Wyoming

With help from generous donors, elementary teachers worked to make welcoming, kid-friendly space while following the rules of social distancing and sanitation...

The new two-story Wyoming High School building opened to 10th- through 12th-graders, who were happy to settle into their new digs for the first week of in-person classes...

Some student athletes briefly competed in other sports, such as tennis and cross country, after fall football was canceled. Now they’re happy to be back on the gridiron...

Students, parents, teachers and others share their feelings about the start of this unprecedented school year...

Superintendent Craig Hoekstra said the district is expecting about 55 percent of students to return in person and the remainder to stay remote on WPS Virtual...

Principal Cheryl Corpus began Parent Zoom sessions the second week of the district’s Continuity of Learning Plan, and often more than a dozen parents logged on to ask questions and connect with staff and each other...

Shantel VanderGalien is now in the running for the 2020-2021 Michigan Teacher of the Year...

A new reality of art lessons during the pandemic is the resource savviness required to make it work, technologically and material-wise...

Rodrigo Lopez-Ruiz, whose family lives in Mexico, has worked hard to support himself and take accountability during high school, overcoming odds to graduate. He also serves others through his job at Spectrum Health Blodgett Hospital...

Months of preparation and rehearsal suddenly seem for naught as school plays and musicals are postponed...

With school abruptly ended for the rest of the year, we’ve seen how deeply teachers care about their students -- even across the chasm of social distancing – and how much their students miss them...

Gladiola Elementary staff members said behavior issues were common on the bus, so they decided to ride along, seat students and build bonds...

STEM teachers are doing their part to supply personal protective equipment to health care workers during the coronavirus pandemic...

‘What are we doing for the children?’ Katie Sluiter says she is being asked. And she answers ‘Honestly? I am trying not to stress them out’...

Stacey and Julian Goodson, both coaches and youth advocates, adjust to a new kind of life at home with their children...

While alarming news regarding the novel coronavirus continues to unfold nationwide, Kent County teachers, administrators, food service workers and community volunteers are coming together to make sure students and families continue to have plenty of food while their schools are closed...