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Friday, February 1, 2008
By Tony Koski
High School Principal
Through the continued partnership with Thornapple Kellogg High School and Davenport University, students now have even more opportunities to earn college credit while taking classes at TKHS. The articulation agreement between TKHS and Davenport University allows students to earn credits at both educational institutions. Continue Story |
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Feb. 12, 2008
www.cstv.com
The Davenport University Baseball team continues to hit the area schools while trying to compile an entire team for their inaugural season in 2008-2009 and with the addition of Tommy Enslen from Middleville, MI, the Panthers are well on their way to establishing a home grown team.
Tommy will graduate from Middleville High School this spring and will join the Panthers baseball program as a shortstop. He has played that position all four years on the varsity team under the direction of Head Coach Josh Lown. Enslen has earned All-Conference Honors during his sophomore and junior years and was also named to the All-District and All-County teams as a junior. Tommy, who is the son of Tom and Lisa Enslen, will graduate with honors this May and is still undecided what he will major in at Davenport. |
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Shannon Cornett
TKHS, The Trojan Voice
The Thornapple Kellogg High School Digital Media class is moving out of the classroom and into the business world. The introductory class is now not only teaching editing programs and filming skills, but the advanced class is putting those skills to the test.
On Wednesday, January 16, six advanced media students went on a trip to Hastings Mutual Insurance Company to film a very crucial piece of business known as a corporate plan. The class packed the equipment into a school van, drove to HMI, set up and operated the equipment. Read Entire Article |
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Wednesday, February 13, 2008
By TK Curriculum Office
Page Elementary, Thornapple Kellogg Schools, Middleville, MI has been awarded the IRA Exemplary Reading Program Award. This award is sponsored by the International Reading Association to recognize outstanding reading and language arts programs at all grade levels. Its purpose is to call the public’s attention to outstanding programs in schools throughout North America. Each participating state and province can choose one winning school. Read More |
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Sunday, February 24, 2008
The Grand Rapids Press
Though the temperature outside was in the low teens, Layton Grinage shed his coat while watering the lawn inside his glass-enclosed classroom on Grand Rapids' Northeast Side.
Grinage, 18, is one of about 50 students -- juniors and seniors -- in the agriscience program at Kent Career/Technical Center. They get hands-on training for careers in landscaping.
He and 17-year-old Kammeran Koehl, seniors from Thornapple Kellogg Public Schools in Middleville, tend about 75 yards of Kentucky blue grass from AAA Turf Farms in Hudsonville. The turf this week will be hauled to DeVos Place for the upcoming West Michigan Home and Garden Show. Read more |
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Friday, February 22, 2008
By Julie Makarewicz
Grand Rapids Press
MIDDLEVILLE -- Kyle Bailey flipped pages of the dictionary and then ran his finger down the columns until he found it.
"'Telepathic' -- there it is," said Kyle, a fourth-grader as he read the definition.
Then he and his two reading buddies, Nic Sinkler and Cody VanderTil, reread the sentence in "Sea of Monsters" to see how it fit and what it really meant.
"Oh, I get it now," Kyle said. "It's like when you think of something and send it to someone else using your mind." |
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Wednesday, February 13, 2008
By TK Curriculum Office
Page Elementary, Thornapple Kellogg Schools, Middleville, MI has been awarded the IRA Exemplary Reading Program Award. This award is sponsored by the International Reading Association to recognize outstanding reading and language arts programs at all grade levels. Its purpose is to call the public’s attention to outstanding programs in schools throughout North America. Each participating state and province can choose one winning school. Read More |
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Monday, March 24, 2008
MLive News Briefs
Two Thornapple Kellogg Middle School Robotics teams will advance to an international competition. The teams qualified for the April 26 event at Lawrence Technological University in Southfield by taking top place in a local RoboFest competition at the Amway Grand Plaza in Grand Rapids this month. The Technopuffs, an all-girl team, won first place in the fashion show competition and second place in the Junior Game. TK Robobusters, an all-boy team, won first place in Robosumo Battle. |
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A letter was sent home to McFall parents on April 22nd regarding the asbestos abatement. Click to read more. |
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Thursday, March 27, 2008
By Julie Makarewicz
Grand Rapids Press
Thornapple Kellogg Middle School's "Spirit Day" typically has students clad in orange and black. But last week's event took on a much different look as students and staff donned all things pink to support seventh-grade teacher Mary McLellen, who faces another round of chemotherapy for cancer. McLellen wasn't told about the plan, but it was clear something special was happening when students in a sea of pink t-shirts, skirts, sweaters and dresses filled the halls. |
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April 2, 2008
The Allegan County News
Congratulations Lindsey Wilson! Each year the club awards a $1,000 scholarship to one student who has demonstrated leadership skills and volunteerism at each of the four school systems serving the Gun Lake area. The scholarships are funded through the sale of the club's ad booklet and an annual Scholarship Dinner and Auction.
Lindsey's volunteer activities include working with Habitat of Humanity, tutoring elementary students, volunteering at Gun Lake Library and serving as recycling chairperson for Environmental Awareness Council. She will attend Kalamazoo College as an English major and hopes to join the Peace Corps after graduating from college. Entire Article.
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April 18, 2008
By Tony Koski, HS Principal
Thornapple Kellogg High School is 1 of about 30 schools who will be awarded a Green Schools Certificate at an April 22 Earth Day ceremony at Sibley Elementary School in Grand Rapids. Kent County and Kent ISD are partnering to recognize the efforts of schools in greater environmental awareness. Congratulations to the high school Environmental Action Club and their advisor John Considine and Mark Sharpe for doing the work “behind the scenes” to make this happen! |
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Saturday, May 3, 2008
By Tony Koski, HS Principal
Thornapple Kellogg High School senior Brittney Benjamin was awarded the top honor in an essay contest from the Economics Club of Grand Rapids. The topic of the contest was green technology. Read more |
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On May 23rd a letter went home to parents regarding the gas leak at McFall Elementary. Read letter |
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May 7, 2008
TKHS Digital Media students submitted videos to the Michigan Interscholastic Press Association (MIPA) video journalism contest. Entries ranged from Public Service Announcements (PSA's) to Commercials to Music Video. Of the 7 entries submitted, 3 were honored. Two commercials were given honorable mention awards. Seniors, Nate Runals and Eric Wood from the class of 2007, completed the project at the end of their senior year won an honorable mention for their commercial "Fat Tony's Pest Extermination Service" and current Juniors Jacob Bauer and Dylan Hamilton also won an honorable mention award for their "Mountain Dew" commercial. Juniors Nate Evans, Tiffani Harrington along with senior Tony Ruerink received a 3rd place award for their Music Video "Halloween Rap". Entire Article |
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April 17, 2008
By Julie Makarewicz
GR Press
Superintendent Gary Rider is working with professionals and community leaders to develop a marketing strategy for the Thornapple Kellogg school district. He recently invited more than 80 community leaders to brainstorm ideas and work on plans to showcase the district more. "I was overwhelmed by the support," he said. "We ended up with so many people really wanting to be involved. I think that just speaks volumes for the district and where we were already. Community support is one of our greatest strengths." Rider said the marketing strategy isn't about increasing enrollment or trying to pull students from other areas. It is about making sure people within the district and those from other areas recognize what's going on in Thornapple Kellogg schools, he said. |
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May 7, 2008
Congratulations to 7th Grade Middle School students who recently wrote and recieved a grant funded by the Barry County Youth Advisory Council. Kayla Strumberger, Hannah Lamberg, and Sara Olsen wrote a grant that will fund another Robotics class for 8th grade students beginning next school year. "Mindstormers", the new robotics class offered this year (only to 7th graders), was very popular amongst students! These students have made it possible for TKMS to provide another robotics class next year. The grant was written for $1500.00, and was matched by Drs. Norris and Nosanov(parents of Matt Nosonov-7th grader who had the class this year) for a total of $3000.00. Thank you Kayla, Hannah, Sara, The Barry County Youth Council and Drs. Norris and Nosanov!!! |
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May 5, 2008
Thornapple Kellogg's Page Elementary team took first place in the State of Michigan for their creative solution to one of Odyssey of the Minds many problems: Eccentrics! Division I. These kids won their Division at the State Finals and will represent Michigan in a World Competition in College Park, Maryland. Read more |
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Choice Awards with their video “Halloween Rap”. The group received a medal and their video is In the spring of 2008, several students from Thornapple Kellogg High School’s Digital Media class posted videos on a nationally recognized website, Schooltube.com. Schooltube is a site where schools can post students school approved videos for the world to see, but more importantly for their peers to see. The website also sponsors several contests. Last spring, 3 TK students; graduated senior Tony Ruerink and current seniors Nate Evans and Tiffani Harrington won the music category in the 2008 Spring Student posted on the schooltube.com website of spring 2008 student choice award winners. To access that website go to: http://www2.schooltube.com/Contests/StudentsChoiceAwards/Spring2008Winners.aspx
Again, Congratulations to Tony, Nate and Tiffani. |
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