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Getting down to business

Kent ISD Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Through the inaugural Student StartUp Day, area high school students met with local professionals and learned what it takes to make an idea for a business a reality...

‘No prerequisites for being taught to read and write’

Kentwood Erin Albanese

The Literacy Center at Discovery Elementary serves students with focused instruction and the belief that all students can benefit from being taught to read and write...

Fancy F’s and elegant L’s

Kentwood Erin Albanese

This teacher gives her students extra credit for completing vocabulary assignments in cursive...

Third graders have the solution to organizing toys in messy bedrooms

Kentwood Erin Albanese

Students at Discovery and Explorer elementary schools are creating prototypes for toy storage containers by using the design thinking process...

Sylvia James fills opening on Kent ISD School Board

Kent ISD Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Kent ISD’s School Board appointed Sylvia James to its five-member board after long-time member Bill Joseph retires...

‘All of their stories come together’

Places of Refuge Erin Albanese

In a school district that is home to many not born in the U.S., seventh graders dive deep into learning about and welcoming newcomers from all over the world...

Musicians take on anything but classical

Kentwood Erin Albanese

Forty-four students become immersed each morning in music styles ranging from bluegrass to alternative rock in the Anything But Classical Orchestra...

A and B student strives for success, from a motel room

Homeless, with Homework Erin Albanese

A homeless Kent County teen talks about stressors, family, schoolwork and life in a motel...

Choose to Include event brings together athletes of all abilities

Kentwood Phil de Haan

The word of the day was fun...

They got the moves like coders

Kentwood Erin Albanese

Hundreds of district students took part in the national Hour of Code...

Shooting for a greener school

Kentwood Erin Albanese

They used design thinking to come up with solutions to make the school more environmentally friendly...

Reality 101

Kentwood Erin Albanese

In East Kentwood High School’s personal finance class, students quickly learned what grown-up expenses take bites out of income...

Middle Schoolers help build, design underwater robot

Kentwood Erin Albanese

It will play a significant role in a year-long environmental study of Buck Creek and its levels of pollutants...

Kaleidoscope of cultures

Kentwood Erin Albanese

‘...It is of paramount importance that the community understands their stories,’ said a student organizer of the inaugural event at the school...

Living in cars, campers, motels and ‘doubled-up,’ homeless students struggle to succeed

Homeless, with Homework Erin Albanese

Schools -- urban, suburban and rural -- are seeing increased numbers of homeless students and fewer options for housing because of high rents and scarce vacancies...

Blessed by Brookelyn supports GRPS elementary school athletics

Grand Rapids Phil de Haan

When Tonya Elias lost her daughter in a tragic accident five years ago, she decided to start a nonprofit in Brookelyn’s name, using the life insurance money received after her death...

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‘My goal for you is just to get better’

Parent employees spark increase in volunteering

His secret to music success? ‘Don’t let perfect get in the way of better’

Proud, exhausted, worthwhile: reflecting on the marathon of teaching

Honing their approach to new phonics lessons

Program pairs mentors with high-school students

Shredding the slopes with hand-built boards

Charting careers in mental health

ASD classroom now serving your morning pick-me-up

New smartphone law a ‘win-win-win’ for students, teachers, families

Student artists commemorate founding of the US

Lowell grad who has autism pens folly-filled comedic play

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