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John Wittkowski is the newly hired emergency coordinator for Region I
Cedar Springs

Region I emergency coordinator now on the job

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Junior Beck Danh, center, communicated with three other members to successfully transfer the ‘toxic’ corn kernels from one cup to the other
Thornapple Kellogg

Faux toxic spill averted, thanks to teams of students

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Wealthy Elementary Principal Stephanie Olson swings alongside fourth-grader Archie Trethowan
East Grand Rapids

New principal strives to be ‘part of the solution’

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Kendra Faustin, high school principal
Comstock Park

Familiar faces lead Comstock Park High School 

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Teacher Academy instructor Adrianna Lynn heads to London in January as part of a Fulbright program
Kent ISD

Going global to help address local 

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Former Ottawa Hills football coach Christian Verley, center, accepts a check representing a $20,000 grant from Touchdown in Your Town (courtesy)
Grand Rapids

Ottawa Hills football team earns grant from Detroit Lions

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Penelope and Kevin Charbonneau walk through the garden at C.A. Frost Environmental Science Academy
Grand Rapids

Parents, students revitalize C.A. Frost garden

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Lowell Public Schools logo
Lowell

Community input sought on facility improvement plans

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A new addition to Wyoming Junior High is taking shape
Wyoming

In with the new

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Van Singel Fine Arts Center’s new managing director, Michelle Wagner, is directing a community production of ‘The Sound of Music’
Byron Center

The stage is where her heart is 

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Godfrey-Lee Early Childhood Center kindergarten teacher Barbara Parylak greets her students on their first day of school
Godfrey-Lee

For some, school is cooler on the first day 

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Trina Varano is now at the helm as executive producer of Rockford High School’s Beyond the Rock media program
Rockford

After taking a video production class, ‘there was no other option’

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Principal Joe Scotto — along with friends like Ms. Frizzle and Clifford the Big Red Dog — will welcome students to Grand View this year
Grandville

Travel-loving, pizza-eating, action movie fan to students: ‘I’ll always believe in them’

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Fifth-grader Deborah Emmitt settles into her new classroom on the first day of school
Byron Center

‘A mixture of nerves and excitement’

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Angie Balczak is North Oakview’s new principal
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Soccer-loving Swiftie values students’ wisdom

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Teachers can attend STEAM Day at the John Ball Zoo for free on Saturday, Sept. 23 (courtesy)
Education Everywhere

Educators, students welcome at zoo’s STEAM Day

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