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Profiles of Students, Staff, Teachers

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...

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...

‘I’m here to serve students’ says Coast Guard alum, weather-watcher

Kenowa Hills Alexis Stark
Bill Dinkelmann is the new assistant superintendent at Kenowa Hills Public Schools...

‘I like to keep kindergarten playful and academic’

Caledonia Alexis Stark
It’s been thirty-two years and counting for this second-generation educator...

Big shoes to fill, but ‘things can be different, and it can be OK’

Rockford Beth Heinen Bell
Korie Wilson-Crawford is ready for the challenge of leading a district unfamiliar with leadership changes...

Profesor de Rockstar: Randall Domeier

Byron Center Erin Albanese
Songs, festivities and decorations make for a lively and bright classroom, but Spanish teacher Randall Domier’s energy is what inspires and impacts his students and colleagues...
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