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...
In mixed millage results, approvals for five districts but setback for one
While five local school districts won tax request approvals from voters, a defeat in Caledonia will cost the district more than $150,000 in revenue...
Six school districts seek tax approvals on Nov. 6 ballot
Voters in six Kent County school districts will be asked to vote on school tax proposals that can be found on the second page of their ballot Nov. 6...
Local companies find solutions in high school seniors while they explore careers
Seniors get a head start on careers in a program offering school credit – and a wage – for work experience...
Grant will help prepare Wyoming area students for college
Grand Rapids Community College is the recipient of a $2.1 million, six-year grant from the U.S. Education Department to boost chances for all students to succeed in college and beyond...
New building, no new taxes, say district officials
The issue will appear at the bottom of the ballot on Tuesday, Nov. 6, and is part of a long-term plan to update and modernize the district’s elementary schools...
Community Celebration draws a big crowd
The district hosted its annual Community Celebration on Sept. 14 in front of the middle school. Students, their families and members of the community came out to enjoy games, bouncy castles and treats, and to hear music...
Stress test: students speak their minds on the M-STEP
Rather than go back to the same hand-wringing sources about M-STEP scores, we decided to ask the people most directly affected by these tests: the students who take them...
Of travel, teaching, and Timberlake
Beth Travis is the new principal at East Kelloggsville Elementary School. SNN gets to know her in this edition of Meet Your Principal...
Mr. Rocket’s legacy trails for four decades
Retiring Athletic Director Bruce Foster leaves a legacy of impacting students’ lives through sports, and doing what he can to provide an excellent program for student athletes...
‘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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