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How one school reached out to missing students

Grand Rapids Charles Honey

Union High School principals and teachers tracked down missing students to see how they’re doing, where they’re learning and whether they’ll come back...

Food service manager honored for work in pandemic year

Grand Rapids Phil de Haan

A GRPS employee is honored by the School Nutrition Association of Michigan as Manager of the Year...

Longtime volunteer does whatever’s needed for school: ‘I love being here’

Grand Rapids Charles Honey

A 24-year parent and grandparent volunteer tends to student and family needs at Martin Luther King Jr. Leadership Academy...

Back to classrooms for GRPS students — finally

Grand Rapids Phil de Haan

After 44 weeks and 4 days, GRPS students were back in their classrooms Tuesday...

Online poetry, multimedia course encourages mental well-being for middle schoolers

All Districts Morgan Jarema

A Grand Rapids nonprofit has made online writing and mental health materials available free of charge. At least one local middle-school teacher says the series is powerful and helps build community among classmates...

Equity and inclusion leader named interim director of UPrep association

Grand Rapids Phil de Haan

The founding director of the Bob and Aleicia Woodrick Center for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Grand Rapids Community College is the new interim director of Grand Rapids University Preparatory Association...

Through screens and technical glitches, learning goes on

Grand Rapids Charles Honey

In a year of forced online learning, teachers themselves have had much to learn in keeping students engaged and progressing...

Schools, organizations step up to feed students, families

All Districts Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Area schools continue to provide free grab and go meals at regular distribution events and community partners are helping to fill in the gaps to make sure everyone is fed during a very challenging time...

All GRPS students allowed to return to classrooms on Jan. 19 in updated plan

Grand Rapids Phil de Haan

GRPS has had to put a slight delay on a Return to Learn plan that includes in-person instruction...

Dedicated educator overcame ‘life’s circumstances’ to lead GRPS

Grand Rapids Phil de Haan

Dr. Leadriane Roby has had a life full of preparing for unanticipated circumstances...

A veteran teacher adapts to new reality: ‘nothing compares to this’

Grand Rapids Phil de Haan

An elementary school teacher of 40 years says education has never seen anything like 2020...

For IT team, COVID meant turning on a dime to online

Grand Rapids Phil de Haan

‘It really does feel like rebuilding the plane while it’s in the air,’ says IT specialist Craig Ghareeb...

Kept out of classrooms, kids learn from the great outdoors

Grand Rapids Brett Atwood

Moving learning out of the classroom doesn’t necessarily equate to more screen time for students, who can also learn from Mother Nature...

GRPS Faces Unexpected Enrollment Drop

Grand Rapids Phil de Haan

A bigger-than-expected enrollment decline means GRPS will have to address a sudden budget shortfall...

‘See who we are … see GRPS’

Grand Rapids Charles Honey

Many are eagerly anticipating the release of an alumni directory listing tens of thousands of GRPS graduates, to be published in conjunction with the district’s 150th anniversary in 2021...