Students explore the globe, zoom in on where they are from
Research spans food, family, traditions
March 15, 2021
Fourth-grader Maya Seck holds a Kuna, a large bowl from Mali for serving food. It was carved from a tree (courtesy)
Kentwood A few things fourth-grader Maya Seck appreciates about the West African countries Senegal and Mali: spicy food, traditional clothes and her cousins.
“Sometimes on special days my mom likes to prepare those foods and me and my dad like to dress up and take pictures and we like to pray,” said Maya, who visited Senegal when she was 6. “It was my first time ever being there and I was really excited to see my cousins and my other family members.”
For MLK Day, educators discuss improving equity in education
January 20, 2021
Roguewood Elementary of Rockford second-graders, from left, Aubrey Abro, Max Anderson and Jackson Burns created posters of King with inspirational phrases (courtesy photo)
Kentwood It’s a great thing to celebrate being the most diverse school district in the state, but it’s important to dig deeper. That’s the message Kentwood educators heard Monday during a special presentation for Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
David Rease, the director of equity and excellence at a 135,000-student district in Maryland, shared his thoughts on equity and “genuine equality” to about 900 staff and community members during the remote presentation. Educators then broke into smaller Zoom sessions to discuss ways to serve all students in Kentwood even better, in one of many activities held by area districts to celebrate the holiday.