Grand Rapids

Braille & beyond: Students learn about navigating an unseen world

Godwin Heights

Students take pi celebration school-wide

Kentwood

Board member sparks ‘meaningful and lasting change’

Kent City

Teaching the next generation an important trade

In the latest episode of the “Your Dream is Our Dream” podcast, an electrical instructor and high school senior discuss the importance of the technical trades.

Northview

Honing their approach to new phonics lessons

Kindergarten teachers at East Oakview took part in a “learning lab” to observe how their colleagues teach new phonics lessons.

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Caledonia

Taking the plunge for a good cause

Duncan Lake Middle School staff and students braved the winter weather to host their first ‘Cool School Polar Plunge’ in support of Special Olympics and the district’s Unified Sports programs.

Godwin Heights

Exploring, learning, loving it: Zero Hour in action

Wyoming

Game on! Junior High students find community in club

East Grand Rapids

Immersed in history, science & culture at Grand Rapids Public Museum

Grand Rapids

Third-graders learn all about adaptation at Millennium Park

EDUCATION EVERYWHERE

One book, many fifth-graders

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Fifth-graders across Grand Rapids are all reading a book about being a vacation hero.

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Fossil or not a fossil? Students ‘dig in’ to find out

Kelloggsville Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Fourth-graders use observation and knowledge to uncover the Earth’s past.

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ISSUES IN EDUCATION

Ensuring smooth reunifications after emergency events

Security officers have been practicing and adjusting procedures to create a standardized reunification process used for school districts across all of Kent County.

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Wolf Pack Press cub reporters have school covered

Wyoming

Sisters pursue medical careers, credit parents, teachers

Forest Hills

‘It just kind of sprouted’: Project brings new life to greenhouse

Rockford

Program pairs mentors with high-school students

Kentwood

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Reading takes root in forest-themed halls at Stoney Creek

Comstock Park

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East Grand Rapids

Summer music camps keep kids in tune

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Wyoming

Parent employees spark increase in volunteering

With a crew of employees who are parents to turn to at West Elementary, other parents are signing up to get involved.

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Lowell

Student artists commemorate founding of the US

What is freedom? Students express their thoughts through art.

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