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Profiles of Students, Staff, Teachers

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

Dynamic volunteers make things happen for teachers, students

Forest Hills Morgan Jarema
This pair of Ada Elementary powerhouses want you to know that no matter your skills or availability, you can help at your child’s school...

‘It’s like getting wrapped up in a hug every day’

Byron Center Erin Albanese
These Brown Elementary volunteers keep the tailgates, fun runs and dunk tanks going, as well as everyday needs...

‘Take what you need’: students offer messages of goodwill

Wyoming Erin Albanese
Nearly 50 Wyoming Intermediate students have made it a mission to cheer on their peers...

Senior taps into family for inspiration, works to inspire peers

Godwin Heights Joanne Bailey-Boorsma
Read how this Godwin Heights High student went from having a so-so freshman year to being a positive role model to others...

On his own since 12, refugee student sets his sights on college and career

Kent ISD Morgan Jarema
‘Education is the universal key to unlocking any door,’ says Myanmar native an...

Natural leader embodies adage ‘Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity’

Kelloggsville Phil de Haan
High-school powerhouse may be headed to a human resources department near you...

Baker, leader, future small business owner

Your Dream is Our Dream Abigail Ham, SNN intern
Baking student Erin Mangan hopes to own her own bakery someday...

Looking fore-ward to the future

Your Dream is Our Dream Beth Heinen Bell
This series brings you conversations with students about their dreams and the educators who ignite and inspire them...

A gifted student shapes his dreams from clay and a trumpet

Your Dream is Our Dream Charles Honey
Students share their dreams and how schools help build them...

Taking her own advice & trying something new

Cedar Springs Beth Heinen Bell
Cassandra Chartier is the new director of preschool and Campus Kids programs for Cedar Springs Public Schools. SNN gets to know her in this edition of Meet Your Administrators...
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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...

He’s a leader who is always learning

Student Leaders Morgan Jarema
Kent ISD’s interpreter program, now in its second year, is helping ESL students find purpose in their new country using gifts they honed in their native countries...

Showing leadership, one opened milk carton at a time

Comstock Park Karen Gentry
This second-grader sets an example by dispensing straws, opening milk cartons, and reading to younger students...

‘You have to teach them how to love themselves’ 

Grand Rapids Alexis Stark
Her classroom walls remind them they are loved, to be kind, that life is good and to believe in themselves...

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...
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