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Student athletes glad football is back, after trying other sports

Comstock Park Karen Gentry
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...

Wyoming to start school with two weeks remote, shift to in-person option

School 2.0 Erin Albanese
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...

Making the best of it

Back to School 2.0 Morgan Jarema
Students, parents, teachers and others share their feelings about the start of this unprecedented school year...

Father recovering from COVID-19 thanks ‘Team Gladiola’ on Zoom

School 2.0 Erin Albanese
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...

Wyoming English teacher named Regional Teacher of the Year

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

Creating art anywhere

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

‘I have to push myself’

Grads with Grit Erin Albanese
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...

The show might go on

School 2.0 Bridie Bereza
Months of preparation and rehearsal suddenly seem for naught as school plays and musicals are postponed...

Teachers send love to students; students say right back atcha

School 2.0 Charles Honey
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...

Better bus riders, happy bus drivers

Wyoming Erin Albanese
Gladiola Elementary staff members said behavior issues were common on the bus, so they decided to ride along, seat students and build bonds...
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STEM teachers step up to make masks, face shields using 3D printers

School 2.0 Cris Greer
STEM teachers are doing their part to supply personal protective equipment to health care workers during the coronavirus pandemic...

‘They crave the regularity of our time together’

School 2.0 School News Network
‘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’...

Reaching out, connecting in time of crisis

School 2.0 Erin Albanese
Stacey and Julian Goodson, both coaches and youth advocates, adjust to a new kind of life at home with their children...

Rallying to feed families

School 2.0 Erin Albanese
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...

Voters approve Headlee Override proposal

Wyoming Erin Albanese
The approval of the Headlee Override will recapture a loss in revenue for the district’s operating funds...

Shirts, slushies and spirit

Wyoming Erin Albanese
The Wolf Den, the Wyoming High School store offering the latest black and purple gear, is an entrepreneurial endeavor built from scratch by students in business management and marketing class...
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