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Meet the Future

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...

Filmmaker, engineer, future rocket-builder: it’s all about creativity

East Grand Rapids Morgan Jarema
Xiangyu Chen says his twin passions -- filmmaking and all things science, technology, engineering and math-related -- draw upon similar principles...

Musical prodigy, international performer, fourth-grader

Byron Center Erin Albanese
When Cameron Renshaw was in kindergarten he kept asking his mom, Tina Renshaw, about the cello in her closet...

Leaving a Lasting Legacy

Meet the Future Janice Holst
Sparta High School senior credited with multiple advances in school’s technology programming...

‘One person can change so much for so many’

East Grand Rapids Morgan Jarema
'I think people need to recognize there’s something greater than themselves at stake'...

He mixes melodies, scratches records, creates digital music

Cedar Springs Cris Greer
Cedar Springs junior and DJ Martin Yakes plans for a career in music...

He loves welding, building new things & fixing older things

Meet the Future Charles Honey
As a child he loved building things with Legos and wood, but as he got older he found working with metal to be even cooler...

‘Unity is always important’

Meet the Future Morgan Jarema
Sharing about his Hindu faith with his peers and others is important to this high school freshman, who has plenty more going on...

Plant whisperer, reptile rescuer, amphibian aficionado

Meet the Future Morgan Jarema
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...

Trio of peers cast in Civic Theatre production of ‘Frozen Jr.’

Meet the Future Erin Albanese
Byron Center High School students and friends Alexa Wollney, Xavier Turner and Abbie Westers all landed major roles in the Grand Rapids Civic Theatre musical ‘Frozen Jr.’ ...

This musician’s swan song is sure to be just his start

Meet the Future Erin Albanese
After embracing cello instruction, East Kentwood High School senior passes huge music milestones, looks ahead to college...

Hooked on history and gifted in writing, senior publishes paper on PBB crisis

Forest Hills Morgan Jarema
Eastern High School senior Claire Parish’s National History Day article on the 1970s PBB crisis is in the current issue of Michigan History magazine...
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