Wyoming Theater Director Pushes Students toward Perfection
It was very important that everything come out of the trunks, Director Jeremy Schnotala insisted as his cast of Wyoming High School students scurried to their correct positions on stage. Umbrellas, balls, totes, hats and wigs – sometimes even...
In Sun, Rain, or (Piles of Snow), Volunteer Controls Parking Lot
Conrado Coipel stations himself, stop sign in hand, outside Oriole Park Elementary School to control traffic.
He ushers cars onto 40th Street, directing them to turn right, because to the left a line of cars waits to enter the school...
How Are Districts Meeting the Needs of Gifted Students?
Challenged with designing a structure to safely hold a raw egg when dropped from several feet above the floor, Oriole Park Elementary School third and fourth-grade students started brainstorming in groups.
"We can use the six cotton puffs under the...
First Graders See, Touch and Talk Numbers
It's time for math in Sarah Bultema's Parkview Elementary first-grade class.
"This is a 100 chart," Bultema told students who responded with "oohs" and "aahs" as she lifted up a huge sheet of black paper. "And it's missing the numbers...You...
Teacher Overwhelmed with Support for Son
When Easton Miller, 5, arrived for a special party at Wyoming Junior High School, where his mother is a teacher, he noticed everybody was wearing the same T-shirt.
Below the shirts’ Wyoming Wolves logo and the words “Crushing Chiari,” the...
Wolf Sculpture Celebrates New Wyoming Mascot
A bronze wolf head sculpture, frozen in mid-howl, now stands in the Wyoming High School gymnasium lobby, a permanent art installment celebrating the district’s new mascot. Inscribed in its granite base is the Rudyard Kipling quote, “For the strength...
Students Take Simulated Voyage to the New World
High winds rocked the ship as third- and fourth-grade immigrants held tight to their modest belongings during their simulated 14-day voyage to America.
“Squeeze onto the boat to leave Europe for the New World,” said fourth-grade teacher Ginger VanderBeek moments...
Art Teacher Helps Students See, Express Themselves
Art teacher Shawn Dejonge wants to know, “Who are you?”
On the first day of class, Wyoming Intermediate School students walked into the art room to the the sound of English rock band “The Who” singing its legendary question....
Lessons Taught at the Lakeshore
Oriole Park Elementary fourth-grader Emanuel Alcantera made his way over to the sand dune at Tunnel Park in Holland and got his first-ever glimpse of Lake Michigan.
“It looks beautiful. It looks fun!” Emanuel said. “I like the shore, the...
If It’s Tuesday, Gramma Bobbie and Grampa Hank Will Be There
Nine years ago, former Huntington Woods Elementary Principal Andrea van der Laan was looking for volunteers willing to contribute 45 minutes a week.
Bobbie Bulthuis remembers responding: “If we have to drive 45 minutes to get here, you have to...
Iraqi Student Visits Oriole Park Friends, Gets Needed Medical Treatment
It wasn’t long before 10-year-old Hamzah Al-Daeni took on the role of teacher in the Oriole Park third-grade class. “One, two, three,” he counted, an effervescent smile spreading across his face as he instructed students to take turns racing...
Wyoming Bond Proposal to Fund Construction
The Wyoming Board of Education is making a second attempt to get a construction bond request passed by voters, this time breaking it into two proposals and doing more to spread the word about the need for improvements.
Following the...
Turning Up The Music in Wyoming
A two-story, 12,000-square-foot band and choir area at Wyoming High School will add much-needed space for the school’s music programs.
The high school in the former Rogers High School building at 1350 Prairie Parkway SW was built in 1957, and...
A New Line of Credit at Wyoming
Talk about a head start.
Wyoming High School students Max Kallemeyn and Gabby Menard plan to graduate with 60 college credits already earned and paid for, an opportunity they didn’t want to pass up.
“I could get my two...
Wyoming One on One: Helping Children Dream Bigger Dreams
For Randy Weener, mentoring has less to do with helping children with their homework and more to do with helping them see what’s possible.
“A good mentor will help students dream bigger dreams,” said Weener, the religious leader behind the...
Wyoming Scouts Give Elementary Children a Nicer Place to Play
When West Elementary School moved into the former Newhall Middle School building, students inherited a schoolyard never used by children in kindergarten through fourthgrade. The building was vacant for a year after the middle school closed because of district...
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