Grant aims to ready middle schoolers for what comes after high school
Seventh-graders in four Wyoming school districts will receive tutoring, mentoring and career exploration opportunities via Grand Rapids Community College...
A powerful message for adolescent girls: ‘Love yourself every day’
Girls from Grand Rapids, Kentwood and Wyoming Public Schools spent a day focused on self-esteem, health and wellness and just being themselves...
How best to get the jump on college? Students give the lowdown
These days, students have multiple ways to get credit for college courses – and save college tuition – while still in high school. We asked a few from East Kentwood and Rockford high schools which options they chose, and why...
AP or early college? What’s a student to do?
For college-bound students hoping to earn credits early and save on tuition, choosing the right kinds of courses for their particular programs can make a big difference...
Walking through the ‘door of opportunity’
Wyoming high school students Mounahinde (Terry) Almame and Rohim Mohammed visited Lisa Monroe and Jodi VanDam’s fifth-grade class to talk about their experiences as refugees...
In mixed millage results, approvals for five districts but setback for one
While five local school districts won tax request approvals from voters, a defeat in Caledonia will cost the district more than $150,000 in revenue...
Politically engaged, though not all of voting age
From canvassing for candidates to registering voters – or voting themselves – some area students have been active in the midterm elections...
Six school districts seek tax approvals on Nov. 6 ballot
Voters in six Kent County school districts will be asked to vote on school tax proposals that can be found on the second page of their ballot Nov. 6...
Building a groundswell of support for fresh water
They started the year as penpals. Now they have met and are working together to explore local water systems...
Grant will help prepare Wyoming area students for college
Grand Rapids Community College is the recipient of a $2.1 million, six-year grant from the U.S. Education Department to boost chances for all students to succeed in college and beyond...
Walkathon delivers peer connections, outside experiences
Last year’s event raised $2,100, which paid for a monthly student experience at Pine Grove, ranging from a mobile zoo exhibit to the antics of local author and puppeteer Kevin Kammeraad...
Students collaborate on eye-catching entries to ArtPrize competition
As ArtPrize 10 gets under way on Wednesday, Sept. 19, the global competition will feature the artwork of students from three Kent ISD school districts: Byron Center, Grand Rapids Public Schools and Rockford...
Stress test: students speak their minds on the M-STEP
Rather than go back to the same hand-wringing sources about M-STEP scores, we decided to ask the people most directly affected by these tests: the students who take them...
Grand Rapids Public Museum sponsor to help rural schools come visit
Educators from rural schools who would like to bring students to visit the museum this fall may be able to get transportation reimbursement according to an Aug. 21 announcement by the museum and Crystal Flash...
New shoes for a new school year — for free
In the Image’s annual “Shoes Help Our Elementary Students” program put shoes on the feet of 1,700 students from more than 39 elementary schools...
Students explore many ways of worship
The four-day Interfaith Service Day Camp brought together 21 West Michigan students representing several religious and non-religious backgrounds to explore religions, get to know one another, enjoy food and culture, and volunteer...
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