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Memo to teachers: grant funds available for your classes

All Districts Charles Honey
The Kent Association of Retired School Personnel is accepting proposals from teachers for grants to help them with supplies and projects. 

Districts issue guidance, protocols in case of ICE visits  

All Districts Erin Albanese
Amid concerns about mass deportation and a change in federal policy that allows immigration officers to visit schools, administrators are communicating guidance and protocols.

Partnership expands CTE programs to local districts

Career Exploration Joanne Bailey-Boorsma
To meet its goal of 10,000 students in career and technical education classes by 2030, Kent ISD partnered with local districts to bring these programs to students in their own high schools.

Teaching special education ‘all about celebrating progress’

Sparta Riley Kelley
Sparta special education teacher Samantha Klemm talks about her dream job and what it means to her.

Safety bills address gun storage information, emergency response terminology

All Districts Erin Albanese
School officials say they are pleased and grateful for safety bills recently passed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer that address information on safe gun storage and emergency response terminology. 

Podcast: Schools hearing concerns from families over federal 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. 

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. 

Tech Center students construct pole barn

Kent ISD Joanne Bailey-Boorsma
The process of constructing a pole barn gives the Tech Center’s advanced construction students life skills and experience.

Sparta welcomes new interim elementary principal

Sparta Riley Kelley
Karl Nelson is the new interim principal at Ridgeview and Appleview elementary schools.

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.

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. 

Student broadcaster pushes for positive coverage in advisory role

Sparta Riley Kelley
As part of a national advisory team, this Sparta senior is steering the future editorial direction of PBS student programming.

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. 

Method offers trauma-informed approach to managing students in crisis

Cedar Springs Riley Kelley
Kent County schools are turning to an intervention method that focuses on trauma-informed crisis management. Key: understanding what the developing brain does in moments of crisis and the impact of trauma on the brain.

Mobile Farm Science Lab ‘udder-ly’ engaging

Sparta Morgan Jarema
The field trip came to school recently, when Appleview Elementary students were visited by a mobile science trailer for some grade-level activities involving cows. 

Learning life skills ‘where life happens’

Sparta Riley Kelley
Students with special needs are getting out in the community and learning valuable skills in the process.
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