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Jump-Start for Young Hearts

Grand Rapids Charles Honey
Malia Elzinga puffed and panted after several rounds of jumping rope. But the exertion was well worth it to the North Park Montessori third-grader. You...

Water Donation: ‘Anyone Can Make a Difference’

Grand Rapids Charles Honey
Two students helped teacher Peggy Luebs unload three cases of bottled water from her car, each containing 40bottles she bought on special at Costco....

For Special Needs Children, Research Shows Early Intervention Works

Grand Rapids Charles Honey
One morning at his daughter’s school, Tom Walla watched contentedly as 3-year-old Libby pasted leaves onto a wreath with help from a teacher, then...

Energy-Efficiency Requires Constant Vigilance

Grand Rapids Charles Honey
On a frigid, snowy afternoon at Sibley Elementary School, students were bathed in light and perfectly warm as they worked. In a computer lab/library, natural...

Warm Feet, Warm Hearts

Grand Rapids Adrian Hirsch
While many C.A. Frost students were designing cupcakes, others were gathering socks. Sixth- through ninth-grade students held a drive that collected more than 250...

Everybody Wins at Cupcake Wars

Grand Rapids Charles Honey
Grand Rapids sixth-graders went to war with weapons of frosting and yummy cake, but the winners were children in need at Christmas. Cupcake Wars 2015...

Start College Planning Early, Experts Say

East Grand Rapids Erin Albanese
Focus on your GPA, get involved, develop good study habits. Students can start preparing for college as early as freshman year, which makes it...

Seeds of Renewal: Turning Empty Lot into Nature’s Classroom

Grand Rapids Charles Honey
First-graders lined up next to an open field, clutching pieces of paper bearing Indian grass seed. The big moment had arrived. “Now blow!” Alison Googins...

Students Celebrate Film, Learn about Media from HBO

Byron Center School News Network
Executives from HBO were in Grand Rapids recently to talk with some of the area’s youth. No, not for some new reality series, but...

How Does Your Garden Grow? By Cultivating Partners

Grand Rapids Charles Honey
Put a bunch of third-graders in a garden and the subject of spiders is bound to come up. The crawly creatures were a hot topic...

School Votes Push Three Districts Forward, One Back

Grand Rapids Charles Honey
Following Tuesday’s votes on tax requests for four Kent ISD school districts, three superintendents were smiling. The fourth was choking back tears. Voters approved multi-million-dollar...

‘A Girl Like Her’ Shows Harsh Realities of Bullying, Suicide

Grand Rapids Adrian Hirsch
When offered the opportunity to comment on bullying, the consensus from students who recently attended the screening of "A Girl Like Her" was it's...

Four Districts Ask Voters for Help Nov. 3

Grand Rapids Charles Honey
Four Kent County school districts will ask voters for financial support on the election ballot next Tuesday, Nov. 3. The tax requests would pay...

GRPS Bond Would Improve Buildings, Security and Technology

Grand Rapids Charles Honey
Yesenia Bernal spent eight weeks last summer researching the herpes simplex virus at the Van Andel Institute biomedical research firm. The senior at Innovation...

Student-Run Chicken Biz Begins with Serenade

Grand Rapids Erin Albanese
Sixth-grader Elizabeth Mealing launched into song to attract a new feathered friend. "Chicken, I will never eat you," she sang. "Chicken, you are so perfect....

$175 Million Bond Request a Long Time Coming

Grand Rapids Charles Honey
When it came time to enroll their first child, Bodie, in kindergarten, Nancy Haynes and her husband, Bryan Bickford, checked out all the choices:...
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