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Yoga Club Renews Students’ Spirits at EGR School

East Grand Rapids Erin Albanese

During Monday lunch period, Wealthy Elementary students are encouraged to take off their shoes, stretch, breathe and relax. Yoga teacher Brooke Dillane gathers up about...

Kentwood, EGR Tops in Constitutional Competition

East Grand Rapids Erin Albanese

What’s it like to answer in-depth questions about the U.S. Constitution in front of a panel of lawyers, judges and professors? “It’s good, because we...

Students Honor Dr. King by Giving Back

East Grand Rapids Erin Albanese

While scooping snacks into bags for local students in need, East Grand Rapids Middle School eighth-graders considered how their service was tied to Dr....

Middle Schoolers Witness Life Cycle of Salmon from Egg to Release

East Grand Rapids Erin Albanese

As East Grand Rapids Middle School eighth-grade students walked into science class, many took a moment to peer into a specialized fish tank. Salmon...

Learning About Native Culture

East Grand Rapids Erin Albanese

Breton Downs Elementary second-grade student Lauren Eckert was "Leaping Moose" for the day. "I like mooses," she said, explaining why she chose her Native...

Perfect Scores – Twice – for EGR Student

East Grand Rapids Erin Albanese

Scoring perfect on the ACT wasn’t just beginner’s luck for Sam Forstner. He did it twice. The East Grand Rapids junior first achieved a composite...

Be Nice Initiative Encourages Positive Actions in Schools

East Grand Rapids Erin Albanese

“Be Nice” messages recently made their way from student to student at East Grand Rapids Middle School; a bold-lettered banner in the EGR high...

EGR Superintendent Says Lawmakers Operating on Misconceptions

East Grand Rapids Charles Honey

For Sara Shubel, the Michigan Legislature’s defunding of the Common Core Curriculum Standards is frustrating on two levels. As superintendent of East Grand Rapids Public...

Connect Builds Bridges Between Students

East Grand Rapids Erin Albanese

From the ability to make funny faces to their favorite birthday treats, it turns out middle-school students in special education teacher Jill Fouch’s Links-Connect...

Raising Money for Clean Water at Haiti Sister School

East Grand Rapids Erin Albanese

Children in a Port Au Prince school in Haiti will enjoy clean drinking water for a year through the work of 78 Breton Downs...

Teachers Spend Summer Learning to Innovate

East Grand Rapids Erin Albanese

It may have been summer break, but issues on the minds of East Grand Rapids teachers were technology, collaboration and keeping on track with...

EGR Students Work Hard “Spring Greening” the High School

East Grand Rapids Erin Albanese

The East Grand Rapids High School landscape is ready to flourish, thanks to members of the new high school gardening club, “Wild and Dirty.” Students...

2013 Graduate Beat the Odds – Again

East Grand Rapids Erin Albanese

Thomas Komor has literally been overcoming obstacles and beating the odds since birth. Born 16 weeks premature on Aug. 29, 1994, and weighing just 1...

Students Get a Summer Boost to Help Them Start High School

East Grand Rapids Erin Albanese

Garrett Reahm, Benny Lafleur and Davion Pearson got a head start on their English class this summer, just before they start ninth grade in...

Author Greg Tang Teaches Students Through Skype

East Grand Rapids Erin Albanese

Author Greg Tang virtually helped Lakeside Elementary School third-graders’ tally up numbers in exciting ways during a recent Skype session. Seventy students in three classes...

First-Day Buddies

East Grand Rapids Erin Albanese

Lakeside Elementary School kindergartner Tyler Blake tried to pull his backpack out of his locker. It wouldn’t budge. “It’s stuck,” he told fifth-grader Ted Campbell,...

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