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Meet Your Administrators

Whole-child advocates ready to lead, collaborate

Caledonia Alexis Stark
SNN gets to know these new elementary principals in this edition of Meet the Principal...

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...

Avid reader, Petoskey-stone hunter, lover of great outdoors

Forest Hills Morgan Jarema
Melanie Hoeksema is the new Ada Elementary principal. SNN gets to know her in this edition of Meet Your Principal...

Small-town girl, athlete, talker, with her eye on the tiger

Meet Your Administrators Charles Honey
Kelly Amshey is the new principal of Rockford Virtual School. SNN gets to know her in this edition of Meet Your Principal...

Breadstick boy, Ripcord rider and now athlete and administrator

Kent City Janice Holst
The new Kent City High School and Middle School principal is Jordan Stuhan. He replaces Bill Crane, who moved to the position of assistant superintendent of business and administrative services...

From cruise director to the classroom

Cedar Springs Beth Heinen Bell
Cortney O’Brien is the new interim dean of students for the 2020-2021 school year at Cedar Trails Elementary School. School News Network took some time to get to know her better in this edition of Meet Your Administrators...

Education ‘a family thing’ for new interim superintendent

Lowell Beth Heinen Bell
Nate Fowler is the new interim superintendent for the 2020-2021 school year at Lowell Area Schools. School News Network sat down with the lifelong educator to get to know him better in this edition of Meet Your Administrators...

Sports enthusiast, music fan, family man

Kelloggsville Phil de Haan
He played three sports in high school and the bass trombone, and says when it comes to music, 'if it gets the blood pumpin, I could probably make it work'...

Wedding singer, home renovator, intentional leader

Forest Hills Morgan Jarema
Kristen Pennington is the new Knapp Forest Elementary principal. SNN gets to know her in this edition of Meet Your Principal...

She got her start at Kent ISD’s Early Childhood Program after a ‘practice interview’

Kent ISD James Harger
Ashley Karsten is the new director of Great Start Readiness Program at Kent ISD...

Enthusiast of sports, students and the outdoors who won’t stop believing

Grand Rapids Charles Honey
Aaron Roussey is the new Union High School School principal...

Childhood sports nut, always ready to rise up for children

Meet Your Administrators Charles Honey
Mindy McGinn is the new Lakes Elementary School principal. SNN gets to know her in this edition of Meet the Principal...

From digging swimming pools to stupid human tricks, this admin has a looong list of talents

Kenowa Hills Cris Greer
Luke Scholten is the new Kenowa Hills director of special education and early childhood education...

Kevin Philipps joins Kent ISD as new financial chief, likes education’s collaborative approach

Kent ISD James Harger
After spending the last 13 years as an administrator at East Grand Rapids Schools, Kevin Philipps is the new Assistant Superintendent of Administrative Services at Kent ISD...

Shoe salesman and mashed potato maker comes back to his roots

Kenowa Hills Cris Greer
He wasn’t drawn back just because he went to school there, but also because they teach using personal mastery and competency-based education...

When you empower students, ‘they will amaze you’

Caledonia Hannah Lentz
Caledonia High School’s new principal moved up from the assistant...
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