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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...

Past the Finish Line: Ironman Race to Help Students

Byron Center Erin Albanese

Proving a will as strong as steel to give back to children in their community, two Byron Center Public Schools principals and a board...

Student Lemonade Stand to Benefit Homeless

Byron Center Erin Albanese

When Reese Hurley decided to raise money to support a cause by having a lemonade stand, she rounded up her schoolmates, set up a...

Students Unleash Imaginations at Summer Theatre Camp

Byron Center Erin Albanese

For the performance of “The Time Machine” third-grade student Isaiah Predman’s self-assembled costume was a pirate outfit with a rainbow-colored clown wig for his...

Students Explore Science in Water, Woods and Teacher’s Yard

Byron Center Erin Albanese

"Mr. V! Mr. V!" Countryside Elementary fourth-grade students shouted over and over again, excited about their discoveries, from frogs to plants to mouse skeletons. It...

Dogs on a Dash

Byron Center Erin Albanese

Byron Center elementary and Nickels Intermediate School students worked their way up to finishing a 3.1 mile run this spring. More than 500 students...

Award-winning Teacher Inspires Visual Storytellers

Byron Center Erin Albanese

Byron Center High School audio-video teacher Julie VanderLaan watched senior Bret Foster's project, a music video titled "Journey Through the Past," and declared him...

Character Counts in Student Success, Researchers Say

Byron Center Charles Honey

When Dan Takens was an elementary school principal in Kentwood and Byron Center, he expected something basic from all his students: treat others the...

Student is First to Cast Bid at Empty Bowls Fundraiser Event

Byron Center Erin Albanese

It took Byron Center West Middle School student Teagan Johnson three or four months of chores around the house to earn $55. But when Teagan,...

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