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Grads with Grit

A series about students who have had to overcome unusual challenges and hardships to graduate this spring.

Through Homelessness and Hardship, Northview Graduate Did What He Had to Do

Grads with Grit Charles Honey

Editor's note: This is the sixth of a series about students who have had to overcome unusual challenges and hardships to graduate this spring. Randy McCant...

Student Graduates after Riding Train of Death through Mexico

Grads with Grit Erin Albanese

Editor's note: This is the fifth of a series about students who have had to overcome unusual challenges and hardships to graduate this spring. During...

Cerebral Palsy and Learning Disability Haven’t Stopped EGR Grad

East Grand Rapids Erin Albanese

Editor's note: This is the fourth of a series about students who have had to overcome unusual challenges and hardships to graduate this spring. East...

From the Congo to Comstock Park: Refugee to Graduate with Near-Perfect GPA in Two Years

Comstock Park Erin Albanese

Editor’s note: This is the third in a series about students who have had to overcome unusual challenges and hardships to graduate this spring When...

Graduating Senior Battles Disease with Unconventional Approach

Grads with Grit Erin Albanese

Editor's Note: This is the second of a series about students who have had to overcome unusual challenges and hardships to graduate this spring. Alexis...

Car Crash Couldn’t Stop Him from Walking – or Marching

Cedar Springs Charles Honey

Editor's Note: This is the first of a series about students who have had to overcome unusual challenges and hardships to graduate this spring. Kaleb...

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From struggling to role model, thanks to strong teacher support

Second-grade teacher: literacy is a civil right

Her motto of ‘always work hard’ leads to early graduation

‘This is when my life starts getting better’: EGR senior pushes through painful loss

Book battle promotes literacy, teamwork

Future health care pros sample multiple career focuses

Young readers follow the recipe for perfect pound cake

Young engineers turn paper into a wild ride

Red Hawk Rivals episode 2: ‘Cornhole’

High-school journalists provide behind-the-scenes look at news production

Basketball team unites students, promotes inclusion

His heart is in the health care field

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