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It’s Showtime for Student-designed Production

Forest Hills Morgan Jarema

Trenton Brink twirled around wearing a purple jacket and top hat as he sang the gentle opening lines of "Pure Imagination," from the book...

Robots Take Over Schools for State, World Qualifiers

East Grand Rapids Charles Honey

Four Kenowa Hills students surrounded a box of wires, wheels and pulleys they called Judy, making last-minute adjustments. They had spent six weeks putting...

Disable the Label

Empowering Abilities Morgan Jarema

Josh Vandyk has been called names by his peers. "Monster" is one that particularly hurt, he said. There have been others. And he's heard...

Winning the Superhero Poster Contest

Forest Hills Morgan Jarema

The top 20 posters in this year's River City Water Festival Superheroes Contest have been selected and are on display through March 12 at...

Area Special Education Teams Shoot and Score!

Byron Center School News Network

Kenowa Hills High School recently hosted for the second year a regional Special Olympics basketball tournament. Schools from Byron Center, Sparta, Forest Hills, Thornapple...

Celebrating Chinese Culture All Year

Forest Hills Morgan Jarema

As a college student, Yang Du pictured himself teaching English to students in his native China. Instead, he's teaching his native Chinese to students...

High School TEDx to “Burst Bubbles”

East Grand Rapids Morgan Jarema

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

Student Group Explores Latest Assistive Technology

Empowering Abilities Morgan Jarema

Tony Bonofiglo was trying to be as helpful as possible to the woman sitting across from him. She was wearing a blue plastic band...

Hitting the Airwaves for Clean Water

Forest Hills Morgan Jarema

A group of Forest Hills Central Middle and Northern Trails ⅚ School students (now at Northern Hills Middle) were on the air this month...

Little Hats, Big Hearts

Forest Hills Morgan Jarema

Brittany Rosely and Sydney Paalman liked the idea of making loom caps for newborns to raise awareness of heart problems. Besides, agreed the Forest...

Segregation, Civil Rights and a Local Neighborhood

Forest Hills Morgan Jarema

It's one thing to read about the country's Civil Rights movement. It's another entirely to get a visit from three local women who came...

Foundation Just Keeps on Growing

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Forest Hills Eastern High School teacher Jaclyn Hartman's science students will be able to study a real-world issue for which jobs are currently being...

All Things Salmon-y

Forest Hills Morgan Jarema

At home, Koen Unangst helps take care of the family dog. At school, he helps take care of nearly 200 newly hatched salmon. So...

Full STEAM Ahead

Forest Hills Morgan Jarema

Students at Orchard View Elementary are getting hands-on experience learning how art can integrate with STEM education, the increasingly familiar term meant to highlight...

True Grit

Forest Hills Morgan Jarema

If anyone is deserving of their name, it's Ginny Grit. The Forest Hills district social worker who focuses on students with special needs and splits...

Showing Respect for Community’s Veterans

Forest Hills Charles Honey

School districts across Kent ISD marked Veterans Day in ways big and small on Wednesday. Here’s a sample of how a few schools honored...

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