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Swimming laps & closing gaps

Kentwood Erin Albanese

The Aquatics Center is home to the Falcons’ middle and high school swimming, diving and water polo teams, and to a community swim team. And all fifth-graders attend a water-safety program...

Running connects with reading on middle school track

Kentwood Erin Albanese

Crestwood Middle students raced the 100-meter dash, just like the main character in the novel Ghost...

Connecting through circles

Kentwood Erin Albanese

Kentwood’s approach to restorative practices is about equity, inclusion...

Science of snowflakes includes math, artsy ornaments

Kentwood Erin Albanese

Pinewood Middle students considered how snowflakes form in the sky above, before experimenting with crystallization...

Catching students up from pandemic’s ‘unfinished learning’

Kent ISD Charles Honey

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

The school where high expectations are universal

Kentwood Erin Albanese

Consistency, relationships, focused instruction help boost student achievement, educators say...

Books represent students in state’s most diverse district

Kentwood Erin Albanese

Educators in Kentwood Public Schools prioritize stocking library shelves with books featuring diverse characters and by diverse authors...

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Strategic plan to include student, community input

Kentwood Erin Albanese

The district will provide many opportunities to weigh in on this guide for the next few years...

District, literacy center helps parents learn English

Kentwood Erin Albanese

Learning English helps immigrant parents help their children in school...

Students create portrait of Grand Rapids man killed by police officer

Kentwood Erin Albanese

“Through the Veil” a portrait of Patrick Lyoya, by East Kentwood students, is on display for ArtPrize...

Elementary schools start year with completed bond projects

Kentwood Erin Albanese

The projects, spanning 22 buildings that serve more than 9,000 students, have begun at several elementary schools...

‘Every day can be a better day’

Kentwood Erin Albanese

New elementary school deans Ahnna Sisco, Orlando James and Joe Marsiglia are getting to know their students at Endeavor, Glenwood and Explorer Elementary schools...

‘Protect what’s important to you’

Kentwood Erin Albanese

To mark the 9/11 anniversary, eighth-graders packed 700 emergency kits for their peers and family members...

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...

Neighborhood bash brings in the resources

Kentwood Erin Albanese

The back-to-School event dispersed books, supplies and goodies right into the neighborhood, and reconnected students with teachers...

Across subjects, students focus on theme of water

Kentwood Erin Albanese

The study of water flows from classroom to classroom and across the curriculum at Valleywood Middle School...

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