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The Nurse Is In

Sparta School News Network

Amy Roelse knelt on the floor, eye-level with a second-grader whose thumb wouldn't stop gushing blood. The student had slammed her digit in a...

Is it a Bird? A Whale? Oh Wait, it’s Both!

Kent City School News Network

"Dear John Ball Zoo Committee," fourth-grader Neil Myers read aloud to his classmates. "I am Professor Neil. It has come to my attention that...

Realizing Your Limits

Forest Hills Student Showcase School News Network

Signing up for classes to take the following year, the year you haven't even begun to think about, is exceptionally challenging when faced with...

Community, Consistency + Shared Expectations = Stronger Academics

Cedar Springs School News Network

A new banner meant to create a shared experience across age groups is getting educators, administrators and parents out of their seats, partnering up...

Area Forum Points to Agreement on Need to Improve Education; But How?

All Districts School News Network

At the risk of oversimplification, Amber Arellano believes the problem of delivering an equitable education to today's K-12 students can be divided into two...

Retired Forest Hills Superintendent Washburn Recognized by School Board Association

Forest Hills School News Network

Retired Forest Hills Superintendent Dr. J. Michael Washburn, long-time mentor and education advisor, received the Educational Advocacy Award from the Kent Intermediate Association of...

Boys Make Friends, Learn Teamwork on the Run

Kenowa Hills School News Network

Skyler Miller has always recognized the benefits of running, but now he's seeing the results from a new perspective. The Alpine Elementary fifth-grader is part...

Keeping Teens Safe Requires Awareness, Communication

Rockford School News Network

Mikayla Kruse has seen enough damage caused by teenage sexual assault to know it's a growing problem that needs a solution. The 17-year-old Rockford senior...

Fashion Design for the Future

Kent City School News Network

Kent City third-graders were given the task of thinking into the future at ArtPrize's Education Days, as they designed the fashion of the next...

A Friend’s Message on Suicide: ‘This is For Real’

Cedar Springs School News Network

Before the opening credits to a film about suicide, freshman Noah McGee took the stage at Cedar Springs High School to share his painful,...

Students Build Parting Gift: a Library

Cedar Springs School News Network

Now that they’ve built it, they hope people will come. A new Little Free Library stands near Red Hawk Elementary school, thanks to the efforts...

Painting, Dancing and Clapping Their Way Back to School

Cedar Springs School News Network

As summer vacation ends, many Cedar Trails Elementary students will be headed to school not just with new backpacks, but with classmates and teachers...

District Bands Together to Face Student Suicide

Cedar Springs School News Network

For district staff, the back-to-school theme is "promise" – a promise to tackle one looming problem. Losing three students to suicide in the past three...

Cub Reporters Cover “Design, Build, Innovate” Summer Camp

All Districts School News Network

This week's edition is dedicated to the work of high school students from public schools across West Michigan, who attended SNN's inaugural journalism camp...

Young Chefs Camp, Through the Eyes of High School Journalists

All Districts School News Network

This week’s edition is dedicated to the work of high school students from public schools across West Michigan, who attended SNN’s inaugural journalism camp...

CSI Middle-Schoolers, as Reported by High School Newsies

All Districts School News Network

This week’s edition is dedicated to the work of high school students from public schools across West Michigan, who attended SNN’s inaugural journalism camp...

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School News Network reports on the 20 public school districts in Kent ISD, which enroll more than 102,000 students. Founded in 2013 as an initiative of Kent ISD, we are supported by local districts and community sponsors, and powered by an experienced team of reporters, editors and multimedia journalists. We specialize in covering classroom teaching and learning, analyzing the many issues facing students and highlighting the education magic that happens each day in our public schools.

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