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Written by Forest Hills Central High student Sophie Bolen. This piece originally was published in The Central Trend. Republished with permission. As the rain trickles...

A Trio of Newcomers

Meet Your Administrators Morgan Jarema

Meet three of seven new principals at Forest Hills Public Schools: Eastern High Assistant Principal Kristine Yelding, Ada Elementary Principal Kimberly Van Antwerp, and Orchard View...

‘Beautiful Chaos … So Much to Learn’

Forest Hills Morgan Jarema

With just about a week to go until the start of her senior year, Ella Streng was still feeling a bit out of sorts. She...

Can’t Find the Words? The Writing Center is Open

Forest Hills Morgan Jarema

Jane Sypniewski knows her honors English teacher has high expectations. Earlier this school year, the Eastern High sophomore came to the fledgling Writing Center with...

Where the Reading Meets the Road

Forest Hills Morgan Jarema

A major construction project in Ada was used as a learning experience for a group of students at two Grand Rapids Public Schools academies...

Students Will Earn College Chinese Minor in High School

Forest Hills Morgan Jarema

Catherine Hwang and Harrison Tucker will be freshmen this fall at Northern High School. For an hour of every school day, they also will...

Maravilloso!

Forest Hills Linda Odette

Lots of learning, fun and great Latin food filled Ada Vista Elementary at the inaugural Fiesta Latina, organized by the Spanish immersion school's Cultural...

What Do Owls Eat? See For Yourself

Forest Hills Morgan Jarema

It was the day Knapp Forest Elementary first-graders knew was coming: the day teacher Lana Tran would have them put on their scientist caps...

Student Brings STEM to Nearby District

Multi Districts School News Network

A Central Woodlands fifth-grader turned a little TV-watching time into a golden opportunity to reach students who maybe haven't had the same opportunities she...

Simultaneous Kite-Making Launches Goodwill Across Oceans

Forest Hills School News Network

Homemade kites connected elementary students nearly 2,000 miles apart as part of what they dubbed "One World, One Sky." Students from Forest Hills Central, Eastern...

Students Do Battle with ‘Bots, Steampunk Style

East Grand Rapids Erin Albanese

Busy 'bots, moving gears and quick-thinking pilots converged at the For Inspiration & Recognition of Science & Technology (FIRST) Robotics district finals at East...

Students Jam On, with Plenty of Moxie

Forest Hills Morgan Jarema

Forest Hills Eastern High orchestra students joined forces recently with The Moxie Strings for a night of upbeat contemporary music. But before they did,...

On Snow, Surf or Sidewalk, Let’s Go Boarding!

Forest Hills Morgan Jarema

Bill Curtis was teaching physical education at Eastern High a few years ago when, he says, "I got the sense that a lot of...

It’s All Happening at the Zoo

Forest Hills Morgan Jarema

Corrin Kile made a beeline around the corner to where her classmates sat on folding chairs in front of a window of water. "Dos nutrias!"...

Mind Sports Roundup

Forest Hills School News Network

Editor's note: Academic competition season is upon us! Each week School News Network will be running roundups of events including Odyssey of the Mind,...

Adding Sugar to Education’s Cake

Forest Hills Morgan Jarema

As a young mother new to the district in the early 1970s, Candace Hinshaw remembers hearing about a magazine sale at Pine Ridge Elementary...

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