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Avid outdoorsman aims to be one of his generation’s change-makers

Grandville Beth Heinen Bell

This Grandville High senior and police officer-to-be is committed to showing integrity and serving the Grand Rapids community...

Designing his own path, one stone and planting at a time

Cedar Springs Beth Heinen Bell

When this high school senior visits a park these days, he’s thinking about the types of trees planted there or wondering about the placement of a walkway. And he loves it...

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‘Music is about saying things without words’

Meet the Future Morgan Jarema

Senior Elijah Cosby plays virtually every percussion instrument, including drum set, marimba, xylophone and timpani...

Nationally ranked in jiu-jitsu, she’s more than ‘pretty good’

Cedar Springs Beth Heinen Bell

This sixth-grader is fast becoming a pre-teen powerhouse in the sporting world of Brazilian jiu-jitsu, earning national rankings and competing with teens nearly twice her age...

Car enthusiast, shutterbug, entrepreneur

Rockford Beth Heinen Bell

Like many, this high school junior sought new ways to keep busy during the early days of COVID-19 shutdowns and quarantines. He’s now the owner/photographer of Mitten Project, a car photography business...

Math whiz, student surveyor, star-gazer

Forest Hills Morgan Jarema

This Eastern High School sophomore developed a survey this year to learn what areas her peers struggle with most. Programs to address what she found have already started...

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Peacocks, goats, Legos: this fifth-grade farmer does it all

Cedar Springs Beth Heinen Bell

Not many fifth-graders can say that they live on an exotic peafowl and pheasant farm. But to Cole, life on the farm is hard to describe because it’s just… life...

Three-dimensional thinker

Meet the Future Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

She’s designing her life, from the roof trusses to her dream home to how she will impact others...

Poet uses words to empower others, inspire change

Meet the Future Alexis Stark

Senior Thang Lian’s award-winning poetry tells his story. His activism shows his passion for his home country and making a difference...

No blueprints required for this handy problem-solver

Meet the Future Charles Honey

Whether helping rebuild a car’s front end or custom-making a cabinet for the school’s front office, this high school senior has a special talent for coming up with designs and putting them together...

The sky’s the limit (or is it?) for this accomplished model builder

Meet the Future Erin Albanese

Creative, innovative, imaginative … Many of today’s students are all that and more in a vast variety of interest areas. This series features students with exceptional and unusual gifts...