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Athlete, Academic, White House Advisor: Leighton Watson

Lowell Tom Rademacher

Ladies and gentlemen, keep your eyes on this young man. I’ve been wrong before, but something tells me the name “Leighton Watson” will surface down...

Overcoming Disability, Student Composes Opus for Orchestra

East Grand Rapids Tom Rademacher

When the 38 members of the 8th grade string orchestra at East Grand Rapids Middle School sat down to play a new opus recently,...

A Very Special Teacher for Special Kids

Reading & Writing with Rademacher Tom Rademacher

Some years back on a Fourth of July, schoolteacher Sarah Bolema fielded a phone call from a distraught student's mom. To the mother's horror,...

India Stewart Dunning: Survivor and Scholar

Forest Hills Tom Rademacher

Her clothes are arranged by color.Like Pippi Longstocking, she sleeps upside down, with her head at the footboard and her feet at the headboard. Ever...

Brightening the Lives of 4th Graders

Kenowa Hills Tom Rademacher

Even though the sun has officially launched summer, I still see Stephanie Gerdes standing at the helm of her 4th-grade classroom inside Kenowa Hills'...

Sarah Waller: The Tech Center’s Iron Chef

Kent ISD Tom Rademacher

Let it be said here and now – OK, so written here and now – that the raspberry patch in my back yard cannot...

The Supes

Byron Center Tom Rademacher

When there's time – and usually there's not – Dan Takens will pilot his car the 10 or 11 miles from his office at...

“Typical Kid” with Movie Credits, Agents and a Screen Actors Guild Card

Reading & Writing with Rademacher Tom Rademacher

By most accounts, Derek Brandon is a typical kid of 15. He's a freshman at Thornapple Kellogg High School. He's growing out of his clothes,...

Jamie Hosford: A Gentle Giant is Mourned

Reading & Writing with Rademacher Tom Rademacher

In the end, it was his loyalty for which he was remembered – to his faith, his family, his beloved alma maters, and to...

Placing Students with Special Needs in Real-World Jobs

Kent ISD Tom Rademacher

You can learn only so much inside a classroom, especially if you're a young adult with special challenges. At some point, savvy educators say, you...

Giving ‘Til It Helps: Tough Upbringing Inspires a Life Devoted to Serving Children, Families

Grand Rapids Tom Rademacher

John Matias was late for our interview, but something told me to hang in there. I'm glad I did. "I'm sorry, I apologize," he said,...

Universal Forest Products Engineer John Kozal Mentors GRPS Students

Grand Rapids Tom Rademacher

When people who know John Kozal consider the touchstones of his life so far, these are the elements that rise to the surface: Driven...

Mr. Bill: From Student to Superintendent, and Everywhere In Between

Godwin Heights Tom Rademacher

Godwin Heights Superintendent Bill Fetterhoff gets it. He knows what it’s like to be a principal, for instance, because he was one. He understands the challenges...

Chef Mo Nourishes Students with His Expertise;

Kentwood Tom Rademacher

I am driving home from a morning spent taking notes about the stellar food service program at East Kentwood Public Schools, and you might...

This Time Last Year: Ten-Year-Olds Start Fourth Year of Giving

Kent ISD Tom Rademacher

Remember when you were 10? For a lot of us, life revolved around only a couple of things – simply playing outdoors, for example,...

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Northview grad is a future forest mapper

Teacher’s latest book focuses on motivation in education

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Future health care pros sample multiple career focuses

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