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Kenowa Hills Charles Honey

When Rosalba Cruz was facing eviction from her mobile home because she was behind on rent, her daughter Anahi noticed she was stressing out. The...

Students Explore Job Possibilities with Area Companies

Kenowa Hills Charles Honey

When Kenowa Hills High School teacher Mike Johnson set up a career night for his students, he expected about 15 businesses at most would...

Beyond Fitness Basics: Teacher Honored for Comprehensive Program

Kenowa Hills Charles Honey

Physical fitness isn’t important just forathletes. That philosophy drives Todd Johnston’s physical education program at Kenowa Hills High School, and recently won him recognition...

Students Send Out Care Packages of Comfort on ‘Thoughtful Thursdays’

Kenowa Hills Charles Honey

It has been a tough year for Linda Rairigh, ever since she was diagnosed with melanoma lung cancer at the end of June. It...

From Road Patrol to Hallways: Officer Bolsters School Security

Kenowa Hills Charles Honey

When Deputy Tim Erhardt was patrolling roads for the Kent County Sheriff’s Department, he responded one weekend to four fatal car crashes. Three of...

Student’s Death Cautions Classmates against Distracted Driving

Kenowa Hills Charles Honey

Jim Freybler hushed an auditorium full of teenagers, then told them that texting a few words on a cell phone was all it took...

‘I Want to Make a Difference’

Classrooms for All Charles Honey

Gregoria Nava drives down a narrow lane through an apple orchard to a small cluster of migrant worker cabins. She’s come here on a...

Maranda Welcomes Area Teachers for Back-to-School Advice

Kelloggsville Adrian Hirsch

WOTV4's Maranda Where You Live program recently invited four teachers from Kent ISD schools to discuss their favorite things about being a teacher and...

Brightening the Lives of 4th Graders

Kenowa Hills Tom Rademacher

Even though the sun has officially launched summer, I still see Stephanie Gerdes standing at the helm of her 4th-grade classroom inside Kenowa Hills'...

Club Gives ‘Zinser BoyZ’ a Barrier against Bullying

Kenowa Hills Charles Honey

The moment Officer Gil "Butch" Redzinski walked in the classroom, a boy came up and gave him a hug. Other boys called out, "Hey,...

Determination over Depression: Future Trooper Found New Home and Career Calling

Grads with Grit Charles Honey

Editor’s note: This is the last of our “Grads with Grit” series about students who have overcome unusual challenges and hardships to graduate this...

Local Educators Get a Real Taste of Marine Boot Camp

Kenowa Hills Erin Albanese

Kenowa Hills High School Assistant Principal Jim Smith had to stop thinking like a scholar to determine the quickest way to complete a mission...

From Hammerin’ Hank to Unsinkable Molly, Students Bring History Alive

Kenowa Hills Charles Honey

One by one, the legends came forward: Hank Aaron. Walt Disney. Susan B. Anthony. Laura Ingalls Wilder. Bessie Coleman. Wait. Who's Bessie Coleman? She...

New Machines Aim to Reduce Injuries, Respond to Growing Concerns about Concussion

Issues in Education Charles Honey

Kenowa Hills sophomore Faith Swieringa carries a fingernail-size scar above her right eye. Lacrosse? Nope, cheerleading. She got it from being accidentally whacked during...

Students Honor Vet with Patriotic Quilt

Kenowa Hills Charles Honey

Three boys stood with an Army veteran pledging allegiance to a faded flag, the gulf of years between them vanishing into their solemn words:...

‘I Did That Too’: Child of Migrant Camps Helps Hispanic Students

Classrooms for All Charles Honey

Another day at Alpine Elementary is winding down when Sylvia Saucedo-DeVries looks up to see a young man come in the office. Miguel Vega,...

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