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Camp a ‘confidence-booster’ for fifth-graders
East Grand Rapids

Camp a ‘confidence-booster’ for fifth-graders

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Nathan Slager, left, and Haley VanKempen are serving on the Michigan Department of Education’s Student Advisory council
Cedar Springs

A line to Lansing: Seniors appointed to statewide council

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Videographer Omar Arredondo sets up his equipment
Kentwood

‘He is the Kentwood story’

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Grand Rapids Montessori Academy fourth-grader Nora Doornbos points to the habitat she created for polar bears
Education Everywhere

Full STEAM ahead at the zoo

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Kent, Ottawa and Muskegon ISDs join forces to recruit and retain teachers
Kent ISD

Kent, Ottawa and Muskegon ISDs join forces to recruit and retain teachers

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Artist and teacher Peggy Slattery with her ArtPrize entry, ‘An Iris Collection of 5’
Grandville

‘It feeds me,’ says teacher-artist 

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Will Veldheer, left, and teammates Evan Yonkers and Sam Brinks attempt to solve a puzzle
Northview

Observe, encourage, bond: team-building day has multiple purposes

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Thornapple Elementary Principal Heather Fix reads with kindergartner Josephine Ubik
Forest Hills

Ready to lead

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A trip down memor-‘Lee’ lane: 100 years of Lee High School
Godfrey-Lee

A trip down memor-‘Lee’ lane: 100 years of Lee High School

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Teacher-designed classrooms help students feel supported, calm and creative
Byron Center

Teacher-designed classrooms help students feel supported, calm and creative

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GRPS launches online tools to keep community informed
Grand Rapids

GRPS launches online tools to keep community informed

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Food and fun, Loteria and hair braiding at Community Celebration
Kelloggsville

Food and fun, Loteria and hair braiding at Community Celebration

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‘Don’t worry, Teddy’s got it!’ 
Wyoming

‘Don’t worry, Teddy’s got it!’ 

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Evan Mattson works the audio recorder during a recording session for Hawk’s Nest
Cedar Springs

Student podcast goes live at Cedar Springs

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Survivors are honored on team jerseys and Pink Arrow shirts (courtesy)
Lowell

Ripple effects of Pink Arrow Pride are community-wide

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Laura Preuss and Oogie Lamar are leading the Kent ISD Adult Education program together until Lamar retires in January
Kent ISD

Leaders in achievement pass the torch  

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