HomeEast Grand Rapids

East Grand Rapids

EGR voters asked to renew & restore full rate for non-homestead property tax levy

Multi Districts Morgan Jarema

Area voters will also see tax requests from six other school districts next Tuesday including Byron Center, Kelloggsville, Kentwood, Lowell, Rockford, and Sparta...

‘No matter what life throws at us, we grow, like flowers’

East Grand Rapids Morgan Jarema

Said counselor Elle Burgess of Elizabeth Walski’s positivity in the face of numerous challenges, 'If anyone has shown they have grit, it’s her'

Lee Elementary makerspace shines brightly for EGR visitors

Thornapple Kellogg Hannah Lentz

The makerspace room at Lee Elementary was the star of the show when visitors from East Grand Rapids Schools came to see how they might incorporate the model in their district...

Letters to policy-makers make cases for education reform

East Grand Rapids Morgan Jarema

Students in Anne LaGrand’s AP language and composition class spent weeks researching education and came up with what they think are the top priorities...

Ye olde history unit comes to life

East Grand Rapids Morgan Jarema

Fifth-graders at Lakeside Elementary finally got their reward as part of the culmination of their eight-week social studies unit studying the 13 U.S. colonies...

Up above the world so high, like an RV in the sky

East Grand Rapids Morgan Jarema

The unit is part of Next Generation Science Standards, which charge students to practice an integrated understanding of core ideas in science and engineering...

Yule Ball puts everyone inside pages of famous novel series

East Grand Rapids James Harger

The sixth annual event drew some 300 students in grades three to eight. Costumed characters were portrayed by about 45 parent volunteers and 25 staffers...

Dream Keepers honor MLK

East Grand Rapids Morgan Jarema

Second-graders create Dream Keeper boxes and add mementoes of every year’s activities. At the end of fifth grade, the students leave Wealthy Elementary with their boxes...

More cow bell, please!

East Grand Rapids James Harger

About 160 invited donors showed up for the drive and gave 133 pints, the largest in the state hosted by middle school students, according to Michigan Blood...

First-class virtual travelers explore holidays around the world

East Grand Rapids Morgan Jarema

Cultural traditions and vocabulary, plus simulated airplane travel was all part of learning about other countries...

00:01:49

To Squirrel Hill, with love

East Grand Rapids Morgan Jarema

A piece at the holiday concert will honor the members of the Jewish community of Squirrel Hill who were killed in a shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh...

More to film than meets the eye

East Grand Rapids Morgan Jarema

The International Baccalaureate filmmaking class also includes contextual, cultural and historical analysis...

From the Great Plains to Eastern Woodlands, students delve into Native American culture

East Grand Rapids Morgan Jarema

The fifth grade social studies curriculum includes five weeks of study of Native American history and culture. SNN recently spent time in two classrooms as students worked...

No place like home, but where’s your ideal?

East Grand Rapids Morgan Jarema

Lakeside Elementary second-graders know where they’d most like to live. They not only can picture it in their minds, they wrote about it and made paper dioramas too...

Politically engaged, though not all of voting age

Multi Districts Charles Honey

From canvassing for candidates to registering voters – or voting themselves – some area students have been active in the midterm elections...

Breathe deeply and stretch: yoga students find help for de-stressing and testing

East Grand Rapids Morgan Jarema

A survey of students two years ago prompted teachers to recommend a wider variety of elective offerings...

1...141516...24 Page 15 of 24

- Sponsorship -

- Sponsorship -

GET OUR HEADLINES IN YOUR EMAIL

SUSTAINING SPONSORS

Join these sponsors

- Sponsorship -

MEDIA PARTNERS

Maranda Where You Live

School News NetworkA Window into Your Public Schools

ABOUT US

School News Network reports on the 20 public school districts in Kent ISD, which enroll more than 102,000 students. Founded in 2013 as an initiative of Kent ISD, we are supported by local districts and community sponsors, and powered by an experienced team of reporters, editors and multimedia journalists. We specialize in covering classroom teaching and learning, analyzing the many issues facing students and highlighting the education magic that happens each day in our public schools.

Contact us: snn@kentisd.org

FOLLOW US

© Kent ISD | 2930 Knapp NE | Grand Rapids MI 49525