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Profiles of Students, Staff, Teachers

Focused on building the Godwin family culture

Godwin Heights Joanne Bailey-Boorsma
Chad Conklin is a familiar face around Godwin Heights, having served the district in a number of capacities...

Senior leads with calm & confidence

Comstock Park Karen Gentry
He’s involved in soccer, jazz band and Student Council. The future engineer leads his class academically and is a positive influence...

Principal, photographer, choreographer and more

Kelloggsville Phil de Haan
Jennifer Sherman is the new principal at Kelloggsville’s 54th Street Academy. SNN gets to know her in this edition of Meet Your Administrators...

High-quality learning for every student, every day

Lowell Beth Heinen Bell
Dan VanderMeulen is the new director of curriculum for Lowell Area Schools...

‘Whatever it takes’ to support students

Meet Your Administrators Beth Heinen Bell
Tom Hosford is the new principal at Rockford High School’s 10-12 building...

Former sailing instructor charting new course as assistant principal

East Grand Rapids Phil de Haan
The new assistant principal at East Grand Rapids Middle School has a long history in education in Grand Rapids and Holland...

Who says you can’t go home? Not this new AP

Byron Center Alexis Stark
Meet Your Administrators: Stephanie Hare and Gina Middaugh...

Post high school, she’s pursuing big dreams in the Big Apple

Grand Rapids Charles Honey
A year after graduating from high school during the pandemic lockdown, Mariah Barrera is wrapping up her first year at Columbia University in New York City...

‘You can see their minds expanding’

Grandville Beth Heinen Bell
This multi-award-winning physics teacher and robotics coach has made it his mission to keep doors open for students and encourage young women to pursue STEM careers...

Determination is key to getting it done

Grads with Grit Janice Holst
Sparta’s adult education program thrived during the pandemic. It offered new beginnings to a diverse group of students, including refugees, young parents, older adults, recent drop-outs and students from other districts...

A graduation victory for this band of brothers

Lowell Beth Heinen Bell
A quartet of fifth-year seniors at Unity High School weren’t sure they would be able to graduate, until they met each other and realized that they could do it together...

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...

Determined leader sprints past K-12 finish line, pushed by her little ‘star’

Godfrey-Lee Beth Heinen Bell
Growing up, DaJa West always knew she was going to graduate from high school. But when she became pregnant, “some people doubted me,” she said. They shouldn’t have...

Sports-music balance a challenge and a motivator

Kenowa Hills Alexis Stark
Ben Adloff leads by being a team player...

From regular trouble to focused & mature

Comstock Park Karen Gentry
This potential future corrections officer knows what it takes to turn things around...

For once-homeless mother and daughter graduates, ‘dreams do come true’

Grads with Grit Erin Albanese
Ayjia Jones and her mother, Monique Williams, are both graduates of the Class of 2021. Their accomplishment comes after two years living in motels, searching for housing and pathways to stability...
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