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Passionate Team Embraces New Learners of English

Issues in Education Linda Odette
Growing numbers of English-language learners led Thornapple Kellogg Schools to hire its first ELL district coordinator this year and create a team that's passionate...

Dear Congressman: Love the Beard, But Not the System

Thornapple Kellogg Linda Odette
Everyone complains about politics -- even seniors in high school. Shepherd Trickle, a student in Thornapple Kellogg's government class taught by Jerry Robinson, is one...

Showing Respect for Community’s Veterans

Forest Hills Charles Honey
School districts across Kent ISD marked Veterans Day in ways big and small on Wednesday. Here’s a sample of how a few schools honored...

School Rules: Strictly by the Book

Thornapple Kellogg Linda Odette
Kelli Wegner is changing students’ lives at Thornapple Kellogg schools. Why? Because she has the power to take their cell phones away, thanks to the...

If You Park It They Will Come

Thornapple Kellogg Linda Odette
A big, old Thornapple Kellogg School District bus parked along the M-37 highway in a farmer's field land is an attempt to attract substitute...

Improvements in Schools, and Around Them, Greet Students This Fall

Thornapple Kellogg Linda Odette
Students will have new computers, safer schools, and ride buses that save money and are better for the environment when they return to Thornapple...

New Sex Ed Program Created for Special Education Students

Thornapple Kellogg Linda Odette
After more than two years of researching sex education teaching materials for cognitively impaired students, Thornapple Kellogg School District will put in place a...

Educators from India Learn from Thornapple Kellogg

Thornapple Kellogg Linda Odette
Imagine a school system without parent-teacher organizations, volunteers or auditoriums for special events, and you'll get a picture of what the majority of schools...

Want to Boost Reading Comprehension? Make it a Contest

The Road to Reading Linda Odette
Sure, students can read a bunch of books to get principals to shave their heads, kiss a pig, eat insects and jump out of...

Teaching Students About Bullying Should Start as Early as Second and Third Grade, Author Says

Thornapple Kellogg Linda Odette
When asked to describe bullies, second- and third-graders at Lee Elementary said they were people who kick and push, say mean things, leave other...

Times are Good for Students Taking Tech Classes at TK

Thornapple Kellogg Linda Odette
Students in Scott Meyers' industrial design classes at Thornapple Kellogg High School know what they're doing in more ways than one. Taking Meyers' classes...

Parent Lessons in Technology: Discovery, Learning & Safety

Thornapple Kellogg Linda Odette
If you've ever wondered what your seventh- and eighth-graders are doing in school, they're building robots, lawn mowers and pitching machines. The pieces used to...

More Than One Lesson Learned

Thornapple Kellogg Linda Odette
The assignment was fairly simple: Film a 10-12 minute video of a high school staff member to show the interviewing techniques learned in class....

Learn How to Help Angry, Frustrated Children

Thornapple Kellogg Linda Odette
Lies About Parenting from Kirk Martin If you do everything right, your home life will be perfect. You can't do it all. Do not...

Kickstart to Career Campaign Puts College in View

Thornapple Kellogg Linda Odette
When the Kickstart to Career college savings program for Thornapple Kellogg schools was announced last fall, community members and organizations started calling the Barry...

Winter Math: More Snow Means Longer School Days

Thornapple Kellogg Linda Odette
Students got a late Christmas "present" when they returned to school after winter break this year: 10 extra minutes of class. Thanks to being hit...
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