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Mr. Blue Sky is living here today, one might infer

Rockford Beth Heinen Bell

Inferring is when you use your background knowledge to gather new evidence from the text, and then use that all to find the meaning of what you’re reading, Meadow Ridge second-graders learned...

Board to interview four candidates for Rockford superintendent

Rockford Beth Heinen Bell

After receiving 18 applications from across the country, the Rockford Public Schools Board of Education is ready to interview candidates for the district’s top post...

Car enthusiast, shutterbug, entrepreneur

Rockford Beth Heinen Bell

Like many, this high school junior sought new ways to keep busy during the early days of COVID-19 shutdowns and quarantines. He’s now the owner/photographer of Mitten Project, a car photography business...

Big shoes to fill, but ‘things can be different, and it can be OK’

Rockford Beth Heinen Bell

Korie Wilson-Crawford is ready for the challenge of leading a district unfamiliar with leadership changes...

Local students respond to Oxford shootings: ‘This should not be normal’

Youth Mental Health Morgan Jarema

Area students share their thoughts in the wake of the latest U.S. school shooting, this time fewer than 200 miles away...

After more than 50 years, Shibler closes door on ‘incredible career’

Rockford Charles Honey

By far Kent County’s longest-serving superintendent, Michael Shibler retires Dec. 31 after 32 ½ years leading Rockford Public Schools...

New scholarship honors longtime superintendent

Rockford Beth Heinen Bell

The Rockford Education Foundation has established a new scholarship for graduating high school seniors in honor of Rockford Public Schools’ longtime, retiring superintendent...