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Who needs March Madness when the Spelling Bee is a nail-biter?

Kent ISD School News Network

EGR eighth grader Jack Lado won his second-straight Greater Grand Rapids Spelling Bee, earning him another trip to the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. ...

Teens on the screen

All Districts School News Network

This year’s festival featured 23 short films, chosen from among 43 entries. Films varied from thrillers to a claymation documentary about the environment...

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...

School’s out, Spanish is in

Godfrey-Lee School News Network

The district, with help from the Steelcase Foundation, is piloting a language program after school to improve fluency in students who are 'heritage learners'...

Grieving together helps students cope with loss

Kelloggsville School News Network

Bereaved students are benefiting from a peer support program that meets them where they’re at -- school...

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All Districts School News Network

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Free to ReadGR

Godfrey-Lee School News Network

After one year of operation, the program has provided more than 10,000 free books to more than 3,500 students in 10 elementary schools, picking up where a defunded program left off...

Students see new horizons, thanks to free glasses

Grand Rapids School News Network

In collaboration with Grand Rapids Public Schools and the Kent County Health Department, nonprofit organization Vision To Learn launched a program to provide free eye exams and glasses to students at Aberdeen K-8 School. Plans are to roll it out to all 50 GRPS schools...

Her joy: watching them ‘discover what they can do’

Godwin Heights School News Network

Rockstar Teacher Susie Poliski...

District to phase out ‘Lee Rebels’ and introduce new name & mascot

Godfrey-Lee School News Network

The Board of Education on Monday voted unanimously in favor of the measure, following months of input from students, alumni, staff and community members...

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...

On a quest to college and career — senior is up for the challenge

He’s a man of many passions — including leadership

‘I realized I was ready’ for state leadership role, senior says

This grad went from the youngest in the room to leading the conversation

Gaining hands-on automotive experience, certifications

Arts Council elimination could negatively impact schools

Middle-schoolers use math to make a menagerie

Turning bilingual skills into career opportunities

With alum’s creative engineering, fifth-grader makes music dreams a reality

Feeling good to help others feel good

Grant makes beautiful music therapy possible

Program uses stories to build literacy, connection

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