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Profiles of Students, Staff, Teachers

Change begins with love

Northview Morgan Jarema

This Northview High senior says her action is about more than a particular cause; it boils down to love...

Doing good well

Forest Hills Carol Lautenbach

Harpreet Kaur has a passion for connecting with others of different faiths...

Camera offers new perspective, career goal

Kelloggsville Sean Bradley

After an injury cut his soccer-playing dreams short, this senior captures sports from the sidelines...

Loves math, wants to work in medicine with children

Kent ISD Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Senior Sarah Najar knows that the road will be long to reach her dream of being an anesthesiologist...

A black belt in space

Godwin Heights Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Earth will be safe with this future black-belt astronaut...

A fifth-grader at heart

Cedar Springs Beth Heinen Bell

Sam Becker joined the Cedar Springs community last fall as the new principal at Cedar View Elementary. SNN gets to know him in this edition of Meet Your Administrator...

Environmental educator on a quest to make learning more meaningful — and fun

Forest Hills Carol Lautenbach

Central Woodlands’ sixth-grade teacher Patty Tolly knew mid-career that ‘there had to be better ways than traditional methods to help students learn.’ Her quest to find those methods continues today...

Creator and innovator

Kent ISD Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

For this Rockford senior, his decision to pursue engineering started with a bag of Legos...

She has a love for growing plants, students and staff

Caledonia Alexis Stark

Camela Diaz is the new director of secondary education, a brand new position for Caledonia Community Schools...

Leading the band, on field and off

Godwin Heights Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Carlos Soto-Castillo encourages students to take advantage of the opportunities at school to discover who they are...

Welding sparks her life

Kent ISD Jane Lally

Junior Grace Kober wants to follow in her family’s footsteps and pursue work in the trades...

Rider’s experience guided by love, respect for horses

Grand Rapids Erin Albanese

This one-person equestrian team is awarded for cleaning stalls, pitching in...

Former umpire is now making calls at Rockford High

Rockford Allison Poosawtsee

A veteran teacher in Rockford Public Schools is now an assistant principal at Rockford High School...

The goal: to help people

Kent ISD Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

This Kent Career Tech Center student has her eye on the medical field...

Helping, ‘in any way I’m able to’

Cedar Springs Beth Heinen Bell

Savanna wants to make an impact on the world with her work, and she sees writing as the best way to make that happen...

Elementary administrative team off to strong start

Sparta Jane Lally

SNN gets to know the heads of Ridgeview and Appleview schools...

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