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State grant benefits school food programs, farmers

Comstock Park Joanne Bailey-Boorsma
The 10 Cents for Michigan’s Kids and Farms grant program connects students to local farms by providing funds to schools to purchase Michigan-grown food. 

‘She was a pioneer’: Academy honors city’s first Black teacher

Grand Rapids Riley Kelley
Innovation Central’s Academy of Teaching, Learning & Social Justice has been renamed in honor of Hattie Beverly, the first Black teacher in Grand Rapids.

A career in auto repair? For some students, it starts in high school

Podcasts Charles Honey
A Grandville High School teacher and student discuss the “motor skills” learned and career options opened by classes in automotive maintenance as well as in other career and technical education programs.

Memo to teachers: grant funds available for your classes

All Districts Charles Honey
The Kent Association of Retired School Personnel is accepting proposals from teachers for grants to help them with supplies and projects. 

Teens become storytellers during filmmaking program 

Grand Rapids Alexis Stark
Ottawa Hills High School art teachers collaborated with Mosaic Film Experience teaching artists and producers to give students a hands-on filmmaking crash course. 

Superintendent: District ‘moving in the right direction’

Grand Rapids Riley Kelley
Superintendent Leadriane Roby updated the community on the what’s ahead for Grand Rapids Public Schools during her first-ever State of Our Schools address.

District seeks feedback on communication practices

Grand Rapids Riley Kelley
A survey on communication practices from Grand Rapids Public Schools is open through Feb. 23.

Student safety concerns prompt public declaration of support 

Grand Rapids Alexis Stark
The Board of Education recently approved a statement of commitment to support immigrant families in response to community concerns about student safety.

Districts issue guidance, protocols in case of ICE visits  

All Districts Erin Albanese
Amid concerns about mass deportation and a change in federal policy that allows immigration officers to visit schools, administrators are communicating guidance and protocols.

Student group shines a light on Black culture

Grand Rapids Riley Kelley
This student group is raising awareness about the significance of Black culture.

Partnership expands CTE programs to local districts

Byron Center Joanne Bailey-Boorsma
To meet its goal of 10,000 students in career and technical education classes by 2030, Kent ISD partnered with local districts to bring these programs to students in their own high schools.

Safety bills address gun storage information, emergency response terminology

All Districts Erin Albanese
School officials say they are pleased and grateful for safety bills recently passed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer that address information on safe gun storage and emergency response terminology. 

Podcast: Schools hearing concerns from families over federal deportation plans

All Districts Charles Honey
Brianna Vasquez de Pereira, a Kent School Services Network coordinator in Kentwood, discusses the questions and fears of immigrant families about President Trump’s deportation plans. 

Community-school worker: Immigrant students, families apprehensive about Trump deportation plans 

All Districts Charles Honey
Brianna Vasquez de Pereira, a Kent School Services Network coordinator in Kentwood, discusses the questions and fears of immigrant families about President Trump’s deportation plans. 

Tech Center students construct pole barn

Kent ISD Joanne Bailey-Boorsma
The process of constructing a pole barn gives the Tech Center’s advanced construction students life skills and experience.

Principal loves the company, innocence, ‘craziness’ of middle-schoolers

Grand Rapids Riley Kelley
Amena Moiz, new interim principal of Burton Middle School, is hoping to turn her posting into a permanent one.
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