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Bridie Bereza

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Bridie Bereza hails from Lansing and has worked in the Grand Rapids area as a reporter, freelance writer, and communicator since graduating from Aquinas College in 2003. She feels privileged to cover West Michigan's public schools and hopes to shed a little light on the amazing things happening there through her reporting.

Students make friends by way of pen

Godwin Heights Bridie Bereza
A teacher and her former teacher are connecting their classrooms through letters...

A boon for books

Godfrey-Lee Bridie Bereza
A $30,000 challenge grant from the Guido A. and Elizabeth H. Binda Foundation funded the new books. The foundation put up $15,000 and the district raised an additional $15,000, thanks to several anonymous donors...

Oh say, did you see?

Kelloggsville Bridie Bereza
Choir’s banner year ends with a public performance of 'The Star-Spangled Banner'...

‘It was the right job for me — always has been’

Rockstar Teachers Bridie Bereza
In Cindy Prentler’s second grade classroom, books inspire, teach, and beautify the space...

Of painters and putters

Godwin Heights Bridie Bereza
A middle school art teacher puts pizzazz into an art history unit by pairing it with an unlikely sport...

Kindergarten Karavan connects with incoming students

Featured Briefs Bridie Bereza
Every fall, a new group of kindergartners --  some excited, some teary -- heads to school for their first day of what should be...

Saying ‘yes’ to the prom dress

Kelloggsville Bridie Bereza
Why not share the often single-wear items? A Kelloggsville teacher created a pop-up boutique that lets students shop for free formal wear...

Better together: high schoolers and second-graders tackle Plaster Creek

Godfrey-Lee Bridie Bereza
High school students partner with second-graders to learn about the waterway outside their doors...

Teens on the screen

All Districts Bridie Bereza
This year’s festival featured 23 short films, chosen from among 43 entries. Films varied from thrillers to a claymation documentary about the environment...

School’s out, Spanish is in

Godfrey-Lee Bridie Bereza
The district, with help from the Steelcase Foundation, is piloting a language program after school to improve fluency in students who are 'heritage learners'...

Grieving together helps students cope with loss

Kelloggsville Bridie Bereza
Bereaved students are benefiting from a peer support program that meets them where they’re at -- school...

Free to ReadGR

Godfrey-Lee Bridie Bereza
After one year of operation, the program has provided more than 10,000 free books to more than 3,500 students in 10 elementary schools, picking up where a defunded program left off...

Her joy: watching them ‘discover what they can do’

Godwin Heights Bridie Bereza
Rockstar Teacher Susie Poliski...

District to phase out ‘Lee Rebels’ and introduce new name & mascot

Godfrey-Lee Bridie Bereza
The Board of Education on Monday voted unanimously in favor of the measure, following months of input from students, alumni, staff and community members...

The writing on the wall

Godwin Heights Bridie Bereza
School shifts from covering up graffiti to creating murals in bathrooms...

Student tutors help peers stay on track

Kelloggsville Bridie Bereza
It helps struggling students make up ground, and is an opportunity for tutors to work on interpersonal skills and make use of their knowledge in a variety of subjects...
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