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District builds sense of belonging with after-school programs

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BASE offers free K-12 activities aimed at pursuing interests and honing skills...

A novel approach to book reports

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Drawing pictures and telling others about what they have read is growing an enthusiasm for reading...

Reaching new heights, physically & academically

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A new rock wall at East Oakview was funded by a grant from the Northview Education Foundation. It integrates math and reading lessons with physical fitness...

‘I can’t imagine doing anything else’

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This Northview Next Career Center grad discovered a new passion his senior year and landed a good job right out of high school...

Field School adds sixth-graders, cooks up more great learning

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Sixth-graders joined the program this year, and the outdoor-focused school-within-a-school is ever-evolving...

Preparing to hear ‘You’re hired’

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More than 100 Northview High School seniors are better poised for their first job interviews, thanks to local employers who put them through their paces...

‘I’m comfortable with who I am’

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The Northview High senior is just fine being looked at as the proverbial poster girl for positivity...

Elevating student voice

Kent ISD Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Inaugural Kent ISD event featuring students as guest speakers on important issues...

District hits snooze button on later start time pilot

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Northview will pause a late-start pilot to seek more input from those who will be affected by a later start for grades 7-12...

Three…two…one…smile!

Northview Dianne Carroll Burdick

It’s an annual rite of passage for elementary students. Here’s a little behind the scenes from picture day at East Oakview...

Elementary buildings welcome author with art, words of belonging

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Children’s author John Schu writes of building communities within schools, and belonging is a theme at Northview this year...

District renovations complete, community tours buildings

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The work was made possible thanks to a bond request approved by voters in 2020...

With lists and laughter, she’s ready to lead

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Christina Hinds is the new deputy superintendent at Northview Public Schools. SNN gets to know her in this edition of Meet Your Administrators...

A new teacher contemplates her legacy on the first day

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Allison Blackford is excited – and nervous – for her first year of teaching, which starts this week at Crossroads Middle School...

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...

Empathy, flexibility, routine as both plus and minus

School 2.0 Morgan Jarema

Educators from Northview and Forest Hills districts weigh in on what they’ve learned...

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