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Byron Center K-4 moves into newly renovated building
Aug 23, 2024 · A look inside Byron Center’s fourth, newly renovated elementary school, Heritage Elementary, on the first day Aug. 21. Byron Center — Byron Center’s newly renovated elementary building opened its doors to students this week.. Heritage Elementary, named from a community contest for the generations of students who attended school in the building, houses kindergarten through fourth grade.
Graduate’s accomplishments inspire students ‘to do more’
Sep 11, 2024 · Comstock Park — Senior Walker Saincome never knew Miguel Nava, the U.S. Marines captain and 2013 Comstock Park High School graduate who died in February during a helicopter exercise, but Nava did leave an impression. “I think he is pretty inspiring,” said Walker, who has a brother, 2021 Comstock Park graduate Grant Saincome, serving in the National Guard.
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 ...
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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.
Farewell to Kensington - School News Network
By Riley Kelley. October 9, 2023. The former Kensington school building opened up for a final tour in late September, ahead of its upcoming demolition. Grand Rapids — Windows boarded up, graffiti-marked walls, surfaces caked in dust — none of it dampened the nostalgia during a final tour of the former Kensington school building recently.
New math program a hit with elementary students, teachers
Nov 5, 2021 · Karen Gentry covers Comstock Park. She moved to the Grand Rapids area in the mid-1980s and has been a resident of Comstock Park since 2002. She understands the complexity, rewards and challenges of the teaching profession as she has five years of experience as a high school teacher at River Valley High School in Three Oaks, Mich. and St. Stephen High School in Saginaw.
First day focus: be helpful & kind - School News Network
Aug 21, 2024 · First day focus: be helpful & kind. By Alexis Stark. August 21, 2024. Dutton Elementary Principal Shawn Veitch speaks to teacher Ashley Lodenstein’s first-graders on the first day of school. Caledonia — Principal Shawn Veitch spent his morning on the first day of school visiting every classroom at Dutton Elementary to greet staff and students.
District breaks ground on new fifth- and sixth-grade building
Jun 2, 2021 · Byron Center — Come fall of 2023, about 700 fifth- and sixth graders will have a new Nickels Intermediate School building. The district recently broke ground to begin construction on the two-story building, which will feature lots of open space, break-out rooms, a courtyard and other learning areas.
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Jan 9, 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.