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‘Please just stay home’

School 2.0 Morgan Jarema

An eighth grader whose parents are both essential workers has a message about the state’s executive order...

Teachers tap into one another’s knowledge for remote teaching

School 2.0 Erin Albanese

Educational technologist Brooke Storms created this list of remote learning resources, complete with free tutorials and getting-started guides...

Museum, library seek stories of pandemic for future generations

School 2.0 Phil de Haan

Poignant submissions from Kent County students are sprinkled throughout the growing collections of COVID-19 stories on the websites of both the Grand Rapids Public Library and the Grand Rapids Public Museum...

Preschoolers Zoom, play to learn

School 2.0 Karen Gentry

Comstock Park’s preschool teachers have gotten creative with online learning with their students including weekly Zoom meetings, story time, closed Facebook groups and themed activities...

Area organizations offer educational projects, learning activities to teachers, students

School 2.0 School News Network

Cultural organizations are providing many ways to enhance student learning...

Counselors reach out to anxious students, stressed parents

School 2.0 Erin Albanese

From anxious students to stressed parents, school mental-health workers are addressing the social and emotional problems exacerbated by the coronavirus shutdown...

Creative ways to cope and learn

School 2.0 Hannah Lentz

The Brown family is finding ways to stay educated and entertained at home...

Athletes Stay in Shape During Time Off School

School 2.0 Janice Holst

An at-home athletic training program helps keep all students on the go during the school shutdown...

‘Everything we can do matters’

School 2.0 Cris Greer

Seventeen teachers and staff members delivered nearly 125 graduation yard signs to the homes of Lee High School and East Lee Campus students...

School leaders working together to plan for fall and beyond

School 2.0 Charles Honey

An ad hoc committee of 13 school leaders in Kent ISD is working on contingency plans to prepare for the next school year and beyond...

Just poppin’ in

School 2.0 Hannah Lentz

Betsy Heyboer loves seeing her students during their virtual meetups, but it just isn’t the same. Or enough...

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In the words of 2020 graduates

Lowell Morgan Jarema

Lowell High School English teacher Heidi Kolp gives her class the chance to take a crack at crafting a commencement address...

Creating art anywhere

State of the Arts Erin Albanese

A new reality of art lessons during the pandemic is the resource savviness required to make it work, technologically and material-wise...

Helping students struggling with isolation-induced anxiety and other mental health issues

School 2.0 Charles Honey

Now that they can’t meet with students behind a closed door in their office, school mental health workers are finding other ways to help...

Supporting parents as teachers

School 2.0 Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Bright Beginnings was recently recognized by the national organization that sets standards for early childhood programs...

Family time includes virtual zoos, indoor gardening and arts & crafts

School 2.0 Cris Greer

How one family stays busy during home quarantine...

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His heart is in the health care field

Northview grad is a future forest mapper

Teacher’s latest book focuses on motivation in education

Book battle promotes literacy, teamwork

Future health care pros sample multiple career focuses

Young readers follow the recipe for perfect pound cake

Young engineers turn paper into a wild ride

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Basketball team unites students, promotes inclusion

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‘The journey’s not over’: High-schoolers showcase Black history

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