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Welding sparks her life

Kent ISD Jane Lally

Junior Grace Kober wants to follow in her family’s footsteps and pursue work in the trades...

Kent Career Tech Center and Kent Transition Center to merge

Kent ISD Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

The Kent Career Tech Center and Kent Transition Center merger, planned for the 2023-24 school year, is aimed at giving students more opportunities for career exploration...

Hands-on learning means expanded skills

Kent ISD Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

The pilot course in a planned merger of KTC and Tech Center programs shows signs of broadening skills-based learning to a wider student population...

AP for all sophomores? This school is doing it

Northview Morgan Jarema

The College Board was in town last week to see Northview High’s program in action, and to encourage other districts to try...

The goal: to help people

Kent ISD Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

This Kent Career Tech Center student has her eye on the medical field...

Building community, one gumdrop at a time

Kent ISD Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Students and their families in the Kent ISD Oral Deaf program build candy houses and community at a holiday event...

Catching students up from pandemic’s ‘unfinished learning’

School 2.0 Charles Honey

Nearly three years since the pandemic hit, teachers and administrators are pushing hard to catch students up...

Engineering internship helps Tech Center student explore career

Bridging the Talent Gap Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Isaac Clark never knew how complicated making a box could be until he landed an internship at Michigan Lasercut...

Elevating student voice

Kent ISD Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Inaugural Kent ISD event featuring students as guest speakers on important issues...

‘We’ve got to elevate the profession’

Kent ISD Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Dave Rodgers’ excitement about his new position at Kent ISD is tied to a concern for those who teach...

Once short on credits to graduate, now an advocate for student success

Kent ISD Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Longtime student supporter Ron Gorman now champions all students as Kent ISD’s new assistant superintendent of instructional services...

Students safely experience distracted, impaired driving

Kent ISD Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

High-schoolers learned about the perils of driving impaired or distracted via an international program...

Training the protectors

Kent ISD Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

District security officers came together for training, collaboration...

Familiar faces named to assistant superintendent positions

Kent ISD Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Four Kent ISD leading administrators have taken over new assistant superintendent roles...

Districts add staff, increase compensation thanks to ‘historic’ funding increase

Multi Districts Erin Albanese

Raises, programs, added staff are planned due to increased education dollars...

‘Math is all around us’

Making Math Add Up Beth Heinen Bell

Math coaches work with teachers to help students discover the joy of solving math problems...

Leading the band, on field and off

Welding sparks her life

Rider’s experience guided by love, respect for horses

Former umpire is now making calls at Rockford High

Kent Career Tech Center and Kent Transition Center to merge

Student artwork depicting Michigan’s strengths wins state competition

Hands-on learning means expanded skills

Thanks to Ariel, he’s part of that world

Spanish dual immersion program set for fall debut

Teacher shares holiday tradition with students

Biggest individual donation ever will support mental health

District builds sense of belonging with after-school programs

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