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Architecture Should ‘Enrich Experience,’ EGR Grad Tells Students

East Grand Rapids Morgan Jarema
Senior Alex Pritchard likes the idea of a career in architecture, engineering or design. In one of his classes, he is designing a house...

Watching Nature Happen in a Bottle

East Grand Rapids Morgan Jarema
Evan Adamy held on to a terrarium-like container fashioned from plastic bottles and pointed out its essential features. "Down here is some aquatic life and...

Two Local Schools Pinned with National Blue Ribbon Honor

Byron Center Erin Albanese
Elementary schools in East Grand Rapids and Byron Center were two of 13 Michigan schools that were recently named National Blue Ribbon Schools by...

New Learning Commons Supports Study, Collaboration

East Grand Rapids Morgan Jarema
The first time freshman Luca Massara visited the high school learning commons looking for a quiet place to study, he went straight for one...

‘No Matter Where You Live, This Is An Issue’

East Grand Rapids Morgan Jarema
* Updated 9/20/2016: Fundraising efforts to benefit Arbor Circle pulled in $59,000 for the local agency As she stood behind a table in the high...

This Former Park Ranger Has Sung Competitively in Four Languages

East Grand Rapids Morgan Jarema
School: Wealthy Elementary What and where was your previous job? Special education teacher at Wealthy Elementary Degrees: Bachelor’s degree in special education from Michigan State University,...

20 Districts, Many Ways to Add Five More Days

East Grand Rapids Charles Honey
How do you add five days to the school year without disrupting family schedules, while increasing student learning and not starting before Labor Day? Ask...

Summer Programs Push Participants to Think, Work Like Scientists

East Grand Rapids Charles Honey
Six students sat hunched on the floor, writing on a poster bearing photos of penguins they’d taken the previous day at John Ball Zoo....

Hooked on Fly-Fishing

East Grand Rapids Morgan Jarema
Abby Bell remembers her first fish: a rainbow trout she caught (and released) out of a pond in Montana, while staying with family at...

Ukuleles: Officially a Thing

East Grand Rapids Erin Albanese
Music teacher Susan Berce sang and strummed her ukulele as students walked into class. "There she was just a walkin' down the street, singin'...

Special Ed Student Efforts Underwrite Free Family Stays at Ronald McDonald House

East Grand Rapids Charles Honey
Taking a tour of Ronald McDonald House of Western Michigan, eight high school students were knocked out by the recreation room. “Oh, nice!” one of...

‘I’ll Saw this Wood Up – I’m Not Scared of It’

East Grand Rapids School News Network
From the courtroom to the archery range and beyond, a quartet of female high school students are breaking into fields dominated by males. Two Kent...

Pressure Builds for SkillsUSA Nationals

East Grand Rapids Morgan Jarema
In a few weeks, Dominic Krupp will be part of a two-person team tasked with coming up with an idea for a short video,...

Fifth-grader’s Story Tops with Readers

East Grand Rapids Morgan Jarema
When the boat she was solo sailing on Reed's Lake last summer capsized, Rachel Anne Williamson could see her mom onshore and knew her...

Spelling Bee Winner off to National Bee

East Grand Rapids Morgan Jarema
The third time was the charm for Aiden Mischley. The Forest Hills eighth-grader bested 18 students from six counties on March 22 to take first...

Robots Take Over Schools for State, World Qualifiers

East Grand Rapids Charles Honey
Four Kenowa Hills students surrounded a box of wires, wheels and pulleys they called Judy, making last-minute adjustments. They had spent six weeks putting...
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