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First-grade service learning project brings generations together

Lowell Morgan Jarema

Murray Lake has been bringing students to Fountain View since 2008. A grant from Greater Lowell Community Wellness helps pay for monthly trips

Donation sparks program that helps students get counseling

Youth Mental Health Morgan Jarema

The program’s name, “Bridging the Gap,” comes from the decision to use the funds to help families pay for amounts not covered by insurance

‘I’m the appreciation chairperson’

Lowell Morgan Jarema

Parent volunteer Melissa Kelley-Carey says even the smallest amount of time is a big help, and that help doesn’t always come in the form of hours clocked

Sixth-graders Make Their Newbery Picks

Lowell Morgan Jarema

Book lovers and those with opinions were welcome for the middle school's second annual Mock Newbery club, which tackled many of the same books as their adult counterparts

All Aboard for STEAM Night

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The gymnasium at Alto Elementary filled with students and their families last week to experience the STEAM museum.

Water for South Sudan, with Love from Lowell

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School children and their families in one South Sudan community will be getting clean water to drink from a newly dug well, and middle...

Planning for the Future, Starting Now

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Gwen Hackett hurried into a meeting with guidance counselor Tory Parsons and apologized for being a few minutes late. She'd just come from rehearsal...

Marching in King’s Footsteps for Justice and Kindness

Multi Districts Linda Odette

On the day that people across America honored the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., students at area schools did their part to carry...

Student Scientists do Real-world Research

Lowell Morgan Jarema

If the experiments going on in the laboratory of Heather DeJonge's Lowell High School research class look like they could be happening in a true scientific context, it's because they actually are.

Letters from Santa, Courtesy of Ninth-grade Elves

Lowell Morgan Jarema

Writing letters to Santa Claus is pretty much a rite of passage in the elementary years. Having them answered by a high school-age elf...

Outdoor Classroom, Basic Living Skills Among Projects Awarded Grants

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Gifts for Learning Following are the most recent grants awarded by the Lowell Education Foundation: Mock Newbery club, $300, Middle School Kindergarten science inquiry, $539,...

For Every Child a Special Story

Lowell Morgan Jarema

What if you told someone your favorite food and color; what kinds of stories you like to read; and whether you consider yourself brave,...

Students Salute Veterans with Song and Word

Lowell Linda Odette

November is the month to be grateful for veterans and for what we have. Murray Lake Elementary fifth-graders celebrated both with a “We Are...

Students Eating Homegrown, Healthy Food — and They Like It!

Lowell Morgan Jarema

Katie Hofman didn’t miss a beat when she was asked whether she planned to try some spaghetti squash at lunch. “I like to try new...

Pond Improvement Means More Waterfront Learning

Lowell Morgan Jarema

Fourth-graders had one task when they visited the pond behind the Wittenbach/Wege Environmental Agriscience Center building for a lesson in species adaptation: "If it's...

FFA Program Begins Offering College Credits

Lowell Morgan Jarema

Elliott Kelley is no stranger to life on a farm, so he has no problem doing double chicken duty at school. Especially now that...

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