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Crowd of Volunteers Work to Beautify Schools

Wyoming Erin Albanese

More than 250 volunteers from Grand Rapids First Church spent a summer week improving Wyoming Public Schools' buildings in any way they needed it,...

High School Students Publish Book Documenting Personal Journeys

Wyoming Erin Albanese

"My parents left me right after I was born, so I grew up in orphanages before I was adopted and moved to the United...

All Day, Every Day: Success Starts With Attendance

Wyoming Erin Albanese

Wyoming Intermediate School social worker Christine Karas works hard to make sure students are getting to school, even if she has to give them...

Student Graduates after Riding Train of Death through Mexico

Grads with Grit Erin Albanese

Editor's note: This is the fifth of a series about students who have had to overcome unusual challenges and hardships to graduate this spring. During...

Local Educators Get a Real Taste of Marine Boot Camp

Kenowa Hills Erin Albanese

Kenowa Hills High School Assistant Principal Jim Smith had to stop thinking like a scholar to determine the quickest way to complete a mission...

Wyoming Second Graders Band Together With Colorful Creation

Wyoming Erin Albanese

Oriole Park Elementary second graders recently stretched a colorful chain created from tiny rubber bands down the school hallway, past classrooms and lockers. "It's almost...

Wyoming Theater Director Pushes Students toward Perfection

Wyoming Erin Albanese

It was very important that everything come out of the trunks, Director Jeremy Schnotala insisted as his cast of Wyoming High School students scurried...

In Sun, Rain, or (Piles of Snow), Volunteer Controls Parking Lot

Wyoming Erin Albanese

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...

How Are Districts Meeting the Needs of Gifted Students?

Issues in Education Erin Albanese

Challenged with designing a structure to safely hold a raw egg when dropped from several feet above the floor, Oriole Park Elementary School third...

First Graders See, Touch and Talk Numbers

Wyoming Erin Albanese

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"...

Teacher Overwhelmed with Support for Son

Wyoming Erin Albanese

When Easton Miller, 5, arrived for a special party at Wyoming Junior High School, where his mother is a teacher, he noticed everybody was...

Wolf Sculpture Celebrates New Wyoming Mascot

Wyoming Erin Albanese

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...

Students Take Simulated Voyage to the New World

Wyoming Erin Albanese

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...

Lessons Taught at the Lakeshore

Wyoming Erin Albanese

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...

Art Teacher Helps Students See, Express Themselves

Wyoming Erin Albanese

Art teacher Shawn Dejonge wants to know, “Who are you?” On the first day of class, Wyoming Intermediate School students walked into the art...

If It’s Tuesday, Gramma Bobbie and Grampa Hank Will Be There

Wyoming Erin Albanese

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...

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