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String Students Stretch their Skills with Eclectic Duo

Grandville Morgan Jarema
Seventh-grader Joshua Ma drew the bow across his violin for the final note of a mashup of Ravel's "Bolero" and Katy Perry's "Dark Horse,"...

Stepping up to Eleven

Grandville Tom Rademacher
At Grandville Middle School a while back, they lifted up a beautiful bunch of Somebodys. But these six seventh- and eighth-graders weren't elevated for their...

Helping with Stress at the Holidays

Grandville Morgan Jarema
When Karen Hoekstra was in high school, there was no "be nice" committee, and talking about mental illness just didn't happen, she said. "Had there...

Look Out Humans — Here Come the Robots

Caledonia Linda Odette
A robot made of Legos pushing around poop could lead to students being scientists and engineers. Settle down, it's not real poop. It's manure...

Teacher Grants Fund History Drama, Snowshoe Treks and More

Grandville Morgan Jarema
Tim Kosiara imagines his Century Park Learning Center students strapping on snowshoes and making their way across the frozen tundra to stay in shape. Teacher...

Fast Talking, Storm Chasing, Globe-Toting Teacher

Grandville Morgan Jarema
The first thing you notice in Dave Carmichael's weather and science class is that he often carries around a globe, using it as a...

Filling a Need by Filling Backpacks

Byron Center Charles Honey
Surrounded by tubs and shelves bursting with food, Jenny Steele ticked off the numbers of children at half a dozen schools who would soon...

Schools to Business: How Can We Better Prepare Students?

Grandville Morgan Jarema
Grandville Public Schools leaders want to know what skills and traits employers are looking for in their young workers, and they're going straight to...

Senior Conference Puts Focus on College, Careers

Grandville Morgan Jarema
Senior Cahari Rhodes is sure of a few things about his post-high school plans: find a school with a strong performing arts program and...

Way Beyond ABC’s: Kindergartners Master a Growing List of Academic Skills

Byron Center Erin Albanese
Byron Center’s Brown Elementary School kindergarten students are seated on a carpet in a big circle fronting a white board. They are making sense...

Is Play Still a Kindergarten Expectation?

Byron Center Erin Albanese
Ask any parent of a dinosaur lover who can identify an Apatosaurus atage 3 if learning occurs during play, and the answer is an...

District Welcomes New Principals

Grandville Morgan Jarema
New Year, new faces in the top office at five buildings: John Philo at the high school, Ken See at the middle school, Ana...

Curbside Literacy, Scout Style

Grandville Morgan Jarema
Spencer Phillips kicked around a handful of ideas for a project that would earn him the rank of Eagle Scout. "I wanted to do something...

Ukuleles: Officially a Thing

East Grand Rapids Erin Albanese
Music teacher Susan Berce sang and strummed her ukulele as students walked into class. "There she was just a walkin' down the street, singin'...

‘Line Up Straight, Try the Corndogs, Don’t Hurt People’s Feelings’

Grandville Morgan Jarema
Karie Uhl knows kindergarten is a time of big transition for children. Uhl, who just finished her fifth year teaching kindergarten at South Elementary...

New Group Gives More Parents a Voice

Forest Hills Charles Honey
As a mother with three children in public schools, Barbara McFall wants to support her children’s educational experience. But sometimes she senses a wall...
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