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Teacher Academy students design their future classrooms

Kent ISD Joanne Bailey-Boorsma
First-year Teacher Academy students designed classrooms with a focus on the developmental needs of their students.

Retired teachers return as mentors 

Forest Hills Joanne Bailey-Boorsma
A chance conversation led school counselor Cindi Reynolds to invite former Knapp Forest Elementary staff to return as mentors.

Touched by tragedies, social worker educates families on safe gun storage

All Districts School News Network
Social worker Eunice Benavidez, who’s lost family members to gun violence, talks about a safe gun storage initiative she leads at Kelloggsville Public Schools. 

Threats to schools: real or hoaxes? 

Multi Districts Alexis Stark
Following a school shooting in Georgia, school districts locally and statewide saw an increase in threats this fall – many of them false.

State of the Student tackles four big topics 

All Districts Joanne Bailey-Boorsma
Area students were center stage at the annual “Listen. Learn. Lead.” event to share their thoughts about mental health, school safety, engagement and belonging.

High-schoolers talk mental health with education leaders, legislators

Multi Districts Erin Albanese
What can schools do to support student mental health and make connections? Students shared their thoughts on how and why it’s so important to them.

Creating a supportive environment for all

Forest Hills Joanne Bailey-Boorsma
SNN gets to know the new administrative team at Forest Hills Northern High School.

No cell phones in class? It’s a good thing, student and principal say

Podcasts School News Network
Five years after Forest Hills adopted a policy severely restricting cell-phone use during the school day, we talk to a student and principal about how that’s working out.

Teamwork is the key in this battle of ‘the ages’

Forest Hills Joanne Bailey-Boorsma
An annual history lesson about empires gives high-schoolers the opportunity to interact and engage while learning cooperation and leadership skills.

U.S. Rep. Scholten weighs in on national issues affecting local schools

All Districts Beth Heinen Bell
U.S. Rep. Hillary Scholten recently sat down with SNN to discuss career and technical education, the upcoming election and more. 

Is it enough? Supplemental budget aims to offset mental health, security cuts

All Districts Riley Kelley
Supplemental funds will curb the impact of mental health and safety cuts in the education budget, but they won’t solve everything.

His gold medal moment: being at the Paris 2024 Olympics

Forest Hills Joanne Bailey-Boorsma
Central High alumni Jon Greenhoe got a front-row view of life during an “Olympic Paris.”

Their aim: helping students ‘find their community’

Forest Hills Joanne Bailey-Boorsma
William Cataldo is the new Northern Trails 5/6 principal, and Natalie Bice is the new Central Middle School assistant principal.

U.S. Education Secretary: ‘We gotta fight for our educators’ 

All Districts Joanne Bailey-Boorsma
U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona hosted a roundtable discussion on public service loan forgiveness with local educators.

First-year teacher wants students to know ‘You can have fun while learning’

Podcasts School News Network
In this episode of Study Hall, first-year Kent City teacher Marla Anderson discusses why she chose teaching at a time new teachers are badly needed.

Why do most schools start before Labor Day? Several reasons

Multi Districts Joanne Bailey-Boorsma
Middle college programs are the main reason Kent ISD seeks a post-Labor Day waiver for all local school districts. But there are others.
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