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Learning from a distance: ‘Keep them happy and keep them learning’

School 2.0 Charles Honey

In this moment of social distancing, it’s an alternative way to get at the school’s aim of helping all students learn, yet in drastically different and varied circumstances...

Students reflect on benefits of yoga, family game time

Rockford Student Showcase School News Network

Students in Shelby Denhof’s English 11A class at Rockford High recently wrote op-ed essays, as part of a unit on persuasion and argumentative writing. School News Network received a number of essays and selected two of them to publish, by Kaylie Leasher and Rachel Broekstra...

An explorer, a tropical island, a pineapple

State of the Arts Erin Albanese

The state-wide contest is in its eighth year...

A brave pig and six Siberian huskies knit together a school community in a shared reading experience

Rockford Charles Honey

The Valley View Elementary community all read the same book aloud with their children, and topped it off with a visit from six Siberian huskies...

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Online story time, virtual PE keep students connected during shutdown

School 2.0 Charles Honey

'They need to see we’re smiling and happy and that we’re OK, and that they’re going to be OK too'...

Dance power: helping girls ’empower themselves and be themselves’

Rockford Charles Honey

EmpowHER ½ Hour meets once a week during recess to let young girls feel their strength through the joy of dance...

To Australia with love

Multi Districts Morgan Jarema

Area students are spearheading fundraisers to support those affected by bushfires in Australia that have been burning for months...

Band performs for fifth time at statewide music conference

Rockford Charles Honey

The Lowell Middle School eighth grade string orchestra and the Byron Center High School Jazz Orchestra also performed...

Students restore greenhouse for healthy food, tranquil space

Rockford Charles Honey

Students from a new health and wellness class helped transform a long-neglected greenhouse into a place providing healthy food and quiet reflection...

A creature to comfort students: ‘She brings me happiness’

Rockford Charles Honey

At North Rockford Middle School, a trained counseling assistance dog is helping students manage their stress, focus on their work and feel better about themselves...

He loves welding, building new things & fixing older things

Meet the Future Charles Honey

As a child he loved building things with Legos and wood, but as he got older he found working with metal to be even cooler...

Student leaders recognized with scholarships

Multi Districts James Harger

Three area high school students were awarded the $500 Helen Claytor Achievement Scholarship last month at the YWCA’s 2019 Tribute Awards ceremony...

Most districts allow phones, but with restrictions

Godwin Heights Charles Honey

An informal School News Network survey of public school districts in Kent County besides Forest Hills showed cell-phone use is generally not permitted in elementary schools, and only allowed under strictly defined conditions in middle and high schools...

On being an empathetic ear

East Grand Rapids Morgan Jarema

Ben Sorota read a School News Network article about a group at another school, which led him to start a group of his own...

State honors bus driver for caring service to students: ‘They’re my friends’

Rockford Charles Honey

Russ Clark was selected from 255 nominees statewide for his caring and skilled ferrying to and from school of students with cognitive impairments...

Teaching history as history is happening

Rockford Charles Honey

In Bill Crane’s 26 years of teaching U.S. history at Rockford High School, rarely has the subject been so immediately relevant to his students’ lives...

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ROCKFORD STUDENT SHOWCASE

After taking a video production class, ‘there was no other option’

Students reflect on benefits of yoga, family game time

Motor City Nostalgia Takes ‘Best of Show’

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School News Network reports on the 20 public school districts in Kent County, which enroll more than 90,000 students. Founded in 2013, we are an editorially independent news site funded by Kent ISD, local districts and community sponsors, and powered by an experienced team of reporters, editors and photojournalists. We specialize in covering classroom teaching and learning, analyzing the many issues that enhance or discourage student success, and highlighting the education magic that happens each day in our public schools.

‘You can do anything and everything’

Dads demonstrate dedication to students and learning

His heart is in the health care field

Northview grad is a future forest mapper

Book battle promotes literacy, teamwork

Future health care pros sample multiple career focuses

Young readers follow the recipe for perfect pound cake

Young engineers turn paper into a wild ride

Red Hawk Rivals episode 2: ‘Cornhole’

High-school journalists provide behind-the-scenes look at news production

Basketball team unites students, promotes inclusion

Diving into social-emotional learning

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After taking a video production class, ‘there was no other option’

Students reflect on benefits of yoga, family game time

Motor City Nostalgia Takes ‘Best of Show’

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