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Simultaneous Kite-Making Launches Goodwill Across Oceans

Forest Hills School News Network
Homemade kites connected elementary students nearly 2,000 miles apart as part of what they dubbed "One World, One Sky." Students from Forest Hills Central, Eastern...

Students Do Battle with ‘Bots, Steampunk Style

East Grand Rapids Erin Albanese
Busy 'bots, moving gears and quick-thinking pilots converged at the For Inspiration & Recognition of Science & Technology (FIRST) Robotics district finals at East...

Students Jam On, with Plenty of Moxie

Forest Hills Morgan Jarema
Forest Hills Eastern High orchestra students joined forces recently with The Moxie Strings for a night of upbeat contemporary music. But before they did,...

On Snow, Surf or Sidewalk, Let’s Go Boarding!

Forest Hills Morgan Jarema
Bill Curtis was teaching physical education at Eastern High a few years ago when, he says, "I got the sense that a lot of...

It’s All Happening at the Zoo

Forest Hills Morgan Jarema
Corrin Kile made a beeline around the corner to where her classmates sat on folding chairs in front of a window of water. "Dos nutrias!"...

Mind Sports Roundup

Forest Hills School News Network
Editor's note: Academic competition season is upon us! Each week School News Network will be running roundups of events including Odyssey of the Mind,...

Adding Sugar to Education’s Cake

Forest Hills Morgan Jarema
As a young mother new to the district in the early 1970s, Candace Hinshaw remembers hearing about a magazine sale at Pine Ridge Elementary...

French or English, It’s Still Teen Talk

Forest Hills Morgan Jarema
In the B Wing of Eastern High School, three groups of students sat around tables asking one another questions that most teens do when...

Building a Dream Into Reality

Classrooms for All School News Network
I see the horror figures portrayed in the media. I flinch and glower at the images of helpless people, abandoned and alone, drowning in...

ASL Helps Students ‘See From a Global Perspective’

Forest Hills School News Network
Gabe Vogt has no problem honing his sign language skills. It's the ideal way, he said, to communicate with his older brother, Aden, who...

‘No Sense Keeping Knowledge to Yourself’

Forest Hills School News Network
Vishnu Mano was selling homemade lemonade at home over the summer when a better way of doing business dawned on him. The Knapp Forest Elementary...

Teachers’ Turn to Learn

Forest Hills Erin Albanese
This year, nearly 1,000 K-12 school leaders in 45 states and 38 countries signed up to participate in Shadow a Student Challenge. It's a...

Hola, Madrid? It’s Me, Forest Hills!

Forest Hills Morgan Jarema
Ava Dingman sat at third in line, her feet bouncing up and down in neon green sneakers with bright yellow laces, as she waited...

Human Anatomy, Now in 3-D

Forest Hills Morgan Jarema
Emma Beck admits she hasn't yet mastered cooking macaroni and cheese without burning it. But even after just two weeks of practice molding a...

This Group Could Drive You Batty

Forest Hills Morgan Jarema
In their first year of competition, team "Hey, Watch This!" brought home the silver. And for their classmates, that means a week of focus...

Just Like Us

Forest Hills Student Showcase School News Network
Editor's note: This essay was originally published in the Central Trend, the student newspaper of Forest Hills Central High School. What college are you going...
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