Grand Rapids Public Schools Cesar Chavez Elementary fifth-graders Jeanine Omary, left, and Alexander Nontero show their projects on space and the Civil War
Multiple Districts — Space, the Civil War, animals, nature and fashion were among the topics students immersed themselves in at Grand Rapids Public Museum.
Students from across Kent County recently presented an Education Showcase of learning that resulted from their participation in Immerse, an education program offered by the museum and other K-12 partnerships this school year.
Lisa McKay, a teacher at Kent City Elementary in Kent City Community Schools, listens to a presentation from Rockford Public Schools’ Roguewood Elementary fifth-grader Nora Zoladz
Grand Rapids Public Schools East Leonard Elementary fifth-grader Crystina Berry, left, and teacher Linda Whitley show ‘The Purple Room,’ Crystina’s handmade box based on a story about a girl going to a prom
Kentwood Public Schools Explorer Elementary fourth-graders Isaac Konynenbelt, left, and Amelia Peterson show their ‘Go Fishy Fish’ project as Isaac holds a river box of fish and Amelia snags a perch
Rockford Public Schools Crestwood Elementary fifth-grader Will Fox presents on the red fox
Grand Rapids Montessori fourth-grader Aubree Trudeau walks around the Grand Rapids Public Museum with her sign
Students interact during the Education Showcase
Teacher Michelle Holliday and students from Grand Rapids Montessori, in Grand Rapids Public Schools, participate in the showcase
Rockford Public Schools Crestwood Elementary fifth-grader Hailey Holt shows her project on Finny the Whale
Dianne Carroll Burdick has worked as a photojournalist in the West Michigan area since 1991. A graduate of Western Michigan University, she has photographed for The Grand Rapids Press, USA Today, Sports Illustrated, Detroit Free Press, Advance Newspapers, Grand Rapids Magazine, BLUE Magazine and On-the-Town Magazine. She has been covering the many exciting and thought provoking stories of K-12 public education for School News Network since 2016.
“You get to take a book home today!” This East Oakview library volunteer has spent more than a decade encouraging a love of reading from behind the scenes.
