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District welcomes new administrators, ready to ‘lead through uncharted waters’

Kentwood Erin Albanese

New administrators share their thoughts on starting their posts during a pandemic...

Districts ponder how to keep students learning, engaged

School 2.0 Erin Albanese

Teachers are challenged to keep their style of instruction intact with students who are socially distanced and, often, not in the building at all...

Inspired by a young girl’s thoughts

Kentwood Erin Albanese

Cora Hovernale won a $200 prize in the art category in a contest hosted by the Holocaust Memorial Center in Farmington Hills...

‘No ordinary person’

Kentwood Phil de Haan

Over the course of almost four decades as an athletic trainer, East Kentwood’s Dan Chappell impacted many. His death is leaving a big void...

Kentwood eases into in-person instruction with two-week remote start

Kentwood Erin Albanese

All students will begin school remotely today, with plans for those who choose to return in person to do so on Tuesday, Sept. 8...

While embracing her roots, student leader steps forward

Grads with Grit Erin Albanese

The daughter of Vietnamese immigrants, Quyen Tran was instrumental in elevating the work of the Asian Student Union at East Kentwood High School. She is now headed to Harvard with a sense of purpose and humanitarian goals...

Students speak out on protests, call for ‘a better America tomorrow’

Multi Districts School News Network

For area students, the ongoing protests over police brutality could be a teachable moment, a call to action or both...

District honored for Capturing Kids Hearts

Kentwood Erin Albanese

The district has used the model for 14 years to build relationships, improve climate and culture and boost attendance and academics...

Teachers tap into one another’s knowledge for remote teaching

School 2.0 Erin Albanese

Educational technologist Brooke Storms created this list of remote learning resources, complete with free tutorials and getting-started guides...

Creating art anywhere

State of the Arts Erin Albanese

A new reality of art lessons during the pandemic is the resource savviness required to make it work, technologically and material-wise...

‘Following a map and the sky’

Grads with Grit Erin Albanese

Adjy Jean spent years as an unaccompanied youth, displaced and moving from country to country. Now, after three years settled in Michigan, he will graduate from East Kentwood High School...

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...

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Dads demonstrate dedication to students and learning

His heart is in the health care field

Northview grad is a future forest mapper

Book battle promotes literacy, teamwork

Future health care pros sample multiple career focuses

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