Allison Poosawtsee

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Alli Poosawtsee is a writer who made her home in West Michigan after spending her childhood living in the former Soviet Union and Germany. She served as the editor-in-chief for Calvin University's student newspaper and then spent nine years as a writer and content strategist at her alma mater. Both of her children attend Grand Rapids Public Schools and she is an ardent supporter of public education.

Scream-singing and ice-bathing launch Rams to first-ever state title

Rockford Allison Poosawtsee

Energizing pregame rituals and conditioning drills catapult Rockford’s varsity girls basketball team to a historic state title...

Next stop, Worlds!

Multi Districts Allison Poosawtsee

Area schools advance to global competition of creativity and problem-solving...

‘I want to cultivate a future where women are empowered and strong’

Rockford Allison Poosawtsee

Female students at Rockford High School seek to empower their peers during Women’s History Month...

Buckets of kindness

Thornapple Kellogg Allison Poosawtsee

Lee Elementary’s Choose to Include program is teaching kids to relate to students of all abilities...

Film class ‘teaching us how to be whole’

Rockford Allison Poosawtsee

Rockford High film students put mental health in the spotlight in most every project they create...

Coming full circle

Kent City Allison Poosawtsee

Sofia Lopez is using her experience as an English language learner in high school to support EL students in the district...

Can these students’ designs survive the ‘Eggsecutioner?’

Thornapple Kellogg Allison Poosawtsee

Thornapple Kellogg High School students enjoy the culmination of a unit about force and interactions. Grading also included a writing assignment...

Former umpire is now making calls at Rockford High

Rockford Allison Poosawtsee

A veteran teacher in Rockford Public Schools is now an assistant principal at Rockford High School...

In Kent City or Alaska, he’s a learner alongside his students

Kent City Allison Poosawtsee

An elementary teacher in Kent City is bringing his experiences teaching in the Arctic to connect with kids in his new classroom in Michigan...

Rose Parade a worthy challenge for state marching band champs

Rockford Allison Poosawtsee

Rockford marching band students are preparing for their 5 ½-mile performance in front of a national audience in Pasadena, California...

‘Bookworms’ creates elementary word lovers

Kent City Allison Poosawtsee

With students writing poems and short stories unprompted at home, Kent City Elementary staff know something is working with their new ELA curriculum...