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A look in the mirror cues self-expression

Godwin Heights Bridie Bereza

Annalise Hammerlund, an artist-in-residence, visits a middle school classroom each week to lead students in an art lesson that challenges them to learn a bit more about themselves...

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Science lesson reveals toxic effect of radium on female workers

Godwin Heights Bridie Bereza

Sophomores at Godwin Heights High School recently discovered for themselves how the radium in paint used at a 1900s company left a legacy of illness and death in its wake...

Getting real

Godwin Heights Bridie Bereza

Students got a simulated experience that included a budget (complete with educational loan debt) based on their intended career path...

Model behavior? Let’s discuss that

Godwin Heights Bridie Bereza

Students use a chart to help them choose their own consequences for inappropriate behavior...

The power of the pen

Godwin Heights Bridie Bereza

A writing assignment yielded some meaningful outcomes for fourth graders in Kelly Compher’s class at North Godwin Elementary...

A case study

Godwin Heights Bridie Bereza

The experimentation involved dropping, crushing and trying to understand the effects of forces on different objects...

Barbie can bungee

Godwin Heights Bridie Bereza

Students apply their math skills to send dolls on a high-flying adventure...

Most districts allow phones, but with restrictions

Godwin Heights Charles Honey

An informal School News Network survey of public school districts in Kent County besides Forest Hills showed cell-phone use is generally not permitted in elementary schools, and only allowed under strictly defined conditions in middle and high schools...

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Making change, learning leadership

Godwin Heights Bridie Bereza

A middle school girls’ group builds leadership while focusing on social justice...

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Budding poets find their voices

Godwin Heights Bridie Bereza

When Betsy Berry began a month-long poetry unit this fall, she never imagined that a single poem would spark a newfound passion for poetry in her eighth graders...

Words matter

Godwin Heights Bridie Bereza

Last year’s annual climate and culture survey revealed that bullying and name calling were affecting a significant number of students at the school...

A room to groom

Godwin Heights Bridie Bereza

Middle school barbershop provides free cuts, nurtures love of reading...

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Godwin Heights band marches on in top form

Godwin Heights Brett Atwood

The legacy of making stellar music continues at Godwin Heights High School, where more than 200 students are in the marching band...

A place to grow and harvest

Godwin Heights Bridie Bereza

New garden collaboration feeds students’ minds and bodies...

Retooled for school

Godwin Heights Bridie Bereza

The main objective was to move fifth-graders out of middle school, but administrators say there have been benefits at all grade levels...

Young mom surpasses expectations to get to graduation day

Godwin Heights Bridie Bereza

Ahnaka Ortiz-Rodriguez started high school while pregnant and will graduate on time, with honors and an upward trajectory-- toddler in tow...

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New art classroom invites ‘productive artistic work’

Orchestra covers ABCs of performing across genres

ArtPrize-inspired event integrates tech, soft skills

Game board showcase demonstrates fun of skill-building

Students shape conversation at annual Listen. Learn. Lead. event

Annual State of the Student event highlights student voice

Quarterback: biggest growth has come from mix of peers, cultures

Around the world for the holidays

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