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Sneaky Guitars, Snooty Otters Make for Good Reading

Thornapple Kellogg Linda Odette

An author who visited Lee Elementary recently didn't just inspire students to put drawings of doughnuts with sprinkles on hallway walls, she made them...

‘Best Day Ever’

Thornapple Kellogg Linda Odette

It's fun to send a model car down a plastic track and watch it fly off a ramp. It's even more fun to send...

Teachers’ Turn to Learn

Forest Hills Erin Albanese

This year, nearly 1,000 K-12 school leaders in 45 states and 38 countries signed up to participate in Shadow a Student Challenge. It's a...

Little Jumpers Raise Big Bucks for Heart Health

Thornapple Kellogg Linda Odette

Lee Elementary is known to Thornapple Kellogg students as "the school where you get to do Jump Rope for Heart." It's a crazy, loud,...

Coming Soon: Lessons in Thinking

Kent ISD Linda Odette

Donna VonderHoff's AP computer science class learned how to solve a problem. While describing it that way may sound simplistic, it wasn't. The problem was...

‘You Find Yourself Striving to be Greater at Something’

State of the Arts Linda Odette

Noah Miller and Heather Price, both 2016 district graduates, are members of the Western Michigan University Marching Bronco Band and got to play at...

Parent-initiated Program: Muy Bien

Thornapple Kellogg Linda Odette

Cabeza, hombros, rodillas, pies. That's the Spanish version of the children's song "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes," which McFall Elementary kindergartners were singing during their...

Looking for That Perfect Teacher Gift? Here’s One

Thornapple Kellogg Linda Odette

For Lee Elementary parents having a tough time figuring out what to get their child's teacher for Christmas, skip the hand lotion and send...

Look Out Humans — Here Come the Robots

Caledonia Linda Odette

A robot made of Legos pushing around poop could lead to students being scientists and engineers. Settle down, it's not real poop. It's manure...

Filling a Need by Filling Backpacks

Byron Center Charles Honey

Surrounded by tubs and shelves bursting with food, Jenny Steele ticked off the numbers of children at half a dozen schools who would soon...

Fitness or Fundraiser: Why Not Do Both?

Thornapple Kellogg Linda Odette

Two more things are certain in life: Children who stay fit do better at school — and you have to fund-raise for your child's...

Before ArtPrize: Crosswalk Signs, Keeping Up, Basic Manners

Thornapple Kellogg Linda Odette

ArtPrize venues were filled with students learning about art, but for one group it wasn't just about that — it was a way to...

New Alumni Group Forming

Thornapple Kellogg Linda Odette

District graduates can register for a new alumni group at the Sept. 30 homecoming game. "We are still putting most of our time and...

Way Beyond ABC’s: Kindergartners Master a Growing List of Academic Skills

Byron Center Erin Albanese

Byron Center’s Brown Elementary School kindergarten students are seated on a carpet in a big circle fronting a white board. They are making sense...

Is Play Still a Kindergarten Expectation?

Byron Center Erin Albanese

Ask any parent of a dinosaur lover who can identify an Apatosaurus atage 3 if learning occurs during play, and the answer is an...

A Positively Positive First Day

Thornapple Kellogg Linda Odette

What is Your Dream? A big sheet of paper with a big question written in big letters and spread across 8-foot-long tables greeted high schoolers...

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