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How to Reform Education? One District Considers Students’ Needs

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese

Lydia Hernandez took the day off from volunteering at the elementary school to prepare a big meal for visitors from the district's human-centered design...

Fiesta of the Senses at Spanish Market Day

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese

Spanish Market Day was a fiesta of the senses at the high school with aroma and tastes of flavorful foods and students dancing in...

Anchoring Plants, Anchoring the Community

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese

A new botany class at Lee Middle-High School has students thinking about roots, the kind that anchor plants and the kind that anchor communities. The...

Playground Boss Raises Funds for New Area

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese

Students ran onto the elementary school’s playground to find a volleyball net standing on a brand-new cement play area. Someone grabbed a ball and...

Superintendent Announces Retirement

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese

The way Superintendent David Britten approaches his job is hands-on, vocal and in a way that touches others' lives. He's at many athletic and...

The Full Story on Graduation Rates

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The State of Michigan has released the graduation rates for the cohort Class of 2014-15 and overall they continue to climb. Reports by local media...

Finding and Sharing the Beat

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese

The beat of Godfrey-Lee Early Childhood Center students' drums mixed with jangling tambourines, clanging blocks and sounds made by hitting sticks on household items...

Hands-on Science Just Outside the Door: Students Explore New Learning Center

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese

Godfrey-Lee Early Childhood Center first-grader Shaby Pablo-Pablo was on the lookout for an American goldfinch's habitat. He spied it up in a tree. "Shaby's bird's...

‘King of the Leap Year Parade’

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese

Godfrey-Lee Early Childhood Center second-grader Eviel Alvarez-Martinez was named Leap Year King on Feb. 29 to celebrate his second real birthday. While Eviel is 8...

Day of Play All About Learning

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese

There was a shark in the container with the fish. What could go wrong? "They are all in a fight! They are all in a...

First Generation College Student Struggles to Fit In

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese

Jordan Lovett feels a little like a puzzle piece that doesn't quite fit lately. She sits in the Moose Cafe at Aquinas College holding...

How Does Imagination Boost Vocabulary?

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese

Godfrey Elementary School English language-learner teacher Jackie Wearing's students were learning vocabulary during the Swoop reading intervention program. Their challenge: to end this sentence:...

1,800 Bikes Find Their Home for the Holidays

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese

Santa Claus delivered for children in the Godfrey-Lee Public Schools district area in the days before Christmas, with six semi-trailers filled with 1,800 free...

Living Life Like a Pumpkin

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese

Art and science converged in Susan Sheets Odo's second-grade classroom, where students recently depicted the lifestyle of a pumpkin through papier–mâché projects, miniature pumpkin...

Early Childhood Students Stride Past Training Wheels

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese

Godfrey-Lee Elementary School Early Childhood Education students lifted their feet and rode on their new pedal-free Strider bikes. "I like it! Watch what I can...

Crafting a Cardboard Arcade

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese

Godfrey-Lee Public Schools students were challenged to think outside the box -- and inside, under, over and through it. Turns out, with a little thinking...

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