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Mind Sports Roundup

Forest Hills School News Network
Editor's note: Academic competition season is upon us! Each week School News Network will be running roundups of events including Odyssey of the Mind,...

Students Tackle Tough Topics with Police

Wyoming Erin Albanese
It was a question teenagegirls of color don't often get to ask white police officers. "What do you think of the Black Lives Matter...

Police, Fire Join Alpha Wolf 11 Honorees

Wyoming Erin Albanese
High school students and staff recently honored 38 City of Wyoming Police and Fire Department personnel as Champions of Character. Each semester, Wyoming High School...

Students Go Greek by Questioning, Discussing Issues as Socrates Did

Wyoming Erin Albanese
Though the topic was tied to the American Revolution, discussion among Wyoming Intermediate School fifth-graders was inspired by a robed man with a long...

Language, Culture and ‘Jambo!’

Classrooms for All Erin Albanese
Sixth grade teacher Rebecca Bing remembers a particularly tough day at school. She walked down the hall, feeling a little tired and pensive. Suddenly,...

School Beats the Odds, Boosts Achievement

Wyoming Erin Albanese
Parkview Elementary School has been named a Reward School by the Michigan Department of Education, the first school in the district to be given...

Witnessing Inauguration Showed ‘Democracy at its Finest’

Wyoming School News Network
As I stepped on the bus at approximately 5:45 a.m. last Thursday morning, I knew this trip to Washington D.C. to witness the Presidential...

Calling All Senses: Help Me Read!

Grand Rapids Erin Albanese
In a small room within the teacher's lounge, Southeast Elementary School fourth-grader Aubrianna Vernon focused on the consonant blend, "spr." With her index finger,...

Board Seeks Public Input on Bond Request

Wyoming Erin Albanese
In eyeing the needs of the district and planning for the next 30 years, administrators are considering a November bond request that would not...

‘I’m Trying to be a Glimmer of Hope’

Wyoming Erin Albanese
Every Wednesday afternoon, Tony Lambers spends an hour "just kicking it" with junior high students. Dressed in a hoodie, hightop sneakers and baggy jeans,...

A Little Gratitude Goes a Long Way

Wyoming Erin Albanese
Taking time to say thank you can make someone's day, students in Oriole Park Elementary School's Hospitality Club are discovering. A couple dozen handwritten cards...

‘They Want to Learn so Much’

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese
High School English language teacher Edith Trumbell spends her days with students from Mexico, China, Congo, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Syria, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala...

High Expectations for EL Students

Wyoming Erin Albanese
Letter by letter, fourth-grader David Espinoza read through the alphabet on flash cards. English-learner teacher Nicole Adams timed him with a stopwatch at 40...

Getting the Wiggles Out Helps Students Learn

Wyoming Erin Albanese
In teachers Danielle Terpstra and Kristen Accorsi's classrooms, 50 first-graders sit on yoga balls, wobble stools and yoga mats, and stand on balance boards....

Filling a Need by Filling Backpacks

Byron Center Charles Honey
Surrounded by tubs and shelves bursting with food, Jenny Steele ticked off the numbers of children at half a dozen schools who would soon...

STEM Pros To Female Students: We Need You!

Wyoming Erin Albanese
Before heading to the gymnasium floor to compete with robots they helped build, about 100 girls sat down to listen to a panel of...
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