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‘Three, Two, One, Liftoff!’

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Byron Center West Middle School eighth-grader Ellise Pierson situated her bottle rocket atop a tripod, readying it for launch. She and classmate Luke Feuerstein had...

Teacher Provides Opportunity for Learning in the Great Outdoors

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Byron Center Public Schools Countryside Elementary School students reeled in bass, examined snapping turtles, dissected owl pellets, and feasted on s'mores and hamburgers at...

Community Members Pack Suppers to Feed Students in Need

Byron Center Erin Albanese
To serve students in Byron Center Schools, about 40 volunteers recently helped pack 402 food bags, 223 summer fun bags, over 300 snack packs...

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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...
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