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Clothes Pins, Hot Glue and Elmo

Comstock Park Linda Odette

District staff across Kent ISD busied themselves in the weeks and days leading up to today, readying their buildings and classrooms for students. Lowell Martha Hayden worked...

Unbreakable Spirit

Grads with Grit Linda Odette

A recent district grad who's lived his life with serious health problems is on his way to Harvard, an accomplishment that surprised even him. Justin...

This Track Team Gets What Winning is All About

Thornapple Kellogg Linda Odette

Matt Funk saw the members of his boys track team whispering back and forth before the 100-meter race at the district's meet and wondered...

Pressure Builds for SkillsUSA Nationals

East Grand Rapids Morgan Jarema

In a few weeks, Dominic Krupp will be part of a two-person team tasked with coming up with an idea for a short video,...

Breath + Balance = Better Learners

Thornapple Kellogg Linda Odette

Downward dog time in Jasmine Koster's kindergarten room finds students on all fours, hands pressed on the floor aligned with their shoulders, and knees...

Parent Volunteers Prop Up Odyssey of the Mind Competition

Thornapple Kellogg Linda Odette

Many mothers, fathers, relatives and friends supporting Odyssey of the Mind teams find out it's not just an odyssey for the students when their...

More Than the Next Move – Chess Builds Skills

Thornapple Kellogg Linda Odette

Research has shown students who play chess do well at several things. They are better problem-solvers; have improved concentration and memory; higher spatial reasoning,...

Students Advise Superintendent on School Culture, Needs

Thornapple Kellogg Linda Odette

It's not often students get invited to lunch with the superintendent, and that they get a chance to ask about anything at school, but...

Area Special Education Teams Shoot and Score!

Byron Center School News Network

Kenowa Hills High School recently hosted for the second year a regional Special Olympics basketball tournament. Schools from Byron Center, Sparta, Forest Hills, Thornapple...

Extreme Makeover, Mascot Edition

Thornapple Kellogg Linda Odette

A scraggly mascot doesn't convey the image of a sports team to be reckoned with, so Thornapple Kellogg School District officials say it's time...

Water Donation: ‘Anyone Can Make a Difference’

Grand Rapids Charles Honey

Two students helped teacher Peggy Luebs unload three cases of bottled water from her car, each containing 40bottles she bought on special at Costco....

Students Rock the Holidays for Toddlers

Thornapple Kellogg Linda Odette

Twenty area children got surprise visits from Santa and his elves the week before Christmas and unwrapped wooden rocking toys built by Thornapple Kellogg...

Service Day All About Giving

Thornapple Kellogg Linda Odette

It's the season for giving and Thornapple Kellogg High School students do it big on the last day before winter break. For several years, the...

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...

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How creativity changes the world

Caledonia Student Showcase School News Network

Pathways of creativity and ingenuity have tempted the larger scope of humanity since its earliest ancestors... (Student Op-Ed by Jenna Waggoner)

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