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Black history lessons ‘acknowledge the great leaders that came before us’

Multi Districts Erin Albanese
In Byron Center, kindergartners are learning about Black leaders throughout history, while in Kelloggsville, high schoolers are engaged all year in learning about the excellence of Black innovators and trailblazers...

New director: enthusiasm of young learners is inspiring

Byron Center Erin Albanese
Meet Your Administrator: Cindy Viveen, the new Byron Center Early Childhood Center Director...

Thankful for parents, thankful for teachers

School 2.0 Erin Albanese
The pandemic has expanded parents’ role in education, from homework helper and field trip chaperone to full-time teacher and Zoom monitor. Educators, too, have adapted...

Pass the midterm, move ahead to second semester

Byron Center Erin Albanese
Despite challenges of school during a pandemic, test results were higher on average than last year in Byron Center High School’s AP Psychology class...

The sky’s the limit (or is it?) for this accomplished model builder

Meet the Future Erin Albanese
Creative, innovative, imaginative … Many of today’s students are all that and more in a vast variety of interest areas. This series features students with exceptional and unusual gifts...

Habits tie in with leadership, diversity in elementary school

Byron Center Erin Albanese
Elementary students are learning seven habits of leadership to develop independence, problem-solving skills as part of a social emotional curriculum...

Third-grader collects winter clothes, blankets to help those in need

Byron Center Erin Albanese
(Photo by Dianne Caroll Burdick) Brown Elementary third-grader Jojo Gurd has worked to collect winter clothes and other items to help people experiencing homelessness in Grand Rapids...

In light of district’s growing diversity, staff works to educate, celebrate

Byron Center Erin Albanese
A Byron Center committee has built momentum during a time when divisiveness has gripped headlines nationally...

Class of 2021 has ‘test-optional’ choice when applying for college

Issues in Education Erin Albanese
Most schools in the state of Michigan have become SAT/ACT-optional for the Class of 2021 for admission purposes. There are, however, pros and cons for students...

Schools in nine districts announce closures as COVID cases spike

School 2.0 School News Network
New temporary school building closures were announced by nine school districts in Kent ISD this week, as schools contend with a sharp increase in COVID-19 cases in Kent County and Michigan...

Musical prodigy, international performer, fourth-grader

Byron Center Erin Albanese
When Cameron Renshaw was in kindergarten he kept asking his mom, Tina Renshaw, about the cello in her closet...

Fourth-grader’s pickle stand inspired by school marketplace

Byron Center Erin Albanese
‘With my tiny fingers, I am good at stuffing them,’ said the young pickle peddler. ‘You can see how they are packed in, so you get more for the money’...

Spreading out in the great outdoors

Byron Center Erin Albanese
Outdoor education mid-pandemic is proving to be a welcome and successful alternative to indoor, masked learning in Byron Center this fall...

Plotting for a plot

Byron Center Erin Albanese
Students’ hand-drawn maps are meant for the safekeeping of memories and to spur ideas for when they write personal narratives...

Districts ponder how to keep students learning, engaged

School 2.0 Erin Albanese
Teachers are challenged to keep their style of instruction intact with students who are socially distanced and, often, not in the building at all...

Students return to classrooms for first time since March

Byron Center Erin Albanese
'It’s a little different, and a little strange. ... but it seems like it’s going to be fine'...
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