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How one district banned cell phones — and how everyone is adjusting

Forest Hills Morgan Jarema

While Forest Hills has banned cell phone use in schools, other districts have varying policies, but essentially phones have become a distraction for many...

‘I want to learn more’

Forest Hills Morgan Jarema

It is part of a wider effort to encourage cross-curricular collaboration among teachers and students...

Like a bunny in the sky

Forest Hills Morgan Jarema

Fourth graders at Orchard View Elementary recently got the chance to be rising stars in art class...

‘Unity is always important’

Meet the Future Morgan Jarema

Sharing about his Hindu faith with his peers and others is important to this high school freshman, who has plenty more going on...

Blowing the woof off design thinking

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Fifth graders were challenged to develop works of art that could be printed on a product and sold at the Raise the Woof event on Nov. 22 to benefit Hearts of Hope dog rescue...

Asia Society visits Chinese immersion students

Forest Hills Morgan Jarema

Meadow Brook Elementary’s Chinese immersion program is a partner with the Asia Society, an international group that supports schools with professional development and grant funding...

Learning under the trees

Forest Hills Phil de Haan

Local teachers who are mentoring the next generation of environmental stewards are benefiting from Groundswell's monthly programming...

Hooked on history and gifted in writing, senior publishes paper on PBB crisis

Forest Hills Morgan Jarema

Eastern High School senior Claire Parish’s National History Day article on the 1970s PBB crisis is in the current issue of Michigan History magazine...

Governor Whitmer makes Michigan the first state ever to ban the sales of flavored e-cigarettes

Forest Hills Student Showcase School News Network

A student editorial on the recent action aimed at trying to curb teen vaping...

Protect our waters from straws, pesticides and other pollutants, students say

Forest Hills Morgan Jarema

The videos were initiated last year as a project with Groundswell, with whom the school has partnered for water quality education for the past four years...

How’s school? No really, your voice matters

Forest Hills Morgan Jarema

Students at Eastern Middle School participated in one of four workshops in April as part of the national Student Voice Organization’s school tour...

Chaffee scholarship winner aims to leave a legacy, in the lab or in the air

Forest Hills Morgan Jarema

Forest Hills Central senior Noah Stout, who will enter the U.S. Air Force Academy in the fall, recently was named recipient of this year’s $3,000 annual award from the Roger B. Chaffee Scholarship Fund...

Students teach students in history-making collaboration

Forest Hills Morgan Jarema

Northern Hills Middle eighth-graders made videos on chosen aspects of the American Revolution. Elementary teachers will be able to show them to their students as part of their introduction to the unit...

Inadequate funding – even in affluent districts – still short-changes students

Issues in Education Charles Honey

It’s not just poorer districts feeling the pain from Michigan’s inadequate school funding, officials say. Higher-income districts are also pinched by the funding formula and having to make cuts...

Increased costs, slow funding increases create tight budget

Forest Hills Morgan Jarema

While Forest Hills is considered one of the most affluent school districts in West Michigan, it still feels the budget pinch of a lower per-pupil allowance than the district received a decade ago...

Lightbulb lunches garner student voice

Forest Hills Morgan Jarema

Every month, teachers recommend a different group of students from each grade for lunch with the principal. Students offer suggestions and ideas about their school...

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