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Many hands put fine motor skills to work

Northview Beth Heinen Bell

DK and kindergarten teachers at West Oakview recently received new sets of fine motor tubs, full of sticky cubes, felt shapes and other hands-on manipulatives, thanks to a grant from the Northview Education Foundation.

Community-school worker: Immigrant students, families apprehensive about Trump deportation plans

All Districts Charles Honey

Brianna Vasquez de Pereira, a Kent School Services Network coordinator in Kentwood, discusses the questions and fears of immigrant families about President Trump’s deportation plans.

Learn more about mentoring at district lunch & learn

Northview Beth Heinen Bell

A free event Jan. 28 is designed both to teach interested community members about mentoring and also to help current mentors learn more about their role.

What’s in store for federal education dollars?

All Districts Erin Albanese

A campaign promise of the president-elect is to end the U.S. Department of Education. Area education leaders say it’s unlikely, but they are anticipating changes.

Kindergarten STEM project uses simple materials to create worlds

Northview Beth Heinen Bell

A box is just a box — until the developmental kindergartners at North Oakview put their creative juices to work.

Initiative aims to double enrollment in career & technical education by 2030

Kent ISD Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

An ambitious county-wide initiative aims to increase the number of students taking classes that teach them career skills and prepare them for the workforce.

Fourth-grade Choristers come together in song

Northview Brett Atwood

We visited North Oakview Elementary School to see the Choristers vocal ensemble in action and discover how much work it takes to put a piece together.

Touched by tragedies, social worker educates families on safe gun storage

All Districts School News Network

Social worker Eunice Benavidez, who’s lost family members to gun violence, talks about a safe gun storage initiative she leads at Kelloggsville Public Schools.

Her career path was laid in first grade

Northview Beth Heinen Bell

Although she’s lived in West Michigan for some time now, An Kurosu’s career in education has global roots. Get to know the new West Oakview principal, who started working in Northview in November.

Threats to schools: real or hoaxes?

Multi Districts Alexis Stark

Following a school shooting in Georgia, school districts locally and statewide saw an increase in threats this fall – many of them false.

State of the Student tackles four big topics

All Districts Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Area students were center stage at the annual “Listen. Learn. Lead.” event to share their thoughts about mental health, school safety, engagement and belonging.

Not just a volunteer, but ‘a piece of the library’

Northview Beth Heinen Bell

“You get to take a book home today!” This East Oakview library volunteer has spent more than a decade encouraging a love of reading from behind the scenes.

High-schoolers talk mental health with education leaders, legislators

Multi Districts Erin Albanese

What can schools do to support student mental health and make connections? Students shared their thoughts on how and why it’s so important to them.

His goal: supporting ‘an atmosphere of success’

Northview Beth Heinen Bell

Tony Quinn is the new director of the Northview Next Career Center.

No cell phones in class? It’s a good thing, student and principal say

Podcasts School News Network

Five years after Forest Hills adopted a policy severely restricting cell-phone use during the school day, we talk to a student and principal about how that’s working out.

U.S. Rep. Scholten weighs in on national issues affecting local schools

All Districts Beth Heinen Bell

U.S. Rep. Hillary Scholten recently sat down with SNN to discuss career and technical education, the upcoming election and more.

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