Initiative aims to double enrollment in career & technical …
Dec 13, 2024 · Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of stories about CareerPrep 2030, a Kent ISD initiative to expand offerings and boost student enrollment in career and technical education over the next five years. BYLINE: Joanne Bailey-Boorsma All districts — It started with the question of how Kent ISD could bring the best of career and technical education to all students.
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 …
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Teacher Academy students design their future classrooms
Dec 9, 2024 · Multiple districts — In Ariana Fredericks’ classroom design for 4-year-olds, there are three distinct spaces: a teaching and meeting area, a play center and an open area. “What I learned through my research is that at this age level, students learn through interactive play,” said the Lowell High senior, who is considering becoming a preschool/kindergarten teacher.
Why do most schools start before Labor Day? Several reasons
Aug 29, 2024 · Multiple districts — A top of mind question for many at the start of the 2024-25 school year: If the state mandates schools to start after Labor Day, why are so many starting before then, and so early?. It is true that in 2005, the Michigan Legislature passed a law that mandated schools to start after Labor Day. Signed by then-Gov. Jennifer Granholm, the law, which went into effect in 2006 ...
Bus garage total loss following fire - School News Network
Dec 19, 2024 · Wyoming — The district’s bus garage is a total loss following a Wednesday morning fire, but the superintendent is thankful that no one was seriously injured. “Things can be replaced, but people can not,” said Superintendent Craig Hoekstra. “I am very thankful that everyone is safe and doing well.”
From sketch to skein: Students now wearing their original designs
Dec 20, 2024 · Wyoming — With clinks of their crocheting needles, Parkview Elementary teacher Lori Schimmelmann and her fellow “knitting ladies” brought stocking hats to life from second-graders’ original designs.. Schimmelman and knitting club members Pat Whitfield and Winnie Kowalsk recently presented each student in Schimmelman’s class with a knitted hat designed from pictures students colored ...
High school awarded for cardiac emergency plan
Dec 9, 2024 · Kent City — For the first time, Kent City High School has earned the MI HEARTSafe designation as a school that has taken the appropriate steps to prepare for cardiac emergencies. This designation is awarded by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Michigan Department of Education, American Heart Association, Michigan High School Athletic Association and Michigan Alliance for ...
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 …
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 ...