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‘What Makes You Proud of America’

Thornapple Kellogg Student Showcase School News Network

Dylan LeClaire’s essay will move on to national competition in July...

Superintendent candidates announced

Grand Rapids School News Network

The School Board of Grand Rapids Public Schools announced Tuesday a slate of five potential candidates to replace retiring Superintendent Teresa Weatherall Neal. Narrowed from a field of 30 applicants, the educators will participate in initial interviews on March 16...

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All Districts School News Network

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It’s Burn Awareness Week – do you know these tips?

Sponsor-related School News Network

Scald injuries affect all ages and about every 60 seconds, someone in the U.S. gets burned. Children, older adults and people with disabilities are most vulnerable. Since this is Burn Awareness Week, E.S.C.A.P.E. Fire Safety staff provided this information on scald injury prevention...

School resource officer wants to make personal connections

Sparta Student Showcase School News Network

A student’s article about the school’s new resource officer, which originally appeared in the school news publication, 'Bell Ringer'...

In mixed millage results, approvals for five districts but setback for one

Multi Districts School News Network

While five local school districts won tax request approvals from voters, a defeat in Caledonia will cost the district more than $150,000 in revenue...

After attending global youth conference, student vows to act locally

Godfrey-Lee Student Showcase School News Network

Aliya Hall, a sophomore at Godwin Heights High School, is one of two local students who was invited to attend the International Congress of Youth Voices in San Francisco this year. Maeve Wilbourn, a senior at Grand Rapids Public Schools’ City High/Middle School, attended as well. Here, Aliya shares some of the highlights of the experience in her own words...

If I have to be standardized, so do they

Forest Hills Student Showcase School News Network

Forest Hills Central High School Senior Reena Mathews reflects on her experience as a student taking standardized tests...

Working hard on the field, and giving back off of it

Grand Rapids School News Network

As high school football season gets under way, at least one team looked for a way to score one for the larger community...