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Uncle in Navy Surprises Student to Thank Her

Thornapple Kellogg Linda Odette

Allie Wilbur knew she was getting an award at the monthly Page Elementary character assembly, but what she didn't know was that her Uncle...

TK Students Take Third at the Meijer Great Choices Film Festival

Thornapple Kellogg Linda Odette

Thornapple Kellogg students Levi Thaler and Spencer Irvine won third-place awards in the Meijer Great Choices Film Festival. The contest for high school student...

A Clean Sweep: Voters in Seven Kent Districts Approve Funding Requests

Caledonia School News Network

Tuesday was a good day for schools and students in Kent ISD, as voters approved tax proposals in all seven districts that requested them....

The Supes

Byron Center Tom Rademacher

When there's time – and usually there's not – Dan Takens will pilot his car the 10 or 11 miles from his office at...

Adding a Coach, Studying Data Successful In Improving Math Grades

Making Math Add Up Linda Odette

Editor's note: This is the fourth in a series on the difficulties students have learning math, and what methods some schools and teachers are...

Students Help Others Navigate Challenges of School

Thornapple Kellogg Linda Odette

For many students, going to school is packed with good times, learning and friends. But students with disabilities face many challenges, especially with social...

“Typical Kid” with Movie Credits, Agents and a Screen Actors Guild Card

Reading & Writing with Rademacher Tom Rademacher

By most accounts, Derek Brandon is a typical kid of 15. He's a freshman at Thornapple Kellogg High School. He's growing out of his clothes,...

Students Jump to Top in the State for Heart Disease Fundraiser

Thornapple Kellogg Linda Odette

Inside the Lee Elementary gym the music blares and second- and third-graders work up a sweat jumping rope. Parents line the walls watching, cell...

TK Bond Request to Focus on Security, Technology

Thornapple Kellogg Linda Odette

Enhanced security, technology upgrades and necessary maintenance are the focus of a "no frills" $6 million bond issue for Thornapple Kellogg voters May 6. A...

Mentoring Program Sees Early Success

Thornapple Kellogg Linda Odette

Kelly Jenkins and Halaynea Shanahan didn't know each other a few months ago, but if you saw them together today, you wouldn't know it....

Students Provide a Super Service

Thornapple Kellogg Linda Odette

Superheroes were out in force at Thornapple Kellogg High School and their tasks were many. Fleece blankets had to be made, food had to...

Learning Civic Responsibility by Asking and Doing

Thornapple Kellogg Linda Odette

Lee Elementary is looking good, and its second graders are doing good with the help of their teacher, Nathan Fischer, after he attended a...

Students Learn the ABCs of Salmon – by Raising Them

Thornapple Kellogg School News Network

A is for Alevin, a newly hatched salmon. B is for big, as in King Salmon, the largest in its species. And C is for...

TK School Second in Odyssey World Finals for Creative Fairy Tale

Thornapple Kellogg School News Network

A tree-killing princess that’s been turned into a tree, an all-in-one-seven-dwarfs dwarf and a superhero that’s ready to solve wardrobe malfunctions at any time...

“Action” on the School Set

Thornapple Kellogg Linda Odette

At the start of the school year, Cameron Moore, a college freshman, sent an e-mail to Jerry Robinson, Thornapple Kellogg High School's digital media...

They’re Watching You, Lansing

Thornapple Kellogg Linda Odette

Three parents in the Thornapple Kellogg Schools district are determined to get the public's voice heard on education issues, and that's why they've formed...

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