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Inspired by STEM

Kentwood Brett Atwood
Making hydro-gels? Learning Math Magic? Touring a college? There are countless learning opportunities and career pathways in STEM, and fifth-graders from Bowen, Townline and Southwood Elementary schools experienced them in a hands-on way by working with experts at Davenport University...

Discovering the ‘why’ of career exploration

Northview Morgan Jarema
Grow MainStreet is helping the district — and middle-school students — connect many of the dots between today’s learning and career awareness...

A door to reading

Godwin Heights Joanne Bailey-Boorsma
This annual event offers reading-related activities for students and their families...

Theater students find community through ‘Matilda’ musical

Lowell Meghan Gracy
While the story of Matilda showcases a dysfunctional family, the Lowell High School cast performing the musical has found kinship through their production...

Being fully present

Forest Hills School News Network
The mind contributes to the sound, tone and feelings musicians produce. Learning mindfulness benefits the musician and contributes to harmony of all kinds in this Central Woodlands classroom...

Pinch pots, penguins, pumpkins & more

Comstock Park Karen Gentry
Stoney Creek Elementary students are learning the basics of art and their mediums, then showing off their skills to friends and family...

Student art gets gallery showing 

Byron Center Alexis Stark
Byron Center students learned different artistic techniques and got to see their projects displayed in downtown Grand Rapids...

Half-day math day? Yes!

Kentwood Erin Albanese
Student-led learning came in the form of math games for Crestwood Middle School students...

Making mathematicians

Sparta Jane Lally
The district’s Early Childhood Center learning lab incorporates math across the curriculum...

Love and positivity, multiplied

Lowell Erin Albanese
Two Valentines per algebra student grew to 1,400 schoolwide, and created an unforgettable math lesson...

Students present artistic twist on being nice

Lowell Erin Albanese
Students display art to share messages of kindness, community and compassion...

New initiative aims to connect students with careers & schools with employers

Kent ISD Joanne Bailey-Boorsma
Kent ISD expands career exploration and work-based opportunities through its new Career and Talent Development initiative...

Lighting the spark for inquiry

Lowell Meghan Gracy
Bushnell Elementary families applied real-world lessons at stations set up throughout the school...

Isaac Newton never imagined this

Cedar Springs Beth Heinen Bell
What’s better than simply reading about Newton’s laws of motion? Students getting on a hovercraft and experiencing those laws of motion for themselves...
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Where art and engineering collide

Kenowa Hills Alexis Stark
Alpine Elementary third-graders are building straw rockets to go where no student has gone before: the moon!

Can these students’ designs survive the ‘Eggsecutioner?’

Thornapple Kellogg School News Network
Thornapple Kellogg High School students enjoy the culmination of a unit about force and interactions. Grading also included a writing assignment...
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