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Students to Drivers: Put the Phone Down!

Kent City Charles Honey
The image looms high above southbound U.S. 131, just north of the Burton Street exit -- a tear falling from a teen girl’s eye,...

‘The Culture Has Changed’

Issues in Education School News Network
After being placed on a list of low-achieving schools in 2010, the district's high school swung into action. Now, some of its practices are...

Providing Creature Comforts, on Their Own

Kent City School News Network
Leopard geckos, degus, a sand boa, fishes and a painted turtle all call Steve McClintock's science classroom home. In the morning before the bell rings,...

Math as Discovery, Exploration

Kent City School News Network
Gathered on the floor around teacher Karen Swanson, her third-graders were not looking down at a worksheet or a pop quiz, but up. They...

Confident and Empowered

Kent City School News Network
A program that empowers parents with the skills to be their child's first teacher has come to Kent City Elementary School. Parents Are Teachers has...

Watch Out for Spinning Tops and Catapults!

Kent City School News Network
A group of middle schoolers formed a circle on the lab floor, while others leapt onto desks to avoid the trajectory of Beyblades --...

Building a Band Program, From Squeaks to Symphonic

Cedar Springs School News Network
If you talk to a sixth-grader or a high school senior from Kent City's band program, you will hear a similar story. For first-chair...

‘Thanks for Protecting Us’

Comstock Park Charles Honey
Students learned about sacrifice and service when schools throughout Kent County honored servicemen and women with special ceremonies on Veterans Day, Nov. 11. Students...

Is it a Bird? A Whale? Oh Wait, it’s Both!

Kent City School News Network
"Dear John Ball Zoo Committee," fourth-grader Neil Myers read aloud to his classmates. "I am Professor Neil. It has come to my attention that...

Fashion Design for the Future

Kent City School News Network
Kent City third-graders were given the task of thinking into the future at ArtPrize's Education Days, as they designed the fashion of the next...

Students Become Local Historians

Kent City School News Network
In 1907, a railroad spark was carried on a strong, northward wind through downtown Kent City, starting a fire that devastated many of its...

‘I’ll Saw this Wood Up – I’m Not Scared of It’

East Grand Rapids School News Network
From the courtroom to the archery range and beyond, a quartet of female high school students are breaking into fields dominated by males. Two Kent...

From Pirate to Picture Books

Kent City School News Network
As a child, Floyd Cooper’s first dream was to become a pirate. As an adult, his career path veered toward advertising, but he ended...

Building a Better Back-Up

Kent City School News Network
If engineers look at the world and ask, "What could work better?" Caleb Sible would probably say forklift driving. The pros must agree, since judges...

Library Remodel Includes New Books, Student Reviews

Kent City School News Network
The Elementary School's library has been transformed. Along with a remodel, new initiatives brought books and reading to every corner and classroom of the...

Class Dojo Connects Parents, Provides Positive Competition for Students

Kent City Adrian Hirsch
A new program in Kent City Elementary classes provides parents instant feedback on how their student is doing in class, while encouraging classmates to...
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