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Immersion in Watershed Helps Teachers Create Student Projects

Kent ISD School News Network
Susan Gray peers into a microscope that reveals the miniscule habitat of algae and phytoplankton culled from the depths of Muskegon Lake. Gray, a 5th...

India Stewart Dunning: Survivor and Scholar

Forest Hills Tom Rademacher
Her clothes are arranged by color.Like Pippi Longstocking, she sleeps upside down, with her head at the footboard and her feet at the headboard. Ever...

Playtime for Children becomes Learning for Students

Kent ISD Adrian Hirsch
Rubber mats, bouncy balls and sing along songs are part of the experience for students enrolled in the new Childcare program at Kent Transitional...

Districts Continue to Make Cuts, Tap Savings to Cover Budget Holes

Kent ISD Erin Albanese
After a decade of teacher and staff concessions, slashed programs, layoffs, shuttered schools and consolidated services, Kent County school districts continue to struggle to...

Young Inventors Learn to Create through Fun and Exploration

Kent ISD School News Network
Camp Invention, a nationally recognized summer enrichment camp for kids, launched its second year at Kent ISD on June 16 with an intriguing question:...

Students Collaborate to Bring Historic Fort to Life

Kent ISD School News Network
The blockbuster video games that line the shelves of East Beltine’s GameStop were put on the backburner for a spring afternoon as 3D Animation...

Hybrid School Celebrates the First Group of Grads

Kent ISD School News Network
A unique group of graduates gathered on Kent ISD's campus a few weeks ago. Parents and faculty were there with a warm send-off to...

Good Math Skills a Must for Good Jobs, Employers Say

Kent ISD Charles Honey
Editor's note: Making Math Add Up is a series on the difficulties students have learning math, and what methods some schools and teachers are...

Tech Center Students Awarded Breaking Traditions Recognition

Kent ISD Adrian Hirsch
Rockford High School student Sydney Bogard, who recently graduated from the Tech Center's Criminal Justice program, was one of 22 Michigan students recently honored...

Stomp Out Stigma Walk Sees Record Attendance

Kent ISD Adrian Hirsch
It may have been chilly, but 1,500 students, community, and organization members started at GVSU's Pew campus for a brisk 5k Saturday morning walk...

Aviation Students Display Skills to Think Global Flight and Media

Kent ISD School News Network
Kent Career Tech Center's Aviation students recently had the unique opportunity to welcome Think Global Flight, a nonprofit flight organization aimed at promoting STEM...

PNC Supports Families through Grant to Bright Beginnings

Kent ISD School News Network
The PNC Foundation has awarded Kent ISD's Bright Beginnings Program a grant that will help fund Parent Education home visitation for at risk families...

TedX Livestream Inspires Students

Kent ISD Erin Albanese
As teachers and students tuned in during a live broadcast, TedxGrandRapids speaker Roberto Rivera described a young Latino boy named Carlos who was labeled...

Sarah Waller: The Tech Center’s Iron Chef

Kent ISD Tom Rademacher
Let it be said here and now – OK, so written here and now – that the raspberry patch in my back yard cannot...

Education Advocate Says Schools Need Informed Communities

Kent ISD Linda Odette
People who work in public education are the problem with schools today. They have cushy jobs and get the summers off. If school systems...

Character Counts in Student Success, Researchers Say

Byron Center Charles Honey
When Dan Takens was an elementary school principal in Kentwood and Byron Center, he expected something basic from all his students: treat others the...
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