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Two Blue Ribbon Award Winners Named in Kent County

Byron Center Erin Albanese
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan recognized Brown Elementary School, in Byron Center Public Schools, and Wealthy Elementary School, in East Grand Rapids Public...

Playhouses Replace Homecoming Floats to Last Long Past the Parade

Byron Center Erin Albanese
A wooden playhouse, decorated with minion characters from the movie Despicable Me, is sure to bring smiles to the faces of the children whose...

Principal Wants Front-Row Seat to Her Students’ Learning

Byron Center Erin Albanese
Name: Erin Kornoely School: Byron Center Public Schools Marshall Elementary What will be your first priorities as principal be? I am excited to start building relationships with...

High School Principal: ‘This is day one of blazing an original path’

Byron Center Erin Albanese
A nearly one-mile wildlife trail will soon wind through about 28 acres of land surrounding Countryside Elementary School, where students can study animals, plants...

‘Three, Two, One, Liftoff!’

Byron Center Erin Albanese
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

Byron Center Erin Albanese
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

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

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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

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...
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