No cell phones in class? It’s a good thing, student and principal say
Oct 21, 2024 · Editor’s note: “Study Hall” from School News Network highlights the students, teachers and others making education magic happen every day in classrooms across Kent County and beyond.We dive into the challenges and changes of K-12 education, opening a window into our public schools to provide a glimpse of …
Marching band showcase culminates ‘big effort every day’
Oct 10, 2024 · From warm-ups to tuning to choreography, get a feel for the Kent City Marching Band as they prepare to perform. Kent City — This time of year, marching band class at Kent City High School can be a pretty complicated affair. It takes seven to 10 minutes for members of the band to push, pull or carry equipment out to the parking lot behind the band room; set up the drum major stands; plug in ...
What do you like best about school? - School News Network
May 3, 2023 · School News Network reports on the 20 public school districts in Kent ISD, which enroll more than 102,000 students. Founded in 2013 as an initiative of Kent ISD, we are supported by local districts and community sponsors, and powered by an experienced team of reporters, editors and multimedia journalists.
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School News Network reports on the 20 public school districts in Kent ISD, which enroll more than 102,000 students. Founded in 2013 as an initiative of Kent ISD, we are supported by local districts and community sponsors, and powered by an experienced team of reporters, editors and multimedia journalists.
Middle-schooler’s ‘I Voted’ sticker voted among best in state
Oct 2, 2024 · Rockford — Gabby Warner was thinking about the future when she entered the Secretary of State’s “I Voted” sticker design contest — not just the future she represents, but the one her younger siblings will inherit as well.. The Rockford Freshman Center student submitted her entry in the contest last May as she was finishing her …
After 50 years, this teacher has no regrets - School News Network
Oct 21, 2024 · Sparta — For a moment, while recounting her 50 years as a teacher with Sparta Area Schools, it seems as though tears are starting to well up in Mar Higgins’ eyes.. Surely not, one thinks; this is a tough, boisterous, confident veteran educator with a half-century of experience, discussing the profession she loves more than anything.
State designation: this library is tops - School News Network
Oct 4, 2024 · Godfrey-Lee — When Lee Middle and High School’s newly renovated library and innovation center opened earlier this year, lifelong reader and then freshman Arianna Wheeler said she found herself immersed in stories she found inside the library.. Now a sophomore, her sentiment toward her school’s library has not wavered. She …
State of the Student tackles four big topics
Nov 20, 2024 · Joanne Bailey-Boorsma is a reporter covering Kent ISD, Godwin Heights, Kelloggsville, Forest Hills and Comstock Park. The salutatorian for the Hartland Public Schools class of 1985, she changed her colors from blue and maize to green and white by attending Michigan State University, where she majored in journalism.
Sixth-graders mark Hispanic Heritage Month
Oct 2, 2024 · Byron Center — On a blustery September afternoon, the smell of Cuban croquetas and the sound of Cuban music filled Brian Blok’s sixth-grade classroom.. Byron Center parent Rebecca Coleman visited her son Nathan’s classroom to share her Cuban culture and teach students about why the U.S. celebrates Hispanic Heritage …
Sixth-grade physical science activity shows power of light, color
Nov 13, 2024 · Nickels Intermediate sixth-graders rotated through three classrooms to learn about different principles of light and color. Byron Center — Nickels Intermediate sixth-graders discovered during a recent science lesson lights in the shape of jack-o-lanterns, bats, snowflakes and Santa Claus in teacher Eric Krusniak’s classroom. “You …