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Students Debate International Issues, Roleplay UN Delegates

East Grand Rapids Erin Albanese

Their names are Emily Livermore, Kate VerMeulen, and Annalise Brinks, but they have aliases spanning the globe: Brazil, Canada, Australia, Nigeria. Want to know more...

Overcoming Disability, Student Composes Opus for Orchestra

East Grand Rapids Tom Rademacher

When the 38 members of the 8th grade string orchestra at East Grand Rapids Middle School sat down to play a new opus recently,...

Community Celebrates Principal with a Scholarship

East Grand Rapids Erin Albanese

While retired Lakeside Elementary School Principal Linda Kehm read the storybooks "Piggy Pie" and "Mucky Moose," students knew every word by heart and the...

Students Create Mural with Smile Project Artist

East Grand Rapids Erin Albanese

A winged dragon at Wealthy Elementary School has swollen from notebook-paper sized to several feet tall and wide. A wizard has morphed as well,...

Pop Artist Returning Home to Release First Single During Football Game

East Grand Rapids Erin Albanese

During her four years at East Grand Rapids High School, Katie Tucker immersed herself in music study through classes, choir, orchestra and musicals. Now the...

Students Vote ‘Team Champ’ for King

East Grand Rapids Erin Albanese

When Champlain “Champ” McCahill was first diagnosed with brain cancer in 2010, he asked if he was going to die. His doctor said she...

EGR’s Community Giving Big Bear Hug Through Hearts of Gold

East Grand Rapids Erin Albanese

This year’s annual East Grand Rapids Hearts of Gold community effort honors two men who died too young, yet their legacy lives on through...

Collaborative Art with Haitian School Selected for ArtPrize

East Grand Rapids Erin Albanese

A mural that has traveled thousands of miles to unite children in East Grand Rapids and Haiti will have a prominent location for this...

Principal Switches Schools to Continue 21-year Legacy

East Grand Rapids Erin Albanese

New Lakeside Elementary Principal Craig Weigel plans to continue the legacy of 21-year school leader Linda Kehm, who retired this summer. Kehm coined the motto...

Teacher Helps Develop U.S. Constitution Experts

East Grand Rapids Erin Albanese

East Grand Rapids High School junior Elliott Vitaz walked into teacher Janice Yates' classroom and shared his news. He is taking the "We the...

Community Service Projects Pave Way to Eagle Scout Status

East Grand Rapids Erin Albanese

From footbridges for hikers to garden beds for a school that serves special-needs students, Eagle Scouts in the East Grand Rapids High School Class...

High School Applying to Become International Baccalaureate School

East Grand Rapids Erin Albanese

Students in the East Grand Rapids High School Class of 2018 may have the option of graduating with a global diploma. The district just...

EGR Choir Performing at Carnegie Hall

East Grand Rapids Erin Albanese

East Grand Rapids High School choir students will be performing in the world famous Carnegie Hall, New York City. Twenty choir students, several parents and...

Cerebral Palsy and Learning Disability Haven’t Stopped EGR Grad

East Grand Rapids Erin Albanese

Editor's note: This is the fourth of a series about students who have had to overcome unusual challenges and hardships to graduate this spring. East...

A Clean Sweep: Voters in Seven Kent Districts Approve Funding Requests

Caledonia School News Network

Tuesday was a good day for schools and students in Kent ISD, as voters approved tax proposals in all seven districts that requested them....

EGR, Byron Center Students Win National Art Awards

Byron Center Erin Albanese

A Byron Center middle and East Grand Rapids High School student were recently awarded national silver medals in the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards...

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