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Past Top Teachers Advise, Encourage This Year’s Honoree

Forest Hills Charles Honey

Surrounded by a dozen exemplary teachers in the room, Michigan Teacher of the Year Tracy Horodyski paid close attention to the advice of one...

Ukuleles: Officially a Thing

East Grand Rapids Erin Albanese

Music teacher Susan Berce sang and strummed her ukulele as students walked into class. "There she was just a walkin' down the street, singin'...

Future Takes Flight: ‘I Will Do Whatever It Takes’

Grads with Grit Charles Honey

Nolte Cunningham’s first experience on a plane was really bad. He was about 6 years old, on a flight taking his sister to the...

New High School Principal Selected

Kenowa Hills Charles Honey

The high school will soon be under the new leadership of a principal with a background in both academics and athletics, at the both...

Full Court Friendship

Kenowa Hills Charles Honey

“Mag-GIE! Mag-GIE! Mag-GIE!” shout a dozen boys lined up on either side of a playground basketball hoop. “LET’S go MAG-gie!” CLAP, CLAP, CLAP-CLAP-CLAP! “LET’S...

Kenowa Hills’ Tracy Horodyski Named Michigan Teacher of the Year

Kenowa Hills Charles Honey

Tracy Horodyski dreamed as a child of being a truck driver, but ended up helping steer students toward their own dreams. Her success in doing...

Kenowa Vote Passes, Sparta and Grandville Also Approved

Grandville Charles Honey

Tuesday’s voter approval of a $55.24 million bond issue meant a lot to Ross Willick, not just as a principal but as the parent...

District Hosts Two Finalists for Top State Teacher

Kenowa Hills Charles Honey

To both be among the top four finalists for MichiganTeacher of the Year, as fellow teachers in the district, was surprising enough for Delia...

Will the Third Time Be the Charm?

Kenowa Hills Charles Honey

Stephanie Lapinski knows Central Elementary School well, and not just because her children, Madeline and Nickolas, go to school there. She volunteers weekly in...

Robots Take Over Schools for State, World Qualifiers

East Grand Rapids Charles Honey

Four Kenowa Hills students surrounded a box of wires, wheels and pulleys they called Judy, making last-minute adjustments. They had spent six weeks putting...

Coming Together to Stand Up to Bullying

Kenowa Hills Charles Honey

Asked to give some examples of bullying, the fourth-graders of Zinser Elementary had plenty. “Kicking somebody,” a boy said. “Teasing,” said another. “Constantly saying someone’s clothes...

Welcoming Parents to Come See the “Magic” of Learning

Kenowa Hills Charles Honey

Bill Fischer is a college professor, but when it comes to K-12 education he feels he has a lot to learn. So he took...

Area Special Education Teams Shoot and Score!

Byron Center School News Network

Kenowa Hills High School recently hosted for the second year a regional Special Olympics basketball tournament. Schools from Byron Center, Sparta, Forest Hills, Thornapple...

Learning ABCs, Confidence and Dinosaurs

Kenowa Hills Charles Honey

With care and concentration, 4-year-old Lucas Wierzbicki threaded a string through the holes bordering a pink paper heart. “I’m doing real good,” Lucas boasted quietly. “You’re...

Students With Visual Impairments Cook Up New Skills

Kenowa Hills Adrian Hirsch

Cookies? Check. Apple crisp? Check. Camaraderie? Check. These are the ingredients that make up the fun-filled after-school cooking class for visually impaired students from...

Kinetic Combo: Students Find Reading Cadence

Kenowa Hills Charles Honey

Clark VanDop was engrossed in a book about poisonous animals called “That’s Deadly.” But while his brain was soaking up information about creepy critters,...

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