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Handyman helps guard employees against sneezes and other hazards

Grand Rapids Phil de Haan
Protective barriers for many GRPS employees were created by a fellow GRPS employee this summer and fall, at a cost far less than purchasing them would have been...

Class of 2021 has ‘test-optional’ choice when applying for college

Issues in Education Erin Albanese
Most schools in the state of Michigan have become SAT/ACT-optional for the Class of 2021 for admission purposes. There are, however, pros and cons for students...

Teacher recruits from Puerto Rico find welcoming new home in Grand Rapids

Grand Rapids Charles Honey
A recruiting trip to Puerto Rico brought two new teachers to Grand Rapids as part of an innovative district effort to address a shortage of bilingual instructors...

A promise for college fulfilled: ‘I’m so grateful’

Grand Rapids Phil de Haan
This fall some 250 students are attending Grand Rapids Community College on a Promise Zone scholarship, including 160 from Grand Rapids Public Schools...

Looking for classroom lessons in the great outdoors

Grand Rapids Phil de Haan
Sally Triant is exploring every GRPS campus in the city, looking for places to turn the outdoors into an educational opportunity...

GRPS to continue virtual-only instruction for rest of semester

Grand Rapids Phil de Haan
GRPS leaders decided to extend the district's 100 percent virtual learning model for the rest of the first semester after the Kent County Health Department announced rapidly rising COVID-19 positivity rates...

New interim director heads foundation support of K-8 student sports

Grand Rapids Phil de Haan
An attorney with both sports and fundraising experience is the new interim director of a program that gives GRPS K-8 students a chance to play sports, regardless of ability to pay...

Deadline set to determine plans for next marking period at GRPS

Grand Rapids Phil de Haan
GRPS parents and guardians have a little more than a week to decide if their students will remain in virtual learning or return to school buildings in a hybrid model for the next marking period...

Challenge Scholar on campus: avoiding the virus, shooting for the stars

Grand Rapids Charles Honey
Francisco McKnight arrives at Grand Valley State University, only to face a two-week stay-home order due to a coronavirus outbreak...

Two high schools, newly renovated, await return of students

Grand Rapids Phil de Haan
Two major renovation projects at Ottawa Hills and Union high schools are part of a 30-year, $175 million school improvement bond approved November 2015 with the majority, $155 million, earmarked for construction...

City, schools come together to create green schoolyards for students

Grand Rapids Phil de Haan
A new green schoolyard for Burton Elementary/Middle is one of four such projects the City and Grand Rapids Public Schools will complete in the next 12-18 months...

In class, online, both? Parents, students wrestle with choices

Back to School 2.0 Karen Gentry
Students, parents, teachers and others share their feelings about the start of this school year...

Inspiration from others fuels his ambition

Student Leaders Phil de Haan
A political hopeful prepares further during a national conference for student leaders...

Several factors considered in GRPS reopening plan

Grand Rapids Phil de Haan
While many local school districts are beginning the school year with only a few weeks of online learning, Grand Rapids Public Schools, the largest of Kent County's districts, will do online-only education until the end of its first marking period, Oct. 21...

Ready or not, school year begins as leaders adopt plans to teach, protect students

Back to School 2.0 Charles Honey
With most of Kent County’s public school districts opening next week, superintendents talk about their plans to educate students while trying to keep them safe from an unpredictable virus...

Forest Hills Eastern student takes top honors in Ford essay contest

Forest Hills School News Network
Isabel Gil took first place in the 2020 President Gerald R. Ford Student Writing Challenge, while Nina Lu and Ethan Magley earned honorable mentions...
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