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How Does My Garden Grow? Science Tells Us Answers

Comstock Park Morgan Jarema

Jaime DeVries’ kindergartners had no sooner gotten settled after lunch when she asked them if they knew what time it was. “Garden-planting time!” said Kaelyn...

Let Me Show You the Leader in Me

Comstock Park Morgan Jarema

First-grader Freddy Williams grasped a visitor's hand firmly and gave it two quick shakes, maintained eye contact, and welcomed her to his Stoney Creek...

‘A Great Big World Out There’

Multi Districts Erin Albanese

Experiencing faraway lands is important to staff and students at Kelloggsville and Comstock Park high schools. What impact does globe-trotting have on students, and...

Students Learn Early if Teaching is for Them

Comstock Park Morgan Jarema

It's clear within seconds after Taylor Fox takes over Angie Freeland's second-grade class at Pine Island Elementary: This high school senior is a natural...

Need a Playmate? Have a Seat and Just Say ‘Yes’

Comstock Park Morgan Jarema

Evan Fish said he knows what it's like to get bummed out during recess when there are all kinds of kids around but seemingly...

‘Don’t Talk to Me, I’m Driving’

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Garrett Wolcott gripped the steering wheel and stepped on the brake as soon as he noticed the traffic light had turned red. Beside him,...

First Habit of Successful Authors: Work Hard

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Pine Island Elementary teacher Laura Lamoreaux takes it in stride that her class is full of published authors. After all, she helped make it...

Want to Read Better? Let’s Go to Tape

Comstock Park Morgan Jarema

Bella Greenlee can tell you a thing or two about ants. "I know that they carry their food; I see that a lot," said the...

Caring Comfort for Sick Students

Comstock Park School News Network

Jan Elderkin has been down this road before. A member of the Comstock Park Golden Panthers senior citizens group, Elderkin said she jumped at the...

Ambassador to Her Own Personal U.N.

Comstock Park Morgan Jarema

This is the sixth time Dottie Unrath has hosted exchange students, providing each a warm home from which to experience a new land. The first...

‘Thanks for Protecting Us’

Comstock Park Charles Honey

Students learned about sacrifice and service when schools throughout Kent County honored servicemen and women with special ceremonies on Veterans Day, Nov. 11. Students...

Student-made ‘Vehicles’ Propelled by Science

Comstock Park Morgan Jarema

It wasn't rocket science, but it pretty much forms the basis of it. Students in Meghan Butler and Tim Olson's eighth-grade science classes recently put...

Up Close with In-Demand Careers

Byron Center Erin Albanese

Beginning a career in manufacturing after high school can pay off fast, said industry rep. Angie Huyghe. An apprentice in the toolroom can make a...

Lights, Camera, Leadership!

Comstock Park Morgan Jarema

It's 30 minutes until the end of the day at Pine Island Elementary, and in a tiny, vacant office inside the library a group...

Park Ranger for a Summer, Teacher of Nature All Year

Comstock Park Morgan Jarema

The kindergartners in Cheryl Hutchings' class at Stoney Creek Elementary have a few ideas about what park rangers do. "They clean the water," Wyatt said. "They...

Clothes Pins, Hot Glue and Elmo

Comstock Park Linda Odette

District staff across Kent ISD busied themselves in the weeks and days leading up to today, readying their buildings and classrooms for students. Lowell Martha Hayden worked...

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