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Leadership Spreads Through District by Way of Student Connections

Byron Center Erin Albanese

A pink rubber ball flew from student to student in the Nickels Intermediate School fifth-grade classroom. As students caught it, they announced something that...

Student Named National Champion in Math Competition

Byron Center Erin Albanese

When it comes to numbers, Byron Center High School senior Grant Simons has a pretty strong grasp. The Advanced Placement Calculus BC and Advanced Placement...

Students Net National Awards for Artwork, Invited to Carnegie Hall

Byron Center Erin Albanese

A unique necklace, camouflaged window cling, picture of colorful fish and a black-and-white photo of a thoughtful woman are the creative artworks that have...

Bus Drivers Play Key Role, Form Bonds with Students

Byron Center Erin Albanese

As the wheels on the bus go round and round, bus drivers watch students grow up day after day and year after year. They...

Student Leader Devotes Fridays to Friendship

Byron Center Erin Albanese

It’s a little card with simple directions, but Byron Center High School students know what passing it out results in: smiles, a feeling of...

Together, Parents & Teachers Foster Good Readers

Byron Center Erin Albanese

With a red crayon, Sydney O'Keefe, 4, colored on white paper over a cardboard "D." The letter magically appeared bright and bold. While Sydney had...

Students Promote Diversity, Acceptance of Differences

Byron Center Erin Albanese

Accept. Unite. Act. Those are the goals of the AUA Diversity Club at Byron Center High School, where district Superintendent Dan Takens recently shared...

Byron Center and Kenowa Hills named to AP Honor Roll

Byron Center School News Network

Byron Center Public School District and Kenowa Hills School District are listed on the College Board’s 5th Annual AP District Honor Roll — a...

School Transformer & Author: Reach Each Student

Byron Center Erin Albanese

The “old” system of education-- students all learn the same lesson in the same amount of time--maintains and perpetuates the “learning gap,” sought-after educational...

Superintendent Seeks Input on Building Capacity Needs

Byron Center Erin Albanese

With two percent enrollment growth anticipated annually for the next 10 years and a high school facing capacity, Byron Center Public Schools Superintendent Dan...

JazzBand Swingin’ to Savannah

Byron Center Erin Albanese

While his bandmates rehearsed "Swingin' the Blues," on their trumpets, trombones and saxophones, senior Byron Center High School Jazz Orchestra member Nate Seese talked...

A Cut Above: Student Films Connect to Peers, Schools through Meijer Great Choices

Byron Center Erin Albanese

It's a red-carpet affair, a celebration of student film-making, and a way novice directors can offer their perspectives on issues that touch their lives:...

Teacher of the Year Shows Students the Impact Art Can Have

Byron Center Erin Albanese

In Janine Campbell's Byron Center West Middle School art classroom, a student molded clay into masks; another created a cardboard tree from aluminum; others...

Time Capsule Opened with Lesson in Culture and Lifestyle Spanning Generations

Byron Center Erin Albanese

Opening a time capsule filled 30 years ago brought back long buried memories for Byron Center Middle School’s 1984 sixth-grade class, from their affinity...

Byron Center Football Player Kicking to Fight Cancer

Byron Center Erin Albanese

Byron Center High School senior Hunter DeWindt is well on his way to raising his goal of $3,000 for children’s cancer research through football. The...

Community Hosts Drive for Teacher’s Baby

Byron Center Erin Albanese

Parents and staff members are joining forces Oct. 7 in a registry drive to help find a donor for a Byron Center teacher’s newborn...

Ready to lead

Leaders in achievement pass the torch

Leading to achieve

New principal envisions ‘a bright future’ at his alma mater

‘It feeds me,’ says teacher-artist

Books on the Run bounces back

It takes a community to stage a musical

Superintendent to serve on Growing Michigan Together Council

Teacher-designed classrooms help students feel supported, calm and creative

Restorative circles create safe space at the top of the day

‘Feed the kids’

‘It’s really all about providing equity’

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