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High school principal shifts to human resources, strategic planning

Comstock Park Karen Gentry

Dan Holden has been named the district’s new assistant superintendent of human resources. He will continue as co-principal of the high school with Tony Petkus, former assistant principal and athletic director...

Senior leads with calm & confidence

Comstock Park Karen Gentry

He’s involved in soccer, jazz band and Student Council. The future engineer leads his class academically and is a positive influence...

From regular trouble to focused & mature

Comstock Park Karen Gentry

This potential future corrections officer knows what it takes to turn things around...

Wanted: teens who can inspire change, spark passions

Youth Mental Health Alexis Stark

Local middle- and high-school students are invited to apply by June 4...

CORE vocabulary and symbols help youngsters develop language skills

Comstock Park Karen Gentry

The method decreases frustration, improves communication for students who may have limited language and increases language development. And all students can benefit...

From NFL video game to the real guy

Comstock Park Karen Gentry

Professional football player Zooms with fourth-graders, much to their delight...

Your district’s summer programs at-a-glance

Comstock Park School News Network

Area public school districts are gearing up to provide K-12 programs this summer to address learning loss impacted by the coronavirus pandemic...

‘I’m hoping the world will be my oyster’

Comstock Park Karen Gentry

With his resiliency, adaptability and drive, it’s no surprise that this 2014 CPHS grad is now a PhD student in computer science at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York...

Three-dimensional thinker

Meet the Future Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

She’s designing her life, from the roof trusses to her dream home to how she will impact others...

Building a community of readers

Comstock Park Karen Gentry

Students find that reading can be fun when everybody has the same book. And also, when there are prizes...

Language arts teacher brings world of books to classroom

Comstock Park Karen Gentry

An extensive in-class collection and a partnership with KDL helps this teacher nurture lifelong readers...

Back to school five days a week for Comstock Park schools

Comstock Park Karen Gentry

All Comstock Park schools will be open five days a week for in-person instruction for the first time starting today, March 8...

Weaving art into everything

Comstock Park Karen Gentry

In art teacher Macy Austin’s classes, students learn everything from drawing in perspective to watercolor and oils techniques. Those skills are on display in an online showcase...

The Hood family: a school & community leadership dynasty

Comstock Park Karen Gentry

Five generations have lived within a five- to six-mile radius dating back to a government work program in the 1930s...

New high school teachers rise to challenges of pandemic year

Comstock Park Karen Gentry

Four new high-school teachers have so far led in-person, hybrid and virtual classes, having accepted the challenges of teaching in the midst of a pandemic...

No obstacle too challenging for young problem-solvers

Comstock Park Karen Gentry

Problem solving, strategic thinking and collaboration are on tap for young thinkers in a program at Pine Island Elementary School...

Making learning ‘as local as we can’

Teacher’s mom makes positive impact in kindergarten classroom

No excuses, even in the face of loss

The story behind the yard sign: a proud first

Labs show how wind, water and ice shape the Earth

Growing the next generation of educators

Drawing her life to embolden others

The impact of a story

Amid youth mental health crisis, districts invest in new programs

Gun safety and mental-health services: it’s not an either-or to stop school shootings

Efficiency needed to get funds to schools, superintendents say

Newly configured preschool focuses on being inclusive

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