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

Fifth-grader’s Story Tops with Readers

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When the boat she was solo sailing on Reed's Lake last summer capsized, Rachel Anne Williamson could see her mom onshore and knew her...

How Clean Water Boosts School Attendance

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Alex Kaufmann and Sofia Debano joined their classmates in the Central Woodlands 5/6 school gymnasium recently to culminate a service learning project centered on the...

Part Silly Adult, Human Monkey Bar; All Kindergarten Teacher

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Gerald Neff sits on a kindergartner-size table at the front of his classroom on a recent morning and welcomes his class to a new...

First-grader Joins Band of Reading Champs

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Being able to read books scores big points with Claire Greenwood. "My mom gets them for me at the library," she said. "I read them...

Spelling Bee Winner off to National Bee

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The third time was the charm for Aiden Mischley. The Forest Hills eighth-grader bested 18 students from six counties on March 22 to take first...

Three Districts Seek Community Support in May 3 Election

Grandville Morgan Jarema

Grandville Public Schools REQUEST: A 10-year renewal of the district's sinking fund millage, which funds repairs and maintenance of school facilities. COST: The 1.4 mill renewal...

Advice from Detroit Poets: Write What You Know

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When Deonte Osayande was a middle-schooler, he said, "I hated poetry. What did I know about gardens in England?" Then he realized he could use...

It’s Showtime for Student-designed Production

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Trenton Brink twirled around wearing a purple jacket and top hat as he sang the gentle opening lines of "Pure Imagination," from the book...

Celebrating a Decade of Literacy Coaching

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It was an hour before her next class -- three classes, three lesson plans at once, actually -- and Kent City art teacher Amy...

Every Student Helped Create This Work of Art

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Artist Cara O'Brien stood near a group of third-graders wearing rubber gloves and showed them their next task on the enormous mural in front...

STEM Career Exploration Program Earns Kudos, $5,000 Check

Kent ISD Morgan Jarema

An innovative new program of Kent Career Tech Center has $5,000 more in its budget. Design Lab won a March 15 competition during the Governor’s Economic and...

Early Childhood Fair April 23 Offers Dozens of Resources

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Finding just the right childcare provider or preschool for your child takes a lot of time and leg-work. Even Michael Ghareeb, director of Early Childhood...

Dinosaurs Make Reading Far From Extinct

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Bushnell Elementary students recently got the chance to show off their class projects at the school’s annual Family Fun Night. The event typically coincides...

Spring Break in GR – Things to Do

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Looking for something to do as a family over spring break? The options are vast in West Michigan, many for free or nearly free....

May 3 Sinking Fund Renewal Sought

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Voters will be asked on May 3 whether to approve a 10-year renewal of the district's sinking fund millage, which funds repairs and maintenance...

‘To Be Dramatic, Or Not To Be…’

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Middle school students can be so dramatic. That's especially true in the middle school's fledgling Shakespeare club. Case in point: a recent rehearsal of a scene...

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