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Growing Ideas into Reality at Home & Garden Show

Kent ISD School News Network

A seed of an idea for the Spring Home & Garden Show is planted every fall in the greenhouse of the Agriscience Program at...

Area Special Education Teams Shoot and Score!

Byron Center School News Network

Kenowa Hills High School recently hosted for the second year a regional Special Olympics basketball tournament. Schools from Byron Center, Sparta, Forest Hills, Thornapple...

Tell Your Story!

Grandville School News Network

Our journey through life, including our experiences, our challenges, our successes and our failures, helps shape who we are. How we learn from these...

One Grad Looks Back: ‘I Was Determined to Build a Team of Support’

Wyoming School News Network

I always knew I would go to college and that there was no other option for my future after high school. Funny thing was,...

Students Receive Scholastic Art Awards

Caledonia School News Network

Fourteen Caledonia High School art students' photographs, ceramics work, etchings, drawings, collages and paintings earned honors at the Scholastic Art Awards competition. Twenty digital images,...

Parents Respond: Students are Being Over-tested

Issues in Education School News Network

Public school parents' top priorities for their children should be raising their level of hope and maintaining a high level of interest in what...

Young Students Share Holiday Plans and Wishes

Sparta School News Network

Kelsey McKenney twisted a piece of red tissue paper around a pencil's eraser, dipped it in glue and stuck it on a paper plate....

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‘Be The Change’

Kenowa Hills Student Showcase School News Network

Kenowa Hills High School senior Carlos Velazquez created a compelling and inspirational anti-bullying video titled "Be the Change." It was inspired by Carlos' belief...

‘Rice Bowls’ a Poem by Seventh-grader Christeen Nguyen

Kelloggsville Student Showcase School News Network

Rice Bowls by Christeen Nguyen I am Asian I am Hungry I wonder what my lunch will be I see a bowl of rice I wish I could eat it...

Area Science Teachers Take National Stage

Comstock Park School News Network

Go ahead, ask a question. Better yet, ask a bunch of questions. Three science teachers from Kent ISD schools were among 10 teachers who recently...

Raising the Roof – Literally

Kent ISD School News Network

The air is cold. The sun is just coming over the horizon. The metal scaffolding around the house has a light frost dusting and...

Biology Students Wade into Cedar Creek for Answers

Cedar Springs School News Network

The water is cold. The leaves and sticks are slimy. And then there are the bugs. “It’s disgusting. There are teeny, tiny creatures crawling,” Cedar...

Shades of Life

Kenowa Hills Student Showcase School News Network

Editor's note: Students in Grace Bollman's English class at Kenowa Hills High School were assigned to write a poem reflecting on the book "Tuesdays...

Roguewood Runners Raise Funds and Win Pumpkins

Rockford Student Showcase School News Network

Editor’s note: A 5K “Pumpkin Run” recently was held at Rockford’s Roguewood Elementary to raise money for the parent-teacher organization. Roguewood fifth-graders Reagan Zainea,...

Students Celebrate Film, Learn about Media from HBO

Byron Center School News Network

Executives from HBO were in Grand Rapids recently to talk with some of the area’s youth. No, not for some new reality series, but...

Dedicated Volunteer Finds Purpose in “600 Grandchildren”

Sparta School News Network

Dale Allers isn't related to anyone at Sparta's Ridgeview Elementary School, but he's "Grandpa Dale" to the 600-plus students who affectionately greet him every...

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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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