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Brett Atwood has worked in broadcast television for nearly six years. Having graduated with a bachelor's degree in TV Production from Ferris State University, he continues to produce promotional and lifestyle content for WOOD TV8, in addition to owning his own freelance video business, Be Heard Productions. Brett has a great love for telling compelling stories in a creative format. He is excited to use his talents in sharing what's happening within our local schools.

Class is in session in the great outdoors

Northview Brett Atwood

Field School, in its second year at Northview Public Schools, aims to foster mastery of core subjects and to encourage curiosity, stewardship, community, leadership and adventure in students in grades K-4...

Certified and ready to work

Kent ISD Brett Atwood

Adult education students are preparing for in-demand jobs while working toward their GEDs. Kent Career Tech Center’s hands-on courses for adults include phlebotomy, welding construction and IT...

Knowledge revealed, in powerful exhibit on human anatomy

Comstock Park Brett Atwood

Learning about the effects of smoking is one thing. Seeing inside an actual human lung charred by cancerous cells is quite another. The traveling exhibition 'Bodies Revealed,' now on display at the Grand Rapids Public Museum...

Students learn about nature’s creatures up close at Zoo Lab

Rockford Brett Atwood

Follow the fourth graders of Rockford’s Roguewood Elementary School on their weeklong program at John Ball Zoo Lab, a zoo-conducted educational program for area school districts...

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Godwin Heights band marches on in top form

Godwin Heights Brett Atwood

The legacy of making stellar music continues at Godwin Heights High School, where more than 200 students are in the marching band...

A window into two graduations!

Multi Districts Brett Atwood

Whether you're a high school student heading off to college or career, or a preschooler taking that next step toward kindergarten, graduation is a big deal...

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‘Best Ever Prom’ leaves lasting memories for teens, adults of all abilities

Sparta Brett Atwood

Sparta High School students in Renee Wyman’s special education program work year-round on every aspect of Best Prom Ever, a dinner dance event for teens and adults with disabilities...

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Learning tastes so sweet among winter’s maple trees

Lowell Brett Atwood

The Wittenbach/Wege Center is nature’s classroom for Lowell Area Schools students throughout the seasons. Follow this group of second-graders as they learn about the science of maple sugaring and its history among Michigan pioneers and Native Americans...

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Students speak their truth in poetry about where they live

Grand Rapids Brett Atwood

Students at Ottawa Hills High School learn how historic housing patterns impact their lives, in a spoken-word workshop conducted by The Diatribe and the Fair Housing Center of West Michigan...

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Sweet salute: Students create gingerbread home for veterans

Kent ISD Brett Atwood

Kent Career Tech Center Hospitality students put their skills to the test, designing a sugary, candy-clad gingerbread house as a gift for Grand Rapids Home for Veterans residents....

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Food, masks and sugar skulls: Day of the Dead brings learning to life

Grand Rapids Brett Atwood

Grand Rapids Museum School sixth-graders explored all things related to Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, from food to memorabilia including ornate altars to honor dead loved ones...

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Can oodles of duct tape make your boat float?

East Grand Rapids Brett Atwood

Middle schoolers seek answers to this question as they designed (using new math and science skills), built and then piloted their boats on Reeds Lake...

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