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ArtPrize Artist Helps Students Get Messy, Creative

Byron Center Erin Albanese

Markers, crayons and paint covered by more markers, crayons and paint created a whimsical, fun, sometimes messy art project for Nickels Elementary School students. “We...

OK, We’ve Heard About the Big ArtPrize Winners. Now Let’s Meet Two of the Smaller Ones

Byron Center Charles Honey

Rhianna Peterson of Rockford and Emma McCloud of Byron Center were winners in ArtStart, a new online competition for artists younger than 18. They...

Byron Center Considering Next Steps to Address Growth

Byron Center Erin Albanese

As work crews finish the last projects funded through the $23 million bond issue approved by voters in 2011, administrators are already looking forward...

iPads Proving Their Value at Schools

Byron Center Erin Albanese

As Brown Elementary School kindergartner Christian Moomey got ready to record himself reading a story on an iPad, Principal Barb Johnson watched. “It takes...

Broadway Bound

Byron Center Erin Albanese

Tips from a Tony Award-nominated Broadway producer and a choreographer helped set the stage for Macy Krupiczewicz to pull deep from within herself in...

To Power Computers, Students Just Pedal

Byron Center Erin Albanese

Electricity costs Byron Center Public Schools 11 cents per watt, Zoey Christensen explained as Jordan Whitmore pedaled away on an energy-producing box. If Jordan...