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Creator and innovator

Kent ISD Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

For this Rockford senior, his decision to pursue engineering started with a bag of Legos...

Former umpire is now making calls at Rockford High

Rockford Allison Poosawtsee

A veteran teacher in Rockford Public Schools is now an assistant principal at Rockford High School...

Rose Parade a worthy challenge for state marching band champs

Rockford Allison Poosawtsee

Rockford marching band students are preparing for their 5 ½-mile performance in front of a national audience in Pasadena, California...

Catching students up from pandemic’s ‘unfinished learning’

Kent ISD Charles Honey

Nearly three years since the pandemic hit, teachers and administrators are pushing hard to catch students up...

Key to PBIS: it’s reinforced everywhere

Multi Districts Alexis Stark

Students across the county know school-wide expectations, and districts say that helps them focus on academics...

Area high school marching bands place well at state finals

Multi Districts Allison Poosawtsee

Kent County schools marching bands took to the field and ended the season on a high note...

Voters in three districts approve tax requests

Multi Districts Allison Poosawtsee

Voters in Rockford, Lowell and Forest Hills on Tuesday, Nov. 8 approved millage requests for school operating funds and community recreation...

District asks for non-homestead millage renewal

Rockford Allison Poosawtsee

Voters in the Rockford Public School district will be asked to vote on two, no-new tax proposals that affect non-homestead millages...

Making teachers feel like they belong

Rockford Allison Poosawtsee

As the teaching shortage intensifies in Michigan and the U.S., Rockford Public Schools has a new strategy to keep new teachers in their district longer...

New superintendent makes a sweet impression in Rockford

Rockford Allison Poosawtsee

When a new superintendent comes to town, teachers and administrators might get nervous. Steven Matthews, Rockford’s new superintendent, says his district has nothing to worry about...

Have fun, learn a lot and don’t eat the paste

Multi Districts Alexis Stark

Hear from parents of kindergartners at Sibley and Parkside Elementary Schools as they reflect on the hopes and dreams they have for their students as they enter the 2022-23 school year...

‘Lemonade wars’ turn students into business owners

Rockford Beth Heinen Bell

With competing lemonade stands and unique flavor options, fourth-graders learn about supply and demand, opportunity cost and how to work together as business partners...

Two years into pandemic, how are teachers holding up?

School 2.0 Charles Honey

From virtual instruction to student mental-health issues, three veteran teachers weigh in on how the pandemic has affected their work...

Washing service offers loads of help

Forest Hills Morgan Jarema

These Eastern High students are preparing for life and, for some, gainful employment...

Creating purposeful learning, sticky note by sticky note

Rockford Beth Heinen Bell

The project gave Parkside second-graders experience reading nonfiction, doing research on a topic, categorizing information, working with a partner and giving a public presentation...