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Students on vaping: ‘pretty scary stuff’

East Grand Rapids Morgan Jarema

In school buildings throughout West Michigan and beyond, the use of e-cigarettes is officially an issue -- a potentially deadly one. Experts and students weigh in...

Thanks to dedicated artists, city snowplows will be hard to miss

East Grand Rapids Morgan Jarema

Over the past couple weeks, art teachers led third and fourth graders from all three elementary schools in decorating a trio of city snowplow blades...

Xlandia: a government created by the people, for the people

East Grand Rapids Morgan Jarema

In order to make recommendations, students studied their assigned home countries and weighed the effectiveness of the current governments there...

On Chickenman, changing classes and staying off the senior bench

East Grand Rapids Morgan Jarema

Some 75 members of the school’s Leadership and Youth Development Program guided 250 newbies through all things Pioneer...

Pupil poets recite odes to cool moms and happy Saturdays

East Grand Rapids Morgan Jarema

At the annual poetry party in a trio of Wealthy Elementary classrooms, kindergartners got the chance to show off their newly minted descriptive and rhyming skills...

You’re hired!

East Grand Rapids Morgan Jarema

Students in Meg Richards’ class took wondering about that a few steps further, when Richards assigned them to write cover letters aimed at convincing her they were ideal candidates for a spot in her classroom...

Bond requests pass in Rockford, Lowell; maintenance levy fails in Sparta

All Districts Erin Albanese

Six districts passed requests, ranging from non-homestead millages to major bond proposals for new and revamped buildings...

Student interviews connect history with real people

East Grand Rapids Morgan Jarema

For the fifth year, those in Tad VandenBrink’s U.S. History class got a chance to see how close they could get to someone who lived through and was uniquely affected by key events in the country...

EGR voters asked to renew & restore full rate for non-homestead property tax levy

Multi Districts Morgan Jarema

Area voters will also see tax requests from six other school districts next Tuesday including Byron Center, Kelloggsville, Kentwood, Lowell, Rockford, and Sparta...

‘No matter what life throws at us, we grow, like flowers’

East Grand Rapids Morgan Jarema

Said counselor Elle Burgess of Elizabeth Walski’s positivity in the face of numerous challenges, 'If anyone has shown they have grit, it’s her'

Lee Elementary makerspace shines brightly for EGR visitors

Thornapple Kellogg Hannah Lentz

The makerspace room at Lee Elementary was the star of the show when visitors from East Grand Rapids Schools came to see how they might incorporate the model in their district...

Letters to policy-makers make cases for education reform

East Grand Rapids Morgan Jarema

Students in Anne LaGrand’s AP language and composition class spent weeks researching education and came up with what they think are the top priorities...

Ye olde history unit comes to life

East Grand Rapids Morgan Jarema

Fifth-graders at Lakeside Elementary finally got their reward as part of the culmination of their eight-week social studies unit studying the 13 U.S. colonies...

Up above the world so high, like an RV in the sky

East Grand Rapids Morgan Jarema

The unit is part of Next Generation Science Standards, which charge students to practice an integrated understanding of core ideas in science and engineering...

Yule Ball puts everyone inside pages of famous novel series

East Grand Rapids James Harger

The sixth annual event drew some 300 students in grades three to eight. Costumed characters were portrayed by about 45 parent volunteers and 25 staffers...

Dream Keepers honor MLK

East Grand Rapids Morgan Jarema

Second-graders create Dream Keeper boxes and add mementoes of every year’s activities. At the end of fifth grade, the students leave Wealthy Elementary with their boxes...

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