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‘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...

Elementary Rhyme Time

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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

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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...

High School Earns International Baccalaureate Designation

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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...

High School TEDx to “Burst Bubbles”

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Just about a year ago, Marie Lachance could sum up her state of mind as “nervous but hopeful,” though her friend Anna Laffrey would...

District Seeks Tax Renewals, Full Headlee Funding

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East Grand Rapids Public Schools is the only Kent County school district with a March 8 tax proposal -- a trio of them, in...

New Technology Helps Kindergartners with Math

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Lakeside Elementary kindergartner Charlotte Kanaan stood beside teacher Shannon Mitchell and worked through a math problem, which her classmates could see thanks to a...

History, Geography Collide with Writing, Art and Math in ‘Around the World’ Exploration

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Lilly Vydareny said doing school lessons strictly from books is “sometimes pretty boring.” So when her fifth-grade class at Lakeside Elementary started an interactive “Journey...

Fun Furniture Invites Readers into New Learning Commons

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Teacher Katie McIntosh’s kindergartners made their way into Lakeside Elementary’s recently opened Learning Commons and quickly made themselves right at home. A group of girls...

A Capitol Idea

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Lakeside Elementary fourth-graders recently paid a visit to the state Capitol as part of the social studies curriculum on the State of Michigan. Classes...

Start College Planning Early, Experts Say

East Grand Rapids Erin Albanese

Focus on your GPA, get involved, develop good study habits. Students can start preparing for college as early as freshman year, which makes it...

Peddling Products at 4th Grade Mini-Market

East Grand Rapids Erin Albanese

Breton Downs Elementary fourth-grader Lauren Eckert's sparkly snowman ornaments, for sale for $2 each, caught the eye of third-grader Brayden Schulz as he shopped...

Finding Their “Aha Moment”

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It's the last day of a week-long visit from bestselling children's author Melissa Stewart, and today it's Wealthy Elementary students' turn to share their...

Blue Ribbon Schools: ‘Not Built Overnight’

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Anthony Morey says he doesn’t know the magic recipe to being designated a Blue Ribbon School. But the Wealthy Elementary School principal is pretty...

Making Room For The Artist In School

East Grand Rapids Erin Albanese

East Grand Rapids Middle School art teacher Holly Lampen was planning a "frog apocalypse." Ninety paper-mache amphibians will soon hang from the school ceilings...

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