Morgan Jarema

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Morgan Jarema is a copy editor and reporter. She is a Grand Rapids native and a proud graduate of Grand Rapids Public Schools, including Brookside and West Leonard elementary schools, 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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

Learning Online + One-on-One = School Success

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The school year has just reached the halfway point, and Nathan Pratt-Harris has seven classes to finish before graduation. "I've been on geometry for two...

Can I Hear the Part About the Squirrel Chase Again?

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Hayden Cole opened a book titled "Mr. Putter & Tabby Paint the Porch" and began to read aloud: "She had a bucket of pink...

‘Don’t Talk to Me, I’m Driving’

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Garrett Wolcott gripped the steering wheel and stepped on the brake as soon as he noticed the traffic light had turned red. Beside him,...

Chess Mates: Club Logs 30 Years and Counting

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At 3:30 on most any Tuesday afternoon, the hallways of Lakeside Elementary are teeming with students eager to make their way out of the...

Continuing the Family Tradition

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For Pat Nugent, public service is a good fit both personally and professionally. A lifelong Lowell-area resident and graduate of Lowell High School, Nugent was...

Take Your Order, Sir? Sure. Tie Your Shoes, Son?

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No matter what your job title, restaurant work can be fast-paced, noisy, hectic and messy. But for those who work the lunch shift at...

First Habit of Successful Authors: Work Hard

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Pine Island Elementary teacher Laura Lamoreaux takes it in stride that her class is full of published authors. After all, she helped make it...

Hola, Madrid? It’s Me, Forest Hills!

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Ava Dingman sat at third in line, her feet bouncing up and down in neon green sneakers with bright yellow laces, as she waited...

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