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A Bulldog’s legacy

Grandville Hannah Lentz

High School art students remember beloved principal Chris VanderSlice by creating a mural in his honor, depicting his passions and attitude...

Students help refugee peers adjust to life, schools in the U.S.

Multi Districts Morgan Jarema

Students from a handful of area high schools are making an impact at two West Michigan organizations tasked with helping refugee students and their families succeed...

For Gerald R. Ford student essay winners, courage begins at home

Multi Districts Hannah Lentz

More than 900 students submitted writings on the theme of courage for the annual Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation annual essay challenge...

#LetMeSpeak: Students do just that, and their classmates listen

Grandville Hannah Lentz

Sophomores at Grandville High School join national conversation through personal narrative...

Making a kinder girl world: ‘It’s good to be a girl’

Grandville Hannah Lentz

The FearlesslyGirl program finished up its inaugural year at Grandville Middle School with 12 members

Students Leave a Legacy to Last, in Clay

Grandville Jaye Beeler

By making hundreds of clay tiles utilizing form, line, shape and texture, high school students unleashed their creativity in creating a hallway mural

‘My Class is More Than What I Teach Them’

Grandville Jaye Beeler

At 7:45 a.m. daily, teacher Terry Blevins begins the day with his 30 audiovisual broadcasting students tooling about a warren of separate rooms stuffed...

Poppa Belly Floppa Gives ‘That Special Love’

Grandville Jaye Beeler

At Central Elementary School, the spontaneity on the playground pings around grandparent Ernie Sandona, who’s at the center of the dance. His grandson, third-grader...

‘We’re Living His Dream’

Godfrey-Lee Jaye Beeler

“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the...

Quoth the Rooster, ‘Some More’

Grandville Jaye Beeler

Four student collaborators in Sandra Bajema's language arts class performed an outlandish Edgar Allan Poe parody by vilifying a rooster: Students Chris Veldhuis and Aiden...

Typical Teen Stuff or Serious Mental Health Issue?

Youth Mental Health Jaye Beeler

For a while now, high school English teacher Sheri Gilreath-Watts has been teaching from Judith Guest's novel "Ordinary People," about a suicidal boy home...

First We Relax, Then We Dance

Grandville Jaye Beeler

Certified hypnotist Michael Brody asked a dozen students to visualize themselves in several scenarios: a gorgeous beach day with a surfer catching waves; bouncy...

In Honor of Those Who Served

Multi Districts Erin Albanese

Editor's note: Schools across Kent County observed Veterans Day with a variety of events. Here is a sampling. Byron Center Boys Scouts brought up the...

Girl Scout, Journalist, Spartan

Meet Your Administrators Jaye Beeler

School: Grand View Elementary Other positions you have held in education: ⅚ teacher andassistant principal at Century Park, adjunct instructor at Ferris State University with...

Art Walk Homage to Award-winning Artists

Grandville Jaye Beeler

At Century Park Learning Center, a riot of color swirling like a Chihuly tangle of glass sprouted all over the school. The inspiration for...

AP Classes Score Big with Students

Grandville Jaye Beeler

The Advanced Placement U.S. History classroom was adorned with presidential posters that students have earned working on campaigns over the years. Teacher Kyle VanderWall...

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Northview grad is a future forest mapper

Teacher’s latest book focuses on motivation in education

Former principal returns to read, substitute teach at his old school

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Future health care pros sample multiple career focuses

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