News and Announcements

Winter in West Michigan is not a matter of "if" it comes - it's "when" it comes. Right now, that means it’s a busy time of year for middle school students in Lil Lienesch’s service learning class. Students collect, sort, organize and inventory donations of new and gently-used winter coats, hats, boots, scarves, gloves and snow pants. This time of year they’re busy filling donation requests and delivering items to schools for families in need.

Page and Lee elementary students learned what Veterans Day is about and why it is important as they took part in their own celebrations for the day.

Retired Thornapple Kellogg Schools Superintendent Tom Enslen will serve as Interim Superintendent at Thornapple Kellogg while a search for a permanent superintendent takes place. The TK Board of Education approved a contract with Enslen to begin serving the TK district January 1, 2025. TK Superintendent Craig McCarthy announced he will retire December 31, 2024 after serving 6 ½ years at TK in administrative roles.

What do an elephant, octopus, spaceship, tadpole, bowl of cereal, hot air balloon and an oversized M & M have in common? It’s simple. They are all fifth-grade creative designs inspired by a simple gourd.

TK administrators are aware of the traffic congestion on Main Street, which backs up getting in and out of McFall Elementary. This occurs primarily in the morning drop-off time between 8:30 and 9 a.m. and in the afternoon between 3:15 and 3:45 p.m.

On his second day as assistant superintendent of TK Schools, Mark Provost volunteered to announce at a middle school football game. “I saw they needed someone to help, so I jumped in. That’s what I want to do. I want to be involved. I want to help wherever I can to make this district successful.”

A wave of colorful blue, green, yellow, orange and red dots adorn the fourth-grade hallway. Each dot was the special creation of a student in honor of International Dot Day celebrated Sept. 15 around the world as a way of celebrating creativity, courage and collaboration.

Thornapple Kellogg — For the first day of school at Page Elementary, Principal Amy Forman bought a bubble machine to kick off a fun school year.

Thornapple Kellogg High School students donned gloves to pick weeds, took off their shoes and socks to move rocks from the water’s edge, and learned how to use a hammer and pry bar to remove nails from old decking boards. A younger TK student even gave a speech at Thursday morning’s Barry County United Way campaign kickoff.

“100, 101, 102, 103,” students counted as they climbed up and down the steps in Bob White Stadium in honor of the 413 first responders who lost their lives on 9-11-01.