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

Twirly Skirt, Hot Tamales and a Passable British Accent

East Grand Rapids Morgan Jarema

As original projects go, Megan Miller's science unit on the Earth's core layers takes the cake and then some. "Some students did make cakes, and...

Students Jam On, with Plenty of Moxie

Forest Hills Morgan Jarema

Forest Hills Eastern High orchestra students joined forces recently with The Moxie Strings for a night of upbeat contemporary music. But before they did,...

On Snow, Surf or Sidewalk, Let’s Go Boarding!

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Bill Curtis was teaching physical education at Eastern High a few years ago when, he says, "I got the sense that a lot of...

Geography Made Personal

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For many, Glen Arbor is home to Sleeping Bear Dunes and family vacations. But Joe Hunter knows the Northern Michigan town as the place...

Planting Seeds of Knowledge

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Murray Lake Elementary kindergartners filed into a 40-foot mobile classroom parked just outside their school, and prepared to be quizzed on their knowledge of...

It’s All Happening at the Zoo

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Corrin Kile made a beeline around the corner to where her classmates sat on folding chairs in front of a window of water. "Dos nutrias!"...

Art for Heart’s Sake

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Allan Milton really wants to go to prom. So the Grandville High School senior decided to put his artistic talents toward raising the $40...

Fighting Words!

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If you think reading comprehension is accomplished best in quiet spaces, you haven't done reading comprehension the way Winona Tinholt's students do it. For the...

Wanted: A House We Can Afford

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Dawn Broene is well aware of the challenges of finding affordable housing in the Lowell area. Breone, director of Flat River Outreach Ministries, said the...

Adding Sugar to Education’s Cake

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As a young mother new to the district in the early 1970s, Candace Hinshaw remembers hearing about a magazine sale at Pine Ridge Elementary...

Students Learn Early if Teaching is for Them

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It's clear within seconds after Taylor Fox takes over Angie Freeland's second-grade class at Pine Island Elementary: This high school senior is a natural...

French or English, It’s Still Teen Talk

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In the B Wing of Eastern High School, three groups of students sat around tables asking one another questions that most teens do when...

Winter Survival Lesson, Wittenbach-style

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Courtney Cheers addressed the small group of Cherry Creek Elementary fifth-graders gathered at her feet. "What are some things you would bring with you on...

Bullfrogs, Bad Gas and Good Storytelling

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Fourth-graders in Rachel Cattanach's class were literally coming out of their seats last week in an effort to be called on during a short...

Need a Playmate? Have a Seat and Just Say ‘Yes’

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Evan Fish said he knows what it's like to get bummed out during recess when there are all kinds of kids around but seemingly...

Students Awed by Virtual Visit to Roof of the World

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As Jill Smith readied for a lesson on Mount Everest, those in her classroom giggled with anticipation: The mountain wasn't coming to them; they...

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