beyblades --...

Caring Comfort for Sick Students

Comstock Park School News Network
Jan Elderkin has been down this road before. A member of the Comstock Park Golden Panthers senior citizens group, Elderkin said she jumped at the...

Youngest Board Member Wants to ‘Help Fix Things’

Kenowa Hills School News Network
Eric-John Szczepaniak remembers leaving his job at the Alpine Township polling place last March with a novel idea formulating in his mind. Having completed his...

Impacting America.. My Way

Grand Rapids Student Showcase School News Network
When I think about Rosa Parks and what she did, or how she impacted America, I begin to think of ways that I could...

Just Like Us

Forest Hills Student Showcase School News Network
Editor's note: This essay was originally published in the Central Trend, the student newspaper of Forest Hills Central High School. What college are you going...

Speaking Poetry Helps Students Share their Hearts

Northview School News Network
Katie Mitchell could have picked from a range of interesting topics to share with classmates, but she choose the one closest to her heart. The...

Film Award Boosts Would-be Director’s Dreams

Grand Rapids School News Network
Aaron Voogt considered it a long shot, but he was willing to take the gamble. A year ago as he viewed contestants' work at the...

Students Learn Lessons While Learning to Give

Grand Rapids School News Network
Saul Vazquez can divide his eighth-grade classmates into two groups, and of the two he knows exactly where he wants to belong: the group...

Learning by Doing: ‘We Actually Touch Stuff’

Kenowa Hills School News Network
Ava Vandenberg doesn't have anything against computers. But give her a pinch of salt, a splash of Kool-Aid and a handful of chocolate chips,...

Building a Band Program, From Squeaks to Symphonic

Cedar Springs School News Network
If you talk to a sixth-grader or a high school senior from Kent City's band program, you will hear a similar story. For first-chair...
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