Michigan art teacher of year makes all subjects ‘artful’
Art teacher Adrienne DeMilner brings art into all subjects and areas at East Kentwood Freshman Campus and out into the community. She was recently awarded 2018 Michigan Art Educator of the Year and Secondary Art Teacher of the Year by the Michigan Art Education Association...
Stress test: students speak their minds on the M-STEP
Rather than go back to the same hand-wringing sources about M-STEP scores, we decided to ask the people most directly affected by these tests: the students who take them...
From class clown to head of the school
Andrew Kolzow is the new East Kentwood Freshman Campus principal. SNN gets to know him in this edition of Meet Your Principal...
New shoes for a new school year — for free
In the Image’s annual “Shoes Help Our Elementary Students” program put shoes on the feet of 1,700 students from more than 39 elementary schools...
It’s a new school year and a new country for immigrant and refugee students
The first day for students in Kentwood is the first day of school in the U.S. for some newcomers...
After Taking a Left Turn, He Found His Right Calling
Justin Mathes began by tutoring youth at various schools, now the new Valleywood Middle School Principal...
Camp will offer essentials of civic learning, policy engagement
Kentwood Public Schools and the Michigan Center for Civic Education are offering a free summer workshop/camp on Aug. 6-8 focused on civic learning, current events and the Constitution...
Middle schoolers pitch in to help protect waterways
Crestwood Middle School students spent a recent sunny Friday lifting rocks, filling in eroded areas, and planting flowers to create an area where water runoff from Steelcase’s parking lot will be absorbed...
Future Fair brings career info to field house
Students in grades 9 through 12, many of whom are still considering what they want to do after graduation, stopped to learn about various fields, collect brochures and start thinking about jobs...
Giving back as others gave to them
Three sisters, refugees from Rwanda, devote their Monday evenings to volunteering at the Learning Café, an education center in Grand Rapids that serves refugee children...
Students help refugee peers adjust to life, schools in the U.S.
Students from a handful of area high schools are making an impact at two West Michigan organizations tasked with helping refugee students and their families succeed...
Michigan Teacher of the Year tells DeVos his concerns about school choice
East Kentwood’s Luke Wilcox and other State Teachers of the Year had the opportunity to meet with U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, and shared their concerns about her policies on vouchers and charters...
Learning the language to help their children learn in school
The KPS Parent Academy aims at meeting the needs of the 1,800 students in the district who are English-language learners by helping their parents learn English...
Local business mentors have big impact on students
Each Friday, employees from Walther-Trowal allot a half-hour of their workday to spend time with Discovery Elementary students, doing school work and just having fun...
At these schools, students’ hearts and minds are both nurtured
Endeavor and Challenger elementary schools are both recipients of the Capturing Kids’ Hearts National Showcase Schools Award
Water everywhere, but is it safe? Students take a closer look
Students examine what’s in the water from wells in area municipalities, as well as in tap water from their schools and homes
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