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Anchors Away!

Sparta School News Network

The children's laughter is lively and catching as they try out a new piece of playground equipment at Ridgeview Elementary that has a distinctly...

From FFA to Pediatrics: Ag Group Participation Builds Confidence

Caledonia School News Network

Selling toy tractors and learning parliamentary procedure may seem like unlikely sources of confidence. But recently earning the DeKalb Outstanding Senior Agricultural Award has...

Former NBA Player to Lead July Basketball Camp

Godwin Heights School News Network

Retired National Basketball Association player Mateen Cleaves is offering a three-day camp for students to improve their shooting form and teach them life skills. Cleaves'...

Concurrent Enrollment Grants High School Students College Credit

Sparta School News Network

The school district has reached an agreement with Ferris State University (FSU) that will enable students to earn college credit for classes while still...

Missed Graduation Becomes Opportunity to Grow, Learn, Teach

Godwin Heights School News Network

Even though it happened 14 years ago, it still stings when Eva Pardo remembers that she missed her son's kindergarten graduation at North Godwin...

Inaugural Festival Changes Lives by Just Adding (Clean) Water

Kent ISD School News Network

Parents took their children to a free-flowing give and take at the inaugural River City Water Festival that demonstrated to them why they cannot...

New High School Principal’s First-Year Goals: Learn and Listen

Caledonia School News Network

Name: Brady Lake School: Caledonia Community Schools High School What will be your first priorities as principal? I need to learn about Caledonia High School. I need...

‘I Knew I Had to be True to Myself’

Kent ISD School News Network

It was a drama-free coming-out when the student's request to have his school email address changed from Chelsea Williams to Callum Williams was granted. "It...

Erica Humphrey: Busy Senior with a Lot to Give

Sparta School News Network

Erica Humphreys' grandparents died nearly a year ago, one month apart from each other. The tender care they received in their passing is a...

Fairy Tales Hone Writing Skills

Sparta School News Network

Offbeat realities have found their place in the classroom. Ridgeview Elementary second-graders recently explored the depths of their imaginations by writing their own fairy tales,...

Too Many Student Leaders? No Such Thing, Say GRPS Officials

Grand Rapids School News Network

When Grand Rapids Public Schools officials went looking this year for two student representatives to serve on its Board of Education, they found students...

Marketing Teacher Brings Real-World Experience to Classes

Caledonia School News Network

The pressure is on. It's the lightning round of a "Jeopardy"-like game show that challenges two Caledonia High School sports and entertainment marketing students...

Art Show Displays Skill, Patience

Godwin Heights School News Network

Santiago Baltazar was only 4 years old when he emigrated from his homeland of Guatemala to the U.S. in 2001. He decided in his...

Marshmallows Prove STEM Careers Are Not Puff Jobs

Sparta School News Network

Marshmallows, toothpicks and masking tape may seem unlikely tools to persuade Appleview Elementary students in the direction of STEM careers, but Melissa Utter had...

Controlled Burn Culminates Two Years of Invasive Plant Study

Forest Hills School News Network

Sixth-grader Hannah Fife said she and her classmates feel more like part of their community after spending part of their day researching plant life...

Grand Rapids Gets Behind Getting Students to School

Grand Rapids School News Network

Antonio Zavala is the kind of student Grand Rapids Public Schools has been cultivating recently: the kind who comes to school every day, on...

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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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