Morgan Jarema

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Morgan Jarema is a reporter and copy editor, covering Northview. She is a Grand Rapids native and a product of Grand Rapids Public Schools, including Brookside and West Leonard elementaries, City Middle/High School and Ottawa Hills. She found her tribe in journalism in 1997 and has never wanted to do anything but write. For 15 years she was a freelance journalist for The Grand Rapids Press, covering local schools and government, religion, business, home & garden and lifestyles. She and her husband, John, think even those without kiddos should be invested in their local schools and made to feel a part of them. Read Morgan's full bio

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A life well lived? Students decide

East Grand Rapids Morgan Jarema

Over about a four-week period, they came up with their own definition of ‘a life well lived’ by researching people not found in their textbooks...

Art & mental health: building skills, processing emotions

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At its base, the unit was about drawing facial features accurately. The deeper task: to process a mood or feeling through art...

Want a book? Take a book. Have a book? Leave a book.

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Resource room teacher Krysta King put out a single request for donations. Hundreds poured in...

The day the crayons were in so many storybooks

Forest Hills Morgan Jarema

Seventh graders worked in groups to write, edit and illustrate original work for students in lower grades...

How one district banned cell phones — and how everyone is adjusting

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While Forest Hills has banned cell phone use in schools, other districts have varying policies, but essentially phones have become a distraction for many...

Students tackle big issues through research, advocacy

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In one language arts class at Crossroads Middle, eighth graders worked in groups to take on social justice issues through research and advocacy...

How one district banned cell phones — and how everyone is adjusting

Forest Hills Morgan Jarema

While Forest Hills has banned cell phone use in schools, other districts have varying policies, but essentially phones have become a distraction for many...

Goblin heads, ostrich armor and ice knives

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Now more students can join, thanks to a grant from the Lowell Education Foundation...

Referee, bobblehead collector aims to make every day the ‘best day of my life’

East Grand Rapids Morgan Jarema

Jeff Dykhouse is the new East Grand Rapids Middle School principal. SNN gets to know him in this edition of Meet the Principal...

On being an empathetic ear

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Ben Sorota read a School News Network article about a group at another school, which led him to start a group of his own...

‘I want to learn more’

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It is part of a wider effort to encourage cross-curricular collaboration among teachers and students...

Like a bunny in the sky

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Fourth graders at Orchard View Elementary recently got the chance to be rising stars in art class...

Curious? Figure it out, then report back

Lowell Morgan Jarema

Similar to what some schools refer to as 'genius hour,' the pilot was aimed at sparking curiosity and engagement, and to develop research and planning skills...

‘Unity is always important’

Meet the Future Morgan Jarema

Sharing about his Hindu faith with his peers and others is important to this high school freshman, who has plenty more going on...

School never tasted so good

East Grand Rapids Morgan Jarema

A switch two years ago to a trimester calendar created new slots in the schedule for more exploratory experiences...

Elvis, meet Malala

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Teachers bumped up the presentation portion of fourth grade nonfiction learning objectives to include a biography 'wax museum' ...

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