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Soup Swap Provides Ill Teacher with Ready-Made Meals

Byron Center Erin Albanese

Nickels Intermediate School teacher Deb Balk is constantly warming the hearts of people around her, colleagues say, so it made perfect sense to give...

Third-grade Reading Legislation Could Hold Back Thousands

Byron Center Erin Albanese

Brown Elementary School students discussed the actions of a boasting rabbit and patient tortoise in Gayle Corey’s third-grade class as they considered characters, setting,...

BC Principals, Board Member Take on Ironman Challenge to Help Students

Byron Center Erin Albanese

When it comes to setting a good example for students, two Byron Center principals and a Board of Education member are making an ironclad...

Superintendents Join Forces to Improve Regional Reading Scores

Byron Center Erin Albanese

West Michigan educators are taking a collaborative approach to boost third-grade student reading proficiency up to the 80 percent mark in five years. Superintendents are...

Team Manager Sinks Three-pointers to Cheers of Teammates

Byron Center Erin Albanese

"It's Kyle Bu-Bu-Bu-Bu-Bu-Bu-B!" The booming voice echoed through the gymnasium, over the sound of a dribbling basketball, just before eighth-grade student Kyle Bueche threw up...

Byron Center Video Students Win “Best of Show”

Byron Center Erin Albanese

Byron Center High School students Tyler Clifton and Aspen Comar know their way around a film studio. The young directors get the right camera...

Early Learning Means Advantages for Children, Communities

Byron Center Charles Honey

The benefits of a quality early childhood education are many in terms of preparing students for later grades. According to Byron Center Early Childhood...

Byron Center Win Time a Big Hit

Byron Center Erin Albanese

Byron Center High School sophomores Andrew Rellinger, Jesse Ursiny, Trace Horvath and Vinh Tran spent a recent Wednesday morning sitting in the school hallway...

Hand2Hand Ministries Provide Students Food for Weekend

Byron Center Erin Albanese

The backpacks hang, waiting in student lockers in the morning, then go home filled with nourishing food for the weekend. They are vehicles for feeding...

Byron Center West Middle School gets Weather Lesson from Teri DeBoer

Byron Center Erin Albanese

Byron Center West Middle School students learned the answers to some interesting questions about weather phenomena from meteorologist Terri DeBoer recently. “Who knows why...

Local Students Win Prizes in Statewide Film Competition

Byron Center Erin Albanese

Eating healthy, anti-bullying, diversity, exercise and safety were a few of the topics high school students from across the state chose to share messages...

Students Get Lesson in Civil War Living

Byron Center Erin Albanese

Re-enactors from Third Michigan Volunteer Infantry, Company F, based in Grand Rapids, recently brought history to life for Byron Center West Middle School students. The...

Byron Center Students Teach Tech Skills to Local Seniors

Byron Center Erin Albanese

Byron Center Public Schools junior Kamber Smith cheered on Jean Krol as she learned to work her GPS device to find a destination point....

Byron Center to Open Stand-Alone Early Childhood Center

Byron Center Erin Albanese

A renovated Byron Center facility will soon bustle with the activity of the district’s youngest learners. Byron Center’s first stand-alone Early Childhood Center opened to...

Byron Center Graduate Won’t Let A Stroke Slow Him Down

Byron Center Erin Albanese

Byron Center High School Class of 2013 senior Chris Schmitt wrote a quote for the senior yearbook. “You can’t alter the past, but you...

Byron Center students get the ‘“jitters” out at 8th grade orientation

Byron Center Erin Albanese

Byron Center West Middle School eighth-graders Kiersten Woudstra and Janelle Baar had some advice for incoming seventh graders while helping them check in at...

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