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Profiles of Students, Staff, Teachers

Chosen by art, to her students’ benefit

Northview Morgan Jarema
The recently named art educator of the year can be found at none other than Northview High School...

‘She does what she needs to do’

Wyoming Erin Albanese
After living independently for years and facing the death of her brother, Wyoming High School senior Adriana Ortiz-Torres looks toward her future in college and beyond...

‘I love you! Have a good day!’

Grandville Beth Heinen Bell
In an era when nearly nothing for schools has been stable, parent volunteer Lacey Funke has been a constant presence for the Cummings Elementary community...

To be her own boss

Lowell Beth Heinen Bell
This Lowell High School junior, a marketing student at Kent Career Tech Center, has big plans for her future...

’Heroes for the day’

Comstock Park Karen Gentry
This year about 20 dads participated. Before the pandemic, that number could reach more than 100...

Cars and cameras

Kelloggsville Phil de Haan
A shutterbug junior wants to open his own business and photograph the Super Bowl someday, while a fifth-grader aspires to start his own car company...

The people on the journey

East Grand Rapids Phil de Haan
This East Grand Rapids senior says she can finally be herself...
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A superior performance

Godwin Heights Joanne Bailey-Boorsma
High school senior Fernando Bresso brings the highest mark in a decade for Godwin’s band program...

Bolstered by community, she navigates loss & looks to the future

Kelloggsville Phil de Haan
Her mom, her faith and her school have helped this Kelloggsville High senior get through some of the toughest days of her life...

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...

His dream: explore the world through taste

Your Dream is Our Dream Morgan Jarema
Hoping to one day own his own restaurant, Manny says his teachers helped get him where he is...

Ukrainian exchange student forges ahead amid change, uncertainty

Northview Morgan Jarema
It’s a lot to think about for any high-school senior: a new country, new culture and friends. And back home: war...

From wildlife biologist to ‘faux-brarian’

East Grand Rapids Phil de Haan
This Breton Downs volunteer also coordinates a team of more than 50 parent and grandparent volunteers...

Once quiet, now the leader of the pack

Godwin Heights Joanne Bailey-Boorsma
Student council president, G Club member, actor, Edith Juarez Rodriquez is happy to give back to Godwin Heights High School...

Teacher leads students into the great outdoors

Grand Rapids Phil de Haan
From grants for gardens to learning about nearby Plaster Creek, Erin Fettig and her first-grade students are busy becoming stewards of the earth...

Your network’s safe with him

Kent ISD Phil de Haan
This technology-loving senior dreams of becoming a cyber security analyst...
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