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Morgan Jarema is a reporter and copy editor, covering Northview. She is a Grand Rapids native and a product of Grand Rapids Public Schools, including Brookside and West Leonard elementaries, City Middle/High School and Ottawa Hills. She found her tribe in journalism in 1997 and has never wanted to do anything but write. For 15 years she was a freelance journalist for The Grand Rapids Press, covering local schools and government, religion, business, home & garden and lifestyles. She and her husband, John, think even those without kiddos should be invested in their local schools and made to feel a part of them. Read Morgan's full bio

Northview grad is a future forest mapper 

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It’s been nearly six years since Calder Burton inspired what quickly became one of our most popular series, Meet The Future. We recently checked back in with Calder, at a park, because — you’ll read why.

Grant encourages learning through play

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Students in Katie Shiffer’s developmental kindergarten class at West Oakview Elementary are honing spatial and fine motor skills through play, thanks to an NEF grant.

New ASL readers depict today’s teens, class members say

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Students in American Sign Language classes at Northview High School say new supplemental books help them to better understand modern deaf culture.

High-fidelity learning: Music production class a big hit

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Northview Public Schools continues to invest in music programs, and this new high-school class builds real-life career skills, with an emphasis on collaboration and engagement.

Visitors share musical talents with classes

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They may or may not be professional artists, but visitors to a North Oakview classroom are showing students the music never has to stop.

Training voices, cultivating friendships, building confidence

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Crossroads vocal music teacher Tami Hjelm says choir class is far more than practice and performing.

Having fun with digital logic

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Northview High Intro to Computer Science students learned digital logic the fun way, thanks to their teacher’s involvement with a fledgling STEM nonprofit.

New math class uses real-world applications

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A new math class is showing Northview Next Career Center students how the subject is used in real-world applications. It’s making a difference, in engagement and in their grades.

Places, everyone; it’s showtime

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Students at Northview High School volunteered for the seventh year to take part in 10-minute plays written by their peers.

Wearing their art on their feet

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Third-graders in North Oakview Elementary’s art club added their own designs to sneakers purchased through a grant from the Northview Education Foundation.

Can she convince you to take a pie in the face?

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This elementary school volunteer and PTC president had the confidence of the community behind her to take on another commitment to the district: school board member.

‘Other kids look up to him’

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A teacher at Highlands Middle calls this sixth-grader “very well respected” by other students and staff members.

Knowledge of Native American territories in 3D

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Highlands Middle fifth-graders worked in groups to assemble dioramas of what life was like in some Native American territories.

‘Kindness is the answer’

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Students wrote, illustrated, proofread and published a book of their thoughts on kindness, a copy of which would be on North Oakview library shelves if it wasn’t already checked out with a long hold list.

Hinds named Northview superintendent

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Dr. Christina Hinds took over as interim superintendent in the fall after joining the district as deputy superintendent in 2022.

Obstacles to more reading time mastered

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Among the four sixth-grade classes at Highlands Middle, the combined reading time this year was a whopping 31,627 minutes, 527 hours and seven minutes, or nearly 22 days straight.
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