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2013 Graduate Beat the Odds – Again

East Grand Rapids Erin Albanese

Thomas Komor has literally been overcoming obstacles and beating the odds since birth. Born 16 weeks premature on Aug. 29, 1994, and weighing just 1...

Students Get a Summer Boost to Help Them Start High School

East Grand Rapids Erin Albanese

Garrett Reahm, Benny Lafleur and Davion Pearson got a head start on their English class this summer, just before they start ninth grade in...

Author Greg Tang Teaches Students Through Skype

East Grand Rapids Erin Albanese

Author Greg Tang virtually helped Lakeside Elementary School third-graders’ tally up numbers in exciting ways during a recent Skype session. Seventy students in three classes...

First-Day Buddies

East Grand Rapids Erin Albanese

Lakeside Elementary School kindergartner Tyler Blake tried to pull his backpack out of his locker. It wouldn’t budge. “It’s stuck,” he told fifth-grader Ted Campbell,...

Middle Schoolers Join EGR’s Engage 1:1 Program

East Grand Rapids Erin Albanese

The first week of middle school in East Grand Rapids looked a little different than in the past. Middle school students lined up in...

Happy To Be Back

East Grand Rapids Erin Albanese

When Principal Linda Kehm says “Lakeside Elementary” in front of her students, the response is automatic: “Where kindness counts!” comes the chorus of voices. The first...