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‘I Want to Do Something Big’

Kentwood Erin Albanese

If you visit junior Alexis Sell at Crossroads High School, you'll likely find her helping a fellow student, packing care bags for people in...

Kenowa Hills’ Tracy Horodyski Named Michigan Teacher of the Year

Kenowa Hills Charles Honey

Tracy Horodyski dreamed as a child of being a truck driver, but ended up helping steer students toward their own dreams. Her success in doing...

Sisters Follow Identical Career Paths

Godwin Heights Erin Albanese

West Godwin Elementary School Principal Steve Minard remembers interviewing teachers for a third-grade position. One candidate had an ideal background: an elementary education degree...

‘It is what I was meant to do. These are my kids.’

Grand Rapids Charles Honey

Whitley Morse greets her first-hour Monday history class with smiles at the door – “I love your glasses!” – then with a chat-around about...

Part Silly Adult, Human Monkey Bar; All Kindergarten Teacher

Grandville Morgan Jarema

Gerald Neff sits on a kindergartner-size table at the front of his classroom on a recent morning and welcomes his class to a new...

Teacher Challenges Students to Think, Take Risks

Comstock Park Erin Albanese

Mike Swift flipped off the lights in his eighth-grade language arts classroom. He momentarily went into the hall, cracked open the door and peered...

Helping Teen Parents ‘Go As Far As They Want to Go’

Cedar Springs Charles Honey

It had been a week since Robert Brant met with Shelley Bauer, a teen parent educator, and he had big news. He could now begin visiting...

High School Student Turns Senior Project into Community Festival

Byron Center Erin Albanese

When Byron Center High School senior Evie Misiak wants to make a difference, she goes big. Big like this: Evie had to complete a senior...

Erica Humphrey: Busy Senior with a Lot to Give

Sparta School News Network

Erica Humphreys' grandparents died nearly a year ago, one month apart from each other. The tender care they received in their passing is a...

Too Many Student Leaders? No Such Thing, Say GRPS Officials

Grand Rapids School News Network

When Grand Rapids Public Schools officials went looking this year for two student representatives to serve on its Board of Education, they found students...

Senior’s International Efforts to Help Others Influence School Culture

Comstock Park Erin Albanese

Emily Macalka sees parallels between helping people in the Dominican Republic and her volunteer work in the Comstock Park High School special education classroom. Both...

‘Leader of Leaders’ is All About Creating Change

Kenowa Hills Charles Honey

During her shifts as a dietary aide at St. Ann’s Home, 18-year-old Naomi Cuenca likes to chat with 97-year-old Isabel Butkiewicz. “How are you?” Naomi...

Student Leader Devotes Fridays to Friendship

Byron Center Erin Albanese

It’s a little card with simple directions, but Byron Center High School students know what passing it out results in: smiles, a feeling of...

Student Rep Sees School Board Service As Preparation

Kent City School News Network

Parker Fritz is one of those guys you just know is going places. That's why when the Kent City Community Schools Board of Education decided...

Advocating for The Voices of Youth

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese

Behind her beaming smile, Lee High School junior Jisel Ochoa often is considering center-stage topics in national politics: immigration policy, women's rights, gay marriage. Though...

Learning Leadership through Volunteering, Competing

Kentwood Erin Albanese

For East Kentwood High School seniors, serving residents cake and ice cream for Christmas at the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans was much more...

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