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Like Wonder Woman, ‘I gotta save the world!’

Kenowa Hills Alexis Stark

After five years serving students and staff as a social worker at Zinser Elementary, Brooke Davis, is new director of diversity, equity and mental health services...

Making mental health awareness part of school culture

Kenowa Hills Alexis Stark

Paint Kenowa Green is about creating safe spaces and ending stigma...

Students celebrate the beauty of multiple languages

Classrooms for All Alexis Stark

Students celebrated their Spanish-speaking heritage with International Mother Language Day at Alpine Elementary...

Creating safe spaces

Kenowa Hills Alexis Stark

On a freezing February morning at Pathways High School, two speakers from Michigan non-profit i understand spoke to students about the importance of mental health...

Distance learning hones collaboration, forges close connections

Kenowa Hills Alexis Stark

Three elementary teachers share how they have learned resilience and are reimagining how they engage their students outside the traditional classroom setting...

Schools, organizations step up to feed students, families

All Districts Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Area schools continue to provide free grab and go meals at regular distribution events and community partners are helping to fill in the gaps to make sure everyone is fed during a very challenging time...

Making merry music, from a safe distance

Kenowa Hills Alexis Stark

The holidays may look different this year, but Kenowa Hills students are still finding ways to lift spirits by sharing their musical talents...

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Video series aims to fill teachers’ cups with appreciation

Kenowa Hills Alexis Stark

Kenowa Hills schools are sharing video messages of gratitude for teachers, just in time for a hope-filled holiday season...

Fourth-grade hockey fan gets a magical hour on ice: ‘I made the shot!’

Kenowa Hills Alexis Stark

Raised as a Red Wings and Grand Rapids Griffins hockey fan, Jackson Solow lights up while skating on an ice rink wearing his favorite hockey jersey...

Nurses administering COVID tests at school, working with families

Kenowa Hills Alexis Stark

Now stationed in all Kenowa Hills Public Schools, eight nurses are caring for students and administering Covid-19 testing...

Learning from a place full of living things

Kenowa Hills Alexis Stark

Rebecca Perry and her class of eager kindergartners spent their morning exploring the newly redone Living Lab at Zinser Elementary...

‘We’re educators; we always make it work’

Kenowa Hills Alexis Stark

Kelly VanDyke’s roots in Kenowa Hills reach back to her days as a student teacher there in the Resource Room. Entering her eleventh school year as a special education teacher at Central Elementary, she is preparing for new students, safety protocols and classroom learning, reimagined...