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It took 19 rounds of spelling words before the TK Middle School 2024 Spelling Bee Champion was crowned and a worthy opponent earned the runner-up title Friday morning.

In 2019, voters in the TK School District approved a $42.8 million bond. Now, in 2024 the promises made for those bond funds have been kept. Thanks to TK Alum John Garner for putting this video together. And a big THANK YOU, to our TK community for your support then, now and always! Together, we are #TKSTRONG

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.

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.

Cheers filled the sixth-grade classroom as one group after another celebrated a successful roller coaster run. But it didn’t come without a lot of troubleshooting, trial and error, and working together.

Thornapple Kellogg — Rojean Sprague comes from several generations of educators. Between her and her husband’s families, the Thornapple Kellogg Middle School geography teacher said they have had nearly 46 teachers combined.

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.”

Two pieces of cardstock, two pieces of construction paper, limited numbers of paper clips and popsicle sticks, a measured amount of painter tape and a ruler were all the supplies teams were given. Even though the supplies seemed meager for a tower building task, middle school 7th grade students quickly learned the real challenge was finding different ways to work together.

Thornapple Kellogg Schools is starting the school year with 15 new teachers. These new staff members fill vacancies created by retirements or other teachers leaving the district.