Nov 22, 2024 · Multiple districts — When Northview Public Schools learned in October of an alleged threat against Crossroads Middle School while school was in session, district leaders immediately began assessing the risk with the help of law enforcement.. A swift investigation deemed the threat not credible and the day went on as usual. But the situation followed a …

Jan 8, 2025 · Grand Rapids — Plans to move Alger Middle School students to the Ottawa Hills High School campus, and to renovate Alger into a new home for Brookside Elementary, have been pushed back as a result of tweaks to the “Reimagine GRPS With Us!” facilities master plan.. In December, GRPS announced that the Board of Education had approved changes to the …

Jan 6, 2025 · Leer en Español, traducido por El Vocero Hispano. Godwin Heights — The debate was intense as the students in Patrick Snyder’s eighth-grade social studies class discussed how the states should be represented in a central government.. The Godwin Heights Middle School students were participating in a reenactment of the United States’ Constitutional Convention, …

Jan 10, 2025 · Thornapple Kellogg Middle School sixth-graders create imaginary stories with children’s author David Stricklen. Thornapple Kellogg — During an imagination warm-up activity before the new year, a room full of Thornapple Kellogg Middle School sixth-graders helped a visiting author make up a whimsical story about a boy, some pigeons and supernatural sticky …

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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.

Jan 8, 2025 · “A good chunk of that we are passing through to local districts,” Philipps said. The majority — $35 million — is special education funding through the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, for which districts receive about $1,200 in funding for every student who receives special education services.That money is allocated by Kent ISD to the local districts and Kent …

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 …

Jan 10, 2025 · A look at the remodel of Stoney Creek Elementary’s cafeteria and kitchen space. Comstock Park — It only took a second for kindergartner Luna Peabody to say what her favorite food item was from the school lunch: tater tots. She likes them with the pizza, she added. Thanks to a renovation of the Stoney Creek Elementary cafeteria and kitchen, Luna and all Stoney …

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 …