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Young Giants on the Move

Grand Rapids Tom Rademacher

You'll have to excuse Justice Shoalsand Hannibal Spencer if they appear more as a blur than standing still. It's just that these two young...

There’s No Reining in This Student Leader

Reading & Writing with Rademacher Tom Rademacher

Once upon a time, there was a little girl of just 4 years old who lost her foot in a tragic accident involving a...

Stepping up to Eleven

Grandville Tom Rademacher

At Grandville Middle School a while back, they lifted up a beautiful bunch of Somebodys. But these six seventh- and eighth-graders weren't elevated for their...

She’s a Champ, and So’s Her Guide Dog

Reading & Writing with Rademacher Tom Rademacher

Duncan LaGrand is a regular in Joan VanDyke's algebra class, yet on more than one occasion has been known to not only fall asleep,...

Tony Bonofiglo: ‘We Are All Different in Some Way’

Kent ISD Tom Rademacher

Well, kids, I hate to break it to you, but while some of you sigh your way through another summer, wondering how to occupy...

Shiza Shahid: Empowering Girls & Women Around the Planet

Grand Rapids Tom Rademacher

"What is it," she asked, almost in a whisper, "that you plan to do with your wild and miraculous life?" And in that moment, you...

Health Advocate Jean Jilote: ‘Always Smiling, Always Available’

Grand Rapids Tom Rademacher

It's not two minutes into our interview, and already health advocate Jean Jilote is shedding tears. It's not that she's suffered some recent loss or...

Le Tran: Teacher, Artist, Inspirer and Dragon

Kentwood Tom Rademacher

Le Tran is trying to arrange the start of her AP Art class when three young men bound in, seeking chocolate. Normally, there’d be some...

Fred Reusch: Teacher, Tutor, ‘Coolest Man Ever’

Reading & Writing with Rademacher Tom Rademacher

The story you're about to read is about a high school math instructor, written by someone who can barely add single digits. But in the...

Friendships Break Down Barriers

Grandville Tom Rademacher

I have pretty good recollection of who I sat with in the lunchroom during both my elementary and high school years, I can say...

Hayley Lee: Student ‘On Fire’

Kent ISD Tom Rademacher

Before? Well, before, Hayley Lee was, by her own admission, a little sassy, too disrespectful, and variously disconnected -- unless you include some unsavory elements...

One Pebble, 25-Year Ripple and Counting

Godwin Heights Tom Rademacher

I think too many of us misunderstand or take for granted men and women who serve as school board members. We sometimes dismiss them as...

Konarska Twins Leave Double Legacy

Kent ISD Tom Rademacher

You could spend a lot of time perusing the resumes of identical twin brothers Kevin and Keith Konarska, who retire at the end of...

Student Baristas Add Math, Social Skills to their School Menu

Kenowa Hills Tom Rademacher

It's not even yet 8 a.m., and already, it's a honeycomb of activity inside Mandy Acker's second-floor classroom. But the dozen or so students buzzing...

Mentor Program Empowers Students and Adults Alike

Northview Tom Rademacher

Gay Van Otteren levels his 85-year-old eyes directly at you and then says this: “The greatest gift that you can give to one another is...

Runnin’ Rebels Encourages Teamwork and Camaraderie

Godfrey-Lee Tom Rademacher

Forget everything you've ever read or heard about the so-called "loneliness of the long-distance runner." At Lee High School, you'll find a unique running club...

Doing good well

Camera offers new perspective, career goal

Loves math, wants to work in medicine with children

A black belt in space

Sub’s video book teasers get high marks from viewers

Discovering the ‘why’ of career exploration

A door to reading

Theater students find community through ‘Matilda’ musical

What is it like to be a high school student today?

Education space, the ‘third teacher’

Film class ‘teaching us how to be whole’

District buildings promote mental health awareness

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