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2018 Chaffee Scholar did not go gentle into his passion for space

East Grand Rapids Tylee Bush

Patrick Morgan, a senior at East Grand Rapids High School, is rewarded for his tenacity and ambition with the $3,000 Roger B. Chaffee Scholarship, which he will put towards his studies at the University of Michigan...

Toughing it out through troubled times, she sets her sights on college

Grads with Grit Morgan Jarema

Before coming to the district, Ivy and her two brothers -- one older, one younger -- had lived in 16 different homes and been in and out of a half-dozen schools as a result...

Should NASA explore black holes or Jupiter moon? Intergalactic jury must decide

East Grand Rapids Morgan Jarema

Fourth-graders at Wealthy Elementary spent four weeks working in small groups to research and propose NASA’s next big Apollo-like project -- then decided which one to go with...

Release the salmon!

Multi Districts Morgan Jarema

The Salmon in the Classroom program teaches students about the life history of fish, natural resources conservation and the importance of the Great Lakes and fishing to Michigan culture...

Myths and fables, modernized in skits, videos and puppets

East Grand Rapids Morgan Jarema

Goddesses of avocados and Starbucks, we bow before your wonderfulness

Mind Sports Roundup

Caledonia School News Network

School News Network will be running roundups of events including Odyssey of the Mind, Science Olympiad, MathCounts and robotics

East GR’s Jack Lado takes the title at Spelling Bee with “bollo”

All Districts School News Network

For nearly 15 minutes, totaling 18 rounds, Jack Lado and Aashray Mandala matched each other, word for word, until Aashray slipped and Jack won the 41st annual Greater Grand Rapids Spelling Bee

Wyoming, EGR and TK superintendents announce retirements

Multi Districts School News Network

Tom Reeder, superintendent of Wyoming Public Schools, and Sara Shubel, superintendent of East Grand Rapids Public Schools, announced their retirements last week, after Tom Enslen of Thornapple Kellogg announced his last month

Underground railroad module turns fourth-graders into historians

East Grand Rapids Morgan Jarema

All 75 fourth-graders at the school are participating in an online social studies simulation. It is a partnership with the University of Michigan called Imagination Matters

‘The Classroom is Why I Wake Up in the Morning’

East Grand Rapids Morgan Jarema

Eighth-grader Aaron Souter touched an iPad screen to maneuver a sphero along a stairwell floor, while classmate Ryan Reszka constructed an obstacle course of...

All Rise and Make Your Case

East Grand Rapids Morgan Jarema

Hallea Michell strode into social studies teacher Susan McCaffrey’s classroom and approached a podium with a miniature White House on top and the presidential...

Teacher Cadet Feels ‘Super Legit’

East Grand Rapids Morgan Jarema

Tomer Adnegeko admits he used to think teaching at the elementary level would be way easier than middle and high school.

Gone in Six Seconds

East Grand Rapids Morgan Jarema

The golf balls that Bill Trapp's students launched over a third-story railing could be the basis for future engineering or science innovations. More than 50...

Gotta Know the Territory

East Grand Rapids Morgan Jarema

Middle School’s First-ever Musical a Classic

These Third-graders are Pure Michigan

East Grand Rapids Morgan Jarema

Third-graders at Wealthy Elementary spend all year studying the Mitten State they call home, and it turns out some are already pretty Michigan-savvy. "I've been...

Concert Honors ‘Passionate but Humble’ Journalist and Musician

East Grand Rapids Morgan Jarema

Jagienka Timek, Drew Johnston and Anneke Avery admit that before high school, they really had no idea who Daniel Pearl was. The trio of seniors...

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