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

Dinosaurs Make Reading Far From Extinct

Lowell Morgan Jarema

Bushnell Elementary students recently got the chance to show off their class projects at the school’s annual Family Fun Night. The event typically coincides...

Spring Break in GR – Things to Do

Kent ISD Morgan Jarema

Looking for something to do as a family over spring break? The options are vast in West Michigan, many for free or nearly free....

May 3 Sinking Fund Renewal Sought

Grandville Morgan Jarema

Voters will be asked on May 3 whether to approve a 10-year renewal of the district's sinking fund millage, which funds repairs and maintenance...

‘To Be Dramatic, Or Not To Be…’

East Grand Rapids Morgan Jarema

Middle school students can be so dramatic. That's especially true in the middle school's fledgling Shakespeare club. Case in point: a recent rehearsal of a scene...

Open the Taps, Close with Pickles

Lowell Morgan Jarema

Nearly 300 Lowell Area Schools' second grade students visited the Wittenbach/Wege Agriscience and Environmental Education Center in March to learn about maple syrup. During their...

Spring Grants Bring Visit from Rapper-Poet, Arts-related Activities

Grandville Morgan Jarema

A meditation and writing lesson from a West Michigan rapper-poet, physical education classes that integrate music and movement for special-needs students, and a machine...

Appreciation for History Begins at Home

Lowell Morgan Jarema

Diane Titche's third-grade class is so enraptured by museum exhibits, they've made their own. "This is who I'm named after," explained Payton Hoffman -- whose...

Disable the Label

Empowering Abilities Morgan Jarema

Josh Vandyk has been called names by his peers. "Monster" is one that particularly hurt, he said. There have been others. And he's heard...

Third-Grade Reading Bill? Ask Fourth-Graders

Grandville Morgan Jarema

A group of fourth-graders in Nathan Peltz's class at Cummings Elementary School planned to travel to Lansing today to discuss their opinions on the...

Elementary Rhyme Time

East Grand Rapids Morgan Jarema

A scientific article about the moon might not sound particularly poetic, but Laura Purdie Salas is all about finding poetry anywhere -- and helping...

EGR Millage Requests Approved

East Grand Rapids Morgan Jarema

East Grand Rapids Public Schools voters on Tuesday approved a trio of tax requests by nearly three to one. Two of the district's millage renewal...

EGR Millage Vote Is Today

East Grand Rapids Morgan Jarema

East Grand Rapids Public Schools voters will go to the polls today on a trio of tax requests. Two of the district’s millage renewal requests...

Winning the Superhero Poster Contest

Forest Hills Morgan Jarema

The top 20 posters in this year's River City Water Festival Superheroes Contest have been selected and are on display through March 12 at...

Parents, Teachers, Students Connect Over Breakfast & Books

Grandville Morgan Jarema

Parent Cafes at three Grandville elementary schools are once again proving popular. The periodic gatherings, held for six school years in either the morning or...

Students Explore Michigan History at Local Museum

Lowell Morgan Jarema

Nearly 30 students in Diane Titche's Murray Lake Elementary third-grade class crowded into the 1960s exhibit room of the Lowell Area Historical Museum recently...

High School Earns International Baccalaureate Designation

East Grand Rapids Morgan Jarema

You definitely could call East Grand Rapids High School sophomores Clara Luce and Keegan Sullivan avid learners. "Just talking about learning, to me, is really...

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