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School Votes Push Three Districts Forward, One Back

Grand Rapids Charles Honey

Following Tuesday’s votes on tax requests for four Kent ISD school districts, three superintendents were smiling. The fourth was choking back tears. Voters approved multi-million-dollar...

Four Districts Ask Voters for Help Nov. 3

Grand Rapids Charles Honey

Four Kent County school districts will ask voters for financial support on the election ballot next Tuesday, Nov. 3. The tax requests would pay...

Approval of Sinking Fund Would Allow Facility Repairs

Wyoming Erin Albanese

Wyoming Public Schools is hoping to purchase new roofs, doors and windows and pay for parking-lot improvements and other ongoing facility needs by establishing...

Grant to Fund Monthly Food Truck for School Communities

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese

When Godfrey-Lee Public Schools teachers chipped in to pay for two Feeding America Mobile Food Pantry trucks to help feed the community last school...

The Rhythm of the Words

The Road to Reading Erin Albanese

Oriole Park Elementary Schools students walked, tiptoed and froze on cue to classical music during a half-hour singsong session filled with music exercises based...

International Exchange Students Enrich High School Culture

Wyoming Erin Albanese

Chinese students Zheng "Kelly" Haohua and Guo "James" Kaixiang chatted with Band Director Jane Detweiler about playing instruments in the Wyoming High School band....

Ready for School: Kindergartners Walk Through Routine

Wyoming Erin Albanese

Wyoming Public Schools kindergarten students and their parents had a "Smart Start" to school last week, working out the jitters by walking through the...

New Wyoming Principal Inspired By Children’s Perspectives, Humor

Wyoming Erin Albanese

Name: David Lyon School: Wyoming Public Schools Gladiola Elementary School What will be your first priorities as principal be? My first priorities have been to establish connections...

New Principal Digs into Toolbox to Help Students Succeed

Wyoming Erin Albanese

Name: Gwenn Dangerfield School: Wyoming Public Schools West Elementary School What will be your first priorities as principal? My priorities as the instructional leader of West Elementary...

Kids and Mental Health: ‘Parenting Doesn’t Come With a Manual’

Wyoming Erin Albanese

During Wyoming Public Schools' mental health series, parents and students explored ways to improve communication with each other. Listening before reacting; approaching each other at...

Teacher Hosts Weekly Library Days to Keep Students Reading This Summer

The Road to Reading Erin Albanese

Oriole Park Elementary School teacher Ginger VanderBeek scanned the shelves in the children's section at the Wyoming branch of Kent District Library for books...

School Embraces Concept That Leadership Can Be Taught

Wyoming Erin Albanese

Parent Matt Stowe is used to hearing leadership lingo at home from his daughter, Kalani, a third-grader, and son, Nathan, a seventh-grader. They've practiced the...

Art Instruction Spans the Century for Third-Graders

Wyoming Erin Albanese

Wyoming Public Schools Oriole Park Elementary third-grade students bookended the school year with lessons in art history, touring the Grand Rapids Art Museum during...

Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers: Special Needs Students Shine Onstage

Wyoming Erin Albanese

With superhero capes to go with their super-wide grins, Oriole Park Elementary students sat in a circle, passing around an invisible "whoosh" from person...

Students Leave Their Mark Through Artwork

Wyoming Erin Albanese

Wyoming High School senior Lordia DiPiazza has left her signature, and it's in the form of a smiling face looking toward the future. Lordia, an...

Key to Success: Surround Yourself with Like-Minded People

Godwin Heights School News Network

Dr. Sampson Davis had finished explaining how he managed to become an emergency care doctor and author despite growing up in one of New...

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School News Network reports on the 20 public school districts in Kent County, which enroll more than 90,000 students. Founded in 2013, we are an editorially independent news site funded by Kent ISD, local districts and community sponsors, and powered by an experienced team of reporters, editors and photojournalists. We specialize in covering classroom teaching and learning, analyzing the many issues that enhance or discourage student success, and highlighting the education magic that happens each day in our public schools.

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