Morgan Jarema

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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

Wearable art through the ages

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Northview High students researched fashions from different eras and came up with designs inspired by those periods.

Formulaic art? Not in this Educator of the Year’s classroom

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With 25 years of experience, Northview High School art teacher Nathan Kukla has been recognized by his peers as a leader in the field. And it all started with Godzilla.

Need motivation? These career center grads are here to bring it

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Recent graduates Sabastian Black and Rylie Scudder returned to the Northview Next Career Center to speak to manufacturing lab students about how the program prepared them for work.

A DIY fossil? Now that’s colossal!

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Teacher Jamie Wilcox often offers a Friday STEM project to her third-graders who have completed their work for the week

Wading in for water-quality monitoring

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Northview High School AP Environmental Studies students gathered specimens and data from the Rogue and Grand rivers and Plaster Creek to learn more about aquatic life.

Pure Michigan, from land to air to water

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Third-graders across the district start the year learning about the official state symbols.

Observe, encourage, bond: team-building day has multiple purposes

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A day at Camp Roger for all seventh-graders helped students build bonds and teachers observe social dynamics.

Hinds named interim superintendent

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Dr. Christina Hinds says her plan to lead the district this year revolves around a single word: consistency.

Soccer-loving Swiftie values students’ wisdom

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Angie Balczak is the new principal at North Oakview Elementary. SNN gets to know the 1998 Northview High graduate in this edition of Meet Your Administrator.

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Make an impact in just 15 minutes a week

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Northview — The district’s mentor program is looking for adults who are willing to meet with at least one student for 15 minutes a...

This sports buff is now on Team Wildcat

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A native of Alpena, Michigan, Northview’s new deputy superintendent has 24 years of experience in education.

Painting on the walls encouraged here

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When a renovated East Oakview Elementary welcomed students in Fall 2022, art teacher Amy Tefft was excited to see what amounted to a blank canvas...

Music theory is elementary

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East Oakview students are mastering music theory by laying down their own tracks...

The story behind the yard sign: a proud first

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This first-generation high school graduate sees his diploma as a ‘golden ticket to a better life’...

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Pah! An inclusive event

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The event, organized by students and showcasing resources for people of all ages who have hearing challenges, is open to everyone...

She’s with the band

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Regan Johnson has student musician uniforms well in hand, thank goodness, because that is a veritable symphony of coordination...

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