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Linda Odette is a freelance writer and editor with more than 30 years of experience in journalism. She’s worked primarily as an editor in feature departments at newspapers in West Michigan, including the Grand Rapids Press, the Muskegon Chronicle and the Holland Sentinel. She lives in East Grand Rapids near the Eastown edge, has a teenage son and a daughter in college. Read Linda's full bio or email Linda.

Fitness or Fundraiser: Why Not Do Both?

Thornapple Kellogg Linda Odette
Two more things are certain in life: Children who stay fit do better at school — and you have to fund-raise for your child's...

Should I Stop or Should I Go? Too Many Motorists Don’t Know

All Districts Linda Odette
When you see red lights on the school bus start flashing in front of you, it always means stop, right? And when you see yellow...

Before ArtPrize: Crosswalk Signs, Keeping Up, Basic Manners

Thornapple Kellogg Linda Odette
ArtPrize venues were filled with students learning about art, but for one group it wasn't just about that — it was a way to...

Personal Chef, Snowboarder, Instructor

Kent ISD Linda Odette
Previous job: I started in the food industry at age 15 and really enjoyed hospitality and working with people. My focus was in food...

New Alumni Group Forming

Thornapple Kellogg Linda Odette
District graduates can register for a new alumni group at the Sept. 30 homecoming game. "We are still putting most of our time and...

A Positively Positive First Day

Thornapple Kellogg Linda Odette
What is Your Dream? A big sheet of paper with a big question written in big letters and spread across 8-foot-long tables greeted high schoolers...

FFA Members Make Hard Work Look Fairly Fun

Caledonia Linda Odette
It was 90 degrees at the Barry County Fair when Jordyn Skinner walked her dairy feeder cow, Russell, into the show ring for the...

Clothes Pins, Hot Glue and Elmo

Comstock Park Linda Odette
District staff across Kent ISD busied themselves in the weeks and days leading up to today, readying their buildings and classrooms for students. Lowell Martha Hayden worked...

Educator Says Ship-board Experience One of the Best of her Life

Forest Hills Linda Odette
Kari Fuller said she was geeked to spend a week this summer on the U.S. Lake Guardian research vessel, where she was part of...

Play Makes Great Way to Practice New Language

Forest Hills Linda Odette
After a year of chatting via an instant messaging app with their friend Louie Li in Shanghai, China, two students in the district's Mandarin...

Give a Bit of Labor, Get a Life Lesson

Caledonia Linda Odette
"Kids Helping Kids" was the theme for sixth graders at Duncan Lake Middle School this year, and that's just what happened at Family Promise...

Unbreakable Spirit

Grads with Grit Linda Odette
A recent district grad who's lived his life with serious health problems is on his way to Harvard, an accomplishment that surprised even him. Justin...

History Lessons Take Flight — Bomber-style

Caledonia Linda Odette
Not many students finish the school year with a ride on a B-17 bomber, but that's exactly what sophomore AP history students did. The...

This Track Team Gets What Winning is All About

Thornapple Kellogg Linda Odette
Matt Funk saw the members of his boys track team whispering back and forth before the 100-meter race at the district's meet and wondered...

Third-graders Place Seventh at Odyssey World Finals

Caledonia Linda Odette
A district third-grade team placed seventh in the Odyssey of the Mind World Finals. Caledonia’s team tackled a No-Cycle Recycle problem that required them to...

Construction Continues on New High School, Other Facilities

Caledonia Linda Odette
Cement walls are going up, bulldozers are pushing tons of dirt and construction signs have been posted seemingly everywhere as progress continues on the...
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