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GRPS board selects Minnesota district administrator as next superintendent

Grand Rapids Charles Honey

The Grand Rapids Board of Education voted to hire Leadriane Roby as its next superintendent to lead the district into the future...

For hard-working student, Promise Zone scholarship ‘such a big relief’

Grand Rapids Charles Honey

Karla Lopez looks forward to graduating soon from Grand Rapids University Preparatory Academy and attending GRCC at no cost...

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Online story time, virtual PE keep students connected during shutdown

School 2.0 Charles Honey

'They need to see we’re smiling and happy and that we’re OK, and that they’re going to be OK too'...

WMCAT students earn high honors in art competition

Grand Rapids Charles Honey

Twenty-one GRPS students won 80 awards for photography and ceramics in the 2020 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards regional competition...

Stepping up and giving back

Grand Rapids Phil de Haan

For Luis Perez, being a mentor at Southwest Community Campus brings back a lot of great memories...

GRPS board narrows list of superintendent candidates to three

Grand Rapids Charles Honey

The Grand Rapids Board of Education will meet Feb. 17 to interview three candidates as the next possible GRPS superintendent, after narrowing the field from five Monday night...

School board to interview five superintendent candidates

Grand Rapids Charles Honey

The Board of Education has chosen five candidates to interview in its search for the next superintendent of Grand Rapids Public Schools...

Bernice Wisnieski, a second grade teacher at Sibley Elementary School, and her sister, Mary Musto, a teaching consultant at Kent ISD, have teamed up to publish “It Only Takes One Caring Heart,” a children’s book that teaches inclusiveness in the classroom...

‘It might spark a desire to want to change something’

Grand Rapids Erin Albanese

The Lunch & Learn series aims to bring in people representing different careers and backgrounds to speak on various topics...

‘A wonderful day’ for Grand Rapids: scholarship promise for students citywide

Grand Rapids Charles Honey

In addition to the Challenge Scholars scholarships available to Union High School graduates, students throughout Grand Rapids will be eligible for fully funded scholarships to Grand Rapids Community College thanks to the Grand Rapids Promise Zone development plan...

Challenge Scholars near the finish line

Grand Rapids Charles Honey

Seniors Leslie Torres and Francisco McKnight are among the first class of Union High Challenge Scholars, assured of four-year college scholarships from the Grand Rapids Community Foundation...

Student leaders recognized with scholarships

Multi Districts James Harger

Three area high school students were awarded the $500 Helen Claytor Achievement Scholarship last month at the YWCA’s 2019 Tribute Awards ceremony...

Most districts allow phones, but with restrictions

Godwin Heights Charles Honey

An informal School News Network survey of public school districts in Kent County besides Forest Hills showed cell-phone use is generally not permitted in elementary schools, and only allowed under strictly defined conditions in middle and high schools...

Students supplement learning with ballet, clay creatures & Billie Holiday

Grand Rapids Phil de Haan

A grant-funded partnership between Brookside Elementary and the Salvation Army Kroc Center sees third, fourth and fifth grade students make a trek twice a week through their backyard for classes in ballet, clay and jazz...

GRCC to offer environmental certification programs

Grand Rapids Erin Albanese

GRCC is playing a role in developing skilled workers in the areas of lead abatement, green infrastructure and water testing...

Living in cars, campers, motels and ‘doubled-up,’ homeless students struggle to succeed

Homeless, with Homework Erin Albanese

Schools -- urban, suburban and rural -- are seeing increased numbers of homeless students and fewer options for housing because of high rents and scarce vacancies...

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