KSSN is making headlines!

January 13, 2025
Community-school worker: Immigrant students, families apprehensive about Trump deportation plans

All districts — In Kentwood Public Schools, as in many other Kent County districts, students from immigrant families make up a substantial portion of their enrollment...

November 22, 2024
Alger Middle School students get free laptops

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Dozens of students at Alger Middle School in Grand Rapids received a free laptop on Thursday as part of an effort to bridge the digital divide...

November 15, 2024
New training helps Kent County providers better connect residents in need to resources

According to the Michigan Association of United Ways' 2024 ALICE Report, 1.6 million of Michigan's 4 million households struggle to pay for basic needs like housing, child care, food, transportation, and health care, despite being employed...

October 15, 2024
Road trip highlights schools as community hubs

Multiple districts — From hosting events that bring people together to helping families find housing and transportation, Kent School Services Network supports students in Godfrey-Lee Public Schools, said Jackee Thompson...

August 15, 2024
Let’s meet up: twice-weekly gatherings build connections

Kenowa Hills — Families in the Alpine Meadows neighborhood walked right over to the community room for Meet Up & Eat Up, hosted by Kent School Services Network on Tuesdays and Thursdays this summer...