A pretty flippin’ cool assignment
Students tested their real-estate savvy and practiced their algebra skills, too. A local Realtor gave students a crash course before they started...
After gaining work experience, students sign contracts with area employers
High school seniors sport caps and sign contracts -- but it’s not what you think: these students are landing jobs...
Feeling the burn & ready to learn
Kelloggsville elementary students find a morning workout improves concentration in the classroom...
Step aside, Katniss, it’s archery time
Volunteers visited the school to teach students about the history, craftsmanship, mechanics -- and safety, of course -- of the time-honored device known as the longbow...
Students make friends by way of pen
A teacher and her former teacher are connecting their classrooms through letters...
Bond requests pass in Rockford, Lowell; maintenance levy fails in Sparta
Six districts passed requests, ranging from non-homestead millages to major bond proposals for new and revamped buildings...
Oh say, did you see?
Choir’s banner year ends with a public performance of 'The Star-Spangled Banner'...
‘It was the right job for me — always has been’
In Cindy Prentler’s second grade classroom, books inspire, teach, and beautify the space...
Saying ‘yes’ to the prom dress
Why not share the often single-wear items? A Kelloggsville teacher created a pop-up boutique that lets students shop for free formal wear...
Grieving together helps students cope with loss
Bereaved students are benefiting from a peer support program that meets them where they’re at -- school...
Student tutors help peers stay on track
It helps struggling students make up ground, and is an opportunity for tutors to work on interpersonal skills and make use of their knowledge in a variety of subjects...
Grant aims to ready middle schoolers for what comes after high school
Seventh-graders in four Wyoming school districts will receive tutoring, mentoring and career exploration opportunities via Grand Rapids Community College...
Big plant, little plant
Fifth-graders visited a clean water plant. Then, a miniature version visited them...
Homes for the Holidays
School staff visited students throughout the district and beyond for the first-ever holiday home visit initiative...
The measure of a mentor
The district has partnered with a local nonprofit to implement a formal, measurable program between students in the district...
On fire for choir
When one elementary music teacher had a little extra time in her schedule, she knew there was only one thing to do: start a school choir...
‘Rice Bowls’ a Poem by Seventh-grader Christeen Nguyen
Rice Bowls
by Christeen Nguyen
I am Asian
I am Hungry
I wonder what my lunch will be
I see a bowl of rice
I wish I could eat it right now
I am Asian
I am hungry
I pretend not to be hungry
I feel really cranky right...
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