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

Portraying History Through Art

Forest Hills Morgan Jarema

Freshman Daniel Zawodny can tell you about a courtyard confrontation between artistic rivals Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo. And while freshman Brock Sweezie admits he’s...

Teacher Cadet Feels ‘Super Legit’

East Grand Rapids Morgan Jarema

Tomer Adnegeko admits he used to think teaching at the elementary level would be way easier than middle and high school.

Re-Imagining School

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In this 21-minute podcast, Supt. Dan Behm talks about how Steelcase's Applied Research + Consulting team worked with Forest Hills to rethink curiosity, collaboration and communication.

Student Scientists do Real-world Research

Lowell Morgan Jarema

If the experiments going on in the laboratory of Heather DeJonge's Lowell High School research class look like they could be happening in a true scientific context, it's because they actually are.

Elevation Education By Way of Cape Hangnail

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Sixth-graders' study of landforms had them traversing the Island of Podiatry by way of Bunion Strait, Blister Delta and the Isthmus of Lint. Afterward,...

Letters from Santa, Courtesy of Ninth-grade Elves

Lowell Morgan Jarema

Writing letters to Santa Claus is pretty much a rite of passage in the elementary years. Having them answered by a high school-age elf...

Outdoor Classroom, Basic Living Skills Among Projects Awarded Grants

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Gifts for Learning Following are the most recent grants awarded by the Lowell Education Foundation: Mock Newbery club, $300, Middle School Kindergarten science inquiry, $539,...

Today’s Lesson: How to Capture Zombies

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Pine Island Elementary third-graders were hunched around six tables in Tony Molnar's STEM class, their kingdoms' crests waving overhead as they worked to construct...

Gone in Six Seconds

East Grand Rapids Morgan Jarema

The golf balls that Bill Trapp's students launched over a third-story railing could be the basis for future engineering or science innovations. More than 50...

‘Living the Experience’ as Students Create a Civilization

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For the past 10 years, juniors and seniors in Brad Anderson's World History class have come to expect that they will spend six weeks...

Gotta Know the Territory

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Middle School’s First-ever Musical a Classic

For Every Child a Special Story

Lowell Morgan Jarema

What if you told someone your favorite food and color; what kinds of stories you like to read; and whether you consider yourself brave,...

Students Eating Homegrown, Healthy Food — and They Like It!

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Katie Hofman didn’t miss a beat when she was asked whether she planned to try some spaghetti squash at lunch. “I like to try new...

District Grad Aids in Relief Efforts to Hurricane Victims

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Editor's note: SNN reporter Morgan Jarema had the opportunity to interview Lt. Cmdr. Matthew Stepanovich, M.D., a pediatric orthopedic surgeon in the U.S. Navy...

After Auto Industry, He Chose ‘Noble Career’ of Teaching

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David Staublin has been known to poke fun at his diminished hearing. Having grown up in Charlevoix, he said, he attended "a lot of...

Pond Improvement Means More Waterfront Learning

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Fourth-graders had one task when they visited the pond behind the Wittenbach/Wege Environmental Agriscience Center building for a lesson in species adaptation: "If it's...

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