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New Greenhouse Helps Students Dig Into Agriscience

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese

Lee Middle and High School students celebrated their new greenhouse recently by simultaneously taking huge bites of apples, symbolizing the produce the greenhouse will...

Godfrey-Lee Board of Education Trustee Elected in Tie-Breaker

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese

It all came down to a random draw to determine who would win the tie to serve a six-year term on the Godfrey Lee...

Newcomer Students Pitch in to Trunk or Treat

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese

Families with their little goblins, ghouls, princesses and Power Rangers received bags full of goodies donated by neighborhood businesses during Trunk or Treat at...

Student Describes Experiences, Obstacles of Living in Poverty

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese

Lee High School senior Jordan Lovett headed to cross-country practice after her final class of the day. Along the way, she stopped to listen to...

Principal Stresses ‘Education Is the Road Out of Poverty’

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese

As a child growing up in inner-city Chicago, Kathryn Curry had friends who were at school one day and gone the next, after their...

Graduate Returns, Coaches Writing

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese

College writing student Johvan Calvo studied an essay written by Lee High School junior Tania Montes and offered her feedback, tips to help her...

New Shoes Help Students Start School in Style

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese

For Graciela Landa, receiving free shoes for her children from a Grand Rapids nonprofit organization was a big relief. Pregnant with her sixth child, Landa...

Beyond Computers: Teachers Dig Deep with ‘Tech Tool Smackdown’

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese

With online standardized testing coming down the pike, students as early as kindergarten using Google Docs and email, and districts integrating mobile devices more...

Casual Fridays Make Art Experience Possible

Godfrey-Lee Linda Odette

Godfrey Lee teachers paying $1 to wear jeans on Fridays sent nine of their students to the Grand Rapids Art Museum camps this summer...

TEAM 21 Funding to Restore Cut Programs

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese

For Claribel Ortiz, having a place for her four children to go after school and in the summer while she works helps a lot. She...

Changes Produce More Graduates at Alternative High School

Godfrey-Lee Linda Odette

Alexis Woroniecki tried two traditional high schools before dropping out her sophomore year. But in late May she spoke at her school's graduation ceremony. She...

90th Commencement Includes Fourth Generation Grad

Godfrey-Lee School News Network

When Amanda Emelander walked across the stage during Lee High School's 90th commencement ceremony May 22 she carried four generations of "Rebel" blood in...

Rebel Pride Brings Grads Back to Teach at Lee

Godfrey-Lee Linda Odette

Many graduates dream of future careers far away from home at this time of year, but a group of former Godfrey-Lee Public Schools students...

Lee Honors the Past as it Prepares the Future

Godfrey-Lee Ron Koehler

George Washington, Winston Churchill or even John F. Kennedy may be remote figures from the past for Lee High School students, not at all...

High Schools Partner with GRCC to Get College Credits Early

Godfrey-Lee Linda Odette

Godwin Heights and Godfrey-Lee high schools have joined the trend of offering high school students a way to earn college credit right at their...

Circles Teach Students How to Talk It Out

Godfrey-Lee Linda Odette

The Restorative Circle program being used to solve disputes among students at Godfrey Lee Middle School is pretty simple: sit down together and talk...

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