welcome to Kent School Services Network

Exceptional resources and opportunities anchored in hope, encouraging excellence, while striving for the highest achievement for all.

our mission is to use the Community school strategy to center Student and family voice, identify solutions, and advocate for systems change, resulting in student success and well-being.

Our work

We use the Coalition for Community School's Community School Standards as a framework for what we do. The standards are designed to engage and support the community schools movement as an evidence-based strategy to promote equity and educational excellence for each and every child, while strengthening families and community.
 

The Latest News

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...

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...

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...

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...

we are a community school initiative In 46 schools across six districts in Kent County