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‘Who we are as teacher and student is essentially the same’

Rockstar Teachers Erin Albanese

Wyoming Junior High School teacher Shantel VanderGalien was named Region 3’s top teacher by the Michigan Department of Education in May, donning the title during a pandemic, when education is flipped on its head...

‘I want it to look happy’

Wyoming Erin Albanese

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

‘A positive in a time that’s somewhat negative’

Wyoming Erin Albanese

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...

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...

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