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Neal: ‘Stay with Me, Stay with These Children’

Grand Rapids Charles Honey
Teresa Weatherall Neal was happy to highlight a raft of community supporters at her State of Our Schools address, from the Steelcase Foundation to...

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...

Bringing School to Home and Hospital

Grand Rapids Linda Odette
No one expects an accident or illness to keep a student out of school, but when it happens, students meet Emily Howell. She's the...

Teaching About Climate Change: A Loaded Lesson

Grand Rapids Erin Albanese
Teacher Mary Lewandoski remembers a student making a firm statement while studying endangered species: "It's all because of humans." "Save that thought," Lewandoski recalled telling...

Students Dig Greening up Their City

Grand Rapids Charles Honey
District students are growing their city’s green canopy, one tree at a time. Make that dozens of trees at a time. Students from Union High...

Revived Program Attracts Student Artists, Musicians

Grand Rapids Charles Honey
From imaginative paintings and sculptures to soothing songs and a silky sax solo, Union High and Westwood Middle school students recently shared their artistic...

Mind Sports Roundup

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

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...

Leaders to Young Males: Make Smart Choices

Grand Rapids School News Network
Nathaniel Stanley knows how easy it would have been to take the wrong path. The Davenport University sophomore said that's the importance of conferences like...

Rising GRPS Grad Rates ‘A Community Effort’

Grand Rapids Charles Honey
Improving the district’s graduation rate by nearly 50 percent over five years takes a lot of people working together – and it will take...

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,...

Students Explore Hip-Hop as ‘Something that You Live’

Grand Rapids Charles Honey
Matthew Duncan lightly shakes a can of spray paint and, like the serious aerosol artist he is, deftly sprays an immaculate orange “o” on...

Donation Warms Students Doing Good for Others

Grand Rapids Charles Honey
On a chilly morning on Grand Rapids’ West Side, students enjoyed warm garb as they sawed, painted and took nail guns to a Habitat...

And the Wheels on the Bus are Children’s Feet

Grand Rapids School News Network
Tyonna Jackson ordinarily enjoys the four-block walk to school, but there was one brutal day this winter when riding a bus would have come...

Young Giants on the Move

Grand Rapids Tom Rademacher
You'll have to excuse Justice Shoalsand Hannibal Spencer if they appear more as a blur than standing still. It's just that these two young...

‘Guide Them in The Learning’

Grand Rapids Charles Honey
On a typical day at Grand Rapids Montessori School, several things are happening: Seventh-grader Tyrell Henriques is creating a poster about the social pyramid of...
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