Tom Rademacher

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Tom Rademacher was long-time reporter and columnist for The Grand Rapids Press, where he specialized in wringing the extraordinary from the seeming ordinary.

India Stewart Dunning: Survivor and Scholar

Forest Hills Tom Rademacher

Her clothes are arranged by color.Like Pippi Longstocking, she sleeps upside down, with her head at the footboard and her feet at the headboard. Ever...

Brightening the Lives of 4th Graders

Kenowa Hills Tom Rademacher

Even though the sun has officially launched summer, I still see Stephanie Gerdes standing at the helm of her 4th-grade classroom inside Kenowa Hills'...

Sarah Waller: The Tech Center’s Iron Chef

Kent ISD Tom Rademacher

Let it be said here and now – OK, so written here and now – that the raspberry patch in my back yard cannot...

The Supes

Byron Center Tom Rademacher

When there's time – and usually there's not – Dan Takens will pilot his car the 10 or 11 miles from his office at...

“Typical Kid” with Movie Credits, Agents and a Screen Actors Guild Card

Reading & Writing with Rademacher Tom Rademacher

By most accounts, Derek Brandon is a typical kid of 15. He's a freshman at Thornapple Kellogg High School. He's growing out of his clothes,...

Jamie Hosford: A Gentle Giant is Mourned

Reading & Writing with Rademacher Tom Rademacher

In the end, it was his loyalty for which he was remembered – to his faith, his family, his beloved alma maters, and to...

Placing Students with Special Needs in Real-World Jobs

Kent ISD Tom Rademacher

You can learn only so much inside a classroom, especially if you're a young adult with special challenges. At some point, savvy educators say, you...

Giving ‘Til It Helps: Tough Upbringing Inspires a Life Devoted to Serving Children, Families

Grand Rapids Tom Rademacher

John Matias was late for our interview, but something told me to hang in there. I'm glad I did. "I'm sorry, I apologize," he said,...

Universal Forest Products Engineer John Kozal Mentors GRPS Students

Grand Rapids Tom Rademacher

When people who know John Kozal consider the touchstones of his life so far, these are the elements that rise to the surface: Driven...

Mr. Bill: From Student to Superintendent, and Everywhere In Between

Godwin Heights Tom Rademacher

Godwin Heights Superintendent Bill Fetterhoff gets it. He knows what it’s like to be a principal, for instance, because he was one. He understands the challenges...

Chef Mo Nourishes Students with His Expertise;

Kentwood Tom Rademacher

I am driving home from a morning spent taking notes about the stellar food service program at East Kentwood Public Schools, and you might...

This Time Last Year: Ten-Year-Olds Start Fourth Year of Giving

Kent ISD Tom Rademacher

Remember when you were 10? For a lot of us, life revolved around only a couple of things – simply playing outdoors, for example,...

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Sponsorship

She helps students develop language, read, write & grow

Not just a volunteer, but ‘a piece of the library’

He is demonstrating how important English is in business

New ‘fami-LEE’ leader fueled by coffee and community

Simulated crime ties science, critical thinking & data analysis

Opportunities abound at first in-house career fair

Partnership with Black-founded nonprofit brings dedicated learning space

Levitating cars? Anything’s possible in STEM Academy

Learning life skills ‘where life happens’

State of the Student tackles four big topics

High-schoolers talk mental health with education leaders, legislators

Student news crew interviews state superintendent

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