James Harger

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James Harger left School News Network in January of 2020. James previously reported on West Michigan's economy, courts and politics for The Grand Rapids Press and Mlive.com for more than 37 years. He also is employed as Servanthood Leader at Immanuel Lutheran Church in downtown Grand Rapids. A graduate of Central Michigan University, he also has worked for publications in Holland, Mount Pleasant and Lansing. He is married to Lisa and has one daughter, who lives in Ann Arbor.

Being principal of alternative school ‘really speaks to my heart’

Meet Your Administrators James Harger

Danielle Hendry, the new principal at MySchool@Kent, says her school’s nontraditional setting offers nontraditional students an opportunity to live a successful life...

More cow bell, please!

East Grand Rapids James Harger

About 160 invited donors showed up for the drive and gave 133 pints, the largest in the state hosted by middle school students, according to Michigan Blood...

Caledonia High School students teach third-graders about their favorite explorers

Caledonia James Harger

Third-graders at Caledonia's Kettle Lake Elementary school had an exclusive lesson in world history recently when they traveled to Caledonia High School, where ninth-grade creative writing and world history students had written kids’ books about their favorite world explorers...

Partnership gets $300,000 grant to fund outdoor environmental classes

Grand Rapids James Harger

The Wege Foundation announced a $300,000 grant to help fund a partnership of area environmental groups and educators...

‘Cooking Matters’ class teaches students to prepare healthy meals

Kent ISD James Harger

Students in the CORE Program learned how to prepare healthy meals for themselves and their families through a hands-on class offered by the YMCA of Greater Grand Rapids...

Sometimes, parents really do know best

Kent ISD James Harger

Gloria Baker is competing for a national research scholarship with the help of instructors in the Health Sciences Early College Academy...

Entrepreneurial student wins $5,000 to expand his lawn-care business

Grand Rapids James Harger

Calvin Pimpleton, an entrepreneurial junior at Innovation Central High School’s Academy of Business, Leadership, and Entrepreneurship (ABLE) program, recently won $5,000 at Start Garden’s 5x5 competition for business startups...

Turning the (multiplication) tables

Godwin Heights James Harger

The Michigan Mathematics Educators (MichME) initiative is changing the way math is taught in West Michigan schools, one teacher and classroom at a time. After four years, the program has rewired the way math is taught by more than 250 educators and administrators...

Students invited to demo their social skills app at Samsung conference

Kent ISD James Harger

3D Animation students from the Tech Center are headed to a Samsung development conference in San Francisco with their teacher to show off a 3D smartphone app they developed for autistic teens...

Helping young children the purpose of countywide millage request

All Districts James Harger

Early childhood advocates in Kent County are hoping voters will approve a .25 mill proposal to fund programs to help prepare children for kindergarten...

Six school districts seek tax approvals on Nov. 6 ballot

Multi Districts James Harger

Voters in six Kent County school districts will be asked to vote on school tax proposals that can be found on the second page of their ballot Nov. 6...

‘I deserve to live my life’

Rockford James Harger

Suicide survivor and author Kevin Hines spoke with a standing-room only group of students, parents and educators at Developing Healthy Kids VII...

Kent ISD special ed chief tapped for national post

Kent ISD James Harger

Laurie VanderPloeg looks at the job as both an educator and as a parent of a special-needs child. She hopes to address barriers to careers in the field, as well as negative news about educators...

Kent ISD workshop shows parents how to help students explore careers

Kent ISD James Harger

Equipping parents with material, advice, to coach their teens on career choices...

GRPS student artwork wins competition, sheds light on hope for the world

Grand Rapids James Harger

City High senior wins a $1,000 scholarship for her entry in Consumers Energy's student art competition...

New leader for Center-based Special Education programs named

All Districts James Harger

Paul Dymowski will oversee the transition of special education centers from Grand Rapids Public Schools to Kent ISD and will become the program's day-to-day administrator when the transition is complete in July 2019...

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