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A festive display of art

State of the Arts Dianne Carroll Burdick
Student creations showcase classroom learning, creativity...

A hands-on lesson in how life works 

Byron Center Alexis Stark
Fifth-graders at Nickels Intermediate School learned during a pig dissection that animal digestive and respiratory systems aren’t that different from their own...

‘You have to know where you are & where you want to go’

Byron Center Alexis Stark
Eighth-grade explorers set out to brave the wilderness on the open plains of West Middle School for the annual Lewis and Clark Day...

Gorillas, flamingos and komodo dragons, oh my!

Byron Center Alexis Stark
Marshall Elementary first-graders are young authors and animal experts in the making...

New buildings, new friends to be made

Byron Center Alexis Stark
Students share their excitement for the new Nickels Intermediate School, on track to open Aug. 4...

Sub’s video book teasers get high marks from viewers

Byron Center Alexis Stark
Phil Blum’s video series helps introduce Nickels Elementary students to new books and a love for reading...

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...

‘I want her to know she’s not alone’

Byron Center Alexis Stark
Cello prodigy and sixth-grade student Cameron Renshaw will host a concert at Wealthy Theatre to raise money for his former teacher who is battling a rare bone cancer...

Friendships form through positive links

Byron Center Alexis Stark
Byron Center’s LINKS, recognized by Special Olympics, pairs up students for fun and friendship...

Go blue! Two schools earn national ribbons of excellence 

Byron Center Alexis Stark
Brown and Marshall Elementary staff and students celebrate their Blue Ribbon School recognitions at Van Singel Fine Arts Center...

Annual LINKS lunch serves pre-holiday staff meal

Byron Center Alexis Stark
LINKS students at Byron Center High sent their teachers off with full stomachs right before Thanksgiving break...

‘We take care of one another’

Byron Center Alexis Stark
Kris Vydareny is the new principal at Marshall Elementary School...

Outdoor learning opportunities grow with new structure 

Byron Center Alexis Stark
Students at Countryside Elementary benefit from a new pavilion for outdoor learning...

Students safely experience distracted, impaired driving

Kent ISD Joanne Bailey-Boorsma
High-schoolers learned about the perils of driving impaired or distracted via an international program...

Umpire, newlywed, positive-behavior-supporter

Byron Center Alexis Stark
Troy Reedy is the new assistant principal at West Middle School. SNN gets to know him in this edition of Meet Your Administrators...

District earns two Blue Ribbon honors

Byron Center Alexis Stark
Brown and Marshall elementaries have been named 2022 National Blue Ribbon Schools, the only schools in Michigan to receive the honor this year...
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