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Innovative Program Adds Technology and Changes Classroom Structure

Kentwood School News Network

Using the netbooks provided by the school, fifth graders Kelly Hung and Brandon Singer completed their research on zoology as a teacher pointed out...

Hard Work Results In Naval Academy Entry

Comstock Park School News Network

As he waited for an interview to seek congressional nomination to attend the U.S. Naval Academy, Comstock Park High School Senior Miguel Nava, 17,...

Students Learn the ABCs of Salmon – by Raising Them

Thornapple Kellogg School News Network

A is for Alevin, a newly hatched salmon. B is for big, as in King Salmon, the largest in its species. And C is for...

TEAM 21 Program Preserved for Middle School, Elementary Funding Expires

Godfrey-Lee School News Network

Godfrey-Lee parent Mandy Evangelista is grateful that, for years, her three children have been able to participate in the T.E.A.M 21 program that provides enrichment...

Programs Help Transitional Families Keep Kids in School

Kent ISD School News Network

Two years ago, Jessica had a steady job, a home and three children enrolled in Godwin Heights Public Schools. That was before she started...

Comstock Park Teacher Introduces Students to World Through Travel

Comstock Park School News Network

Comstock Park World History Teacher Betsy Rybarczyk fell in love with the world years ago, when as a recent high school grad, she grabbed...

West Godwin Grandpa, Watch DOGS, Create Popular Presence

Godwin Heights School News Network

“Mr. Soto, Mr. Soto, me too! Me too! I love underdogs!” calls a West Godwin Elementary third grader as a patient Able Soto pushes...

Livestream Turns Students Into TedHeads

Kentwood School News Network

Editor’s note: Nardy Baeza Bickel was among the core volunteer group for the TEDxGrand Rapids Livestream for Education. When veteran teacher and avid outdoors...

TK School Second in Odyssey World Finals for Creative Fairy Tale

Thornapple Kellogg School News Network

A tree-killing princess that’s been turned into a tree, an all-in-one-seven-dwarfs dwarf and a superhero that’s ready to solve wardrobe malfunctions at any time...

Intervention Helps Put a Stop to Freshman Course Failures

Godwin Heights School News Network

Tough love, personalized instruction and clear expectations. That’s been the recipe for success at Godwin Heights High School since administrators implemented an intervention program that...

Teachers Get Schooled on Tech-savvy Tools

Godfrey-Lee School News Network

Sixth grade teacher Vlad Borza is happy to have a little help managing behavior in his classroom. This year, he’s hoping cute, computer animated monsters...

Wyoming One on One: Helping Children Dream Bigger Dreams

Wyoming School News Network

For Randy Weener, mentoring has less to do with helping children with their homework and more to do with helping them see what’s possible. “A...

Keeping Kids in School to Increase Success

Godfrey-Lee School News Network

Gina Kuyers worries every time she sees an empty chair in a kindergarten classroom. Why be concerned with absenteeism at such an early age? ...

Keeping Middle School Parents Involved

Godwin Heights School News Network

Knowing how their 7th grader Mia Farr, 13, is doing in school is important to Joshua and Latisha Whitley. Learning how they can support...

Art Program Helps Students Develop Right, Left Brain

Godfrey-Lee School News Network

Explorers had spotted the strange creature before in the rainforest swamp. Part crocodile, part lizard and part snake, the Crocakeard could sense predators from...

New Innovation Central High Mixes Connections with Business, Community and Education

Grand Rapids School News Network

Grand Rapids Innovation Central Senior Dustin Suchomski has only been enrolled in the school’s Academy of Design and Construction for a couple months, but...

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