25 years and counting
David Smith was recognized by the Michigan Association of School Boards with the President’s Award of Recognition for 25 years of service on the Thornapple Kellogg Board of Education...
‘That is why I am proud of America’
Eighth-grader Dylan LeClaire’s essay will be entered in the national competition after winning local, district and state competitions...
‘What Makes You Proud of America’
Dylan LeClaire’s essay will move on to national competition in July...
Lee Elementary makerspace shines brightly for EGR visitors
The makerspace room at Lee Elementary was the star of the show when visitors from East Grand Rapids Schools came to see how they might incorporate the model in their district...
Students get tastes of Michigan & healthy helping of history
Third-grade students at Lee Elementary celebrated Michigan’s 182nd birthday by taste-testing Michigan products as part of their history lesson...
Making it right to be real
Thornapple Kellogg High School recently kicked off a series of assemblies building on the Making it Cool to be Kind program...
‘Nobody can take our education away’
After completing her student teaching at Thornapple Kellogg, Erin Kraker is back, bringing her own style to the classroom...
Annual tradition fights discrimination with kindness
Buttons sold during the week will be used to fund the group’s next outreach event, a district-wide Martin Luther King Day poetry contest...
A family tradition: school, community, teaching
After making their way through the Thornapple Kellogg school system, Josh, Samuel and Rebecka Thaler are back teaching in their home district...
A Gift from Graduates
The Alumni Association’s 13 board members include graduates from the 1950s to 1980s, and, this year will award its first $500 student scholarship, thanks to an endowment that has grown to more than $17,000...
Double Duty
Retired Barry County officers have joined forces as a presence in the district, with student safety their number one priority...
Back to the classroom, except it’s all the classrooms
Attorney and financial analyst by license, educator by choice, Thornapple Kellogg’s new superintendent Rob Blitchok is ready to introduce himself to the community...
Reading on the road
Susie and Timmy Doxtater were headed to the lake to go fishing, but first, they made sure their dad Cory stopped by the B.Bus so they could get new books for the week...
Community’s farm history celebrated with annual road trip
As part of a long-time tradition, the district’s annual spring week includes “Farmer Day” to note the importance of agriculture to the area...
High school students spread kindness through service to larger community
From volunteering at nursing homes to working with students at local elementary schools and making stickers for patients at Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital, students were kept busy during the sixth annual day of service...
Odyssey into a land of duct-taped students and super glue
Students spend weeks or months preparing for the Michigan State Odyssey of the Mind finals held mid-March at Thornapple Kellogg Schools. They use imagination and brain power to create performance skits that fit various themes
‘What Makes You Proud of America’
Dylan LeClaire’s essay will move on to national competition in July...
Dear Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy
Editor's note: Following is Katie Marentette's letter to Leo Tolstoy, for which she won the state award for the Library of Congress Letters About Literature contest.
My dad adores bookstores. He could spend hours nursing a cup of coffee and...
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