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District Sees Big Savings from Bond Refinance

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Taxpayers will benefit from a recent bond sale to the tune of approximately $2.5 million. Just like a homeowner refinancing a mortgage to reduce the...

Kindness is Many Things, Through Children’s Eyes

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Kindergartners in teacher Cheryl Hutchings' Stoney Creek Elementary class recently wrapped up their inaugural year of school, and capped the achievement as published authors...

Thinking About Summer? Let’s Learn from It

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With mere days left in the school year and her Pine Island Elementary fifth-graders' thoughts predictably drifting to sunnier, summery-er activities, teacher Lisa Czypera...

From Baby Chicks to Rolling Robots, It’s All Cool Science

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The end of the school year brought students in Jeffrey Post's fifth-grade class one of the world's oldest lifecycle lessons alongside one that's fairly...

Academic Decision Day ‘Sends the Right Message’

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Anyone who knows high school knows about college decision day, when senior athletes make a show of signing with a college sports team. Alyssa Rector,...

How Does My Garden Grow? Science Tells Us Answers

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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

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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

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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’

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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

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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

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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.

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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...

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