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Alumni, fans celebrate 150 years of GRPS at hard-fought game

Grand Rapids Alexis Stark

August temperatures pushing 100 degrees did not stop Grand Rapids Public Schools alumni of all ages from attending the citywide alumni reunion on Friday, Aug. 27 and watching the Crosstown Throwdown football game between Union and Ottawa Hills...

Help wanted: Schools work to fill vacancies

Grand Rapids Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Just like local businesses, area schools are facing an employee shortage...

Voters ‘overwhelmingly’ approve operating millage

Grand Rapids Erin Albanese

Voters this week supported continuing a Grand Rapids Public Schools millage that generates about 15% of the district’s total operating budget. Just under 70 percent of votes were cast in favor...

Student spreads her passion for music through Girl Scouts project

Grand Rapids Phil de Haan

A rising senior at City High Middle has won the Girl Scouts Gold Award, the organization’s highest honor...

Post high school, she’s pursuing big dreams in the Big Apple

Grand Rapids Charles Honey

A year after graduating from high school during the pandemic lockdown, Mariah Barrera is wrapping up her first year at Columbia University in New York City...

Students envision the ideal community: ‘divine and unique’

Grand Rapids Charles Honey

The Diatribe conducted a class at Ottawa Hills High School focusing on how racist policies contributed to segregated housing patterns in Grand Rapids...

Wanted: teens who can inspire change, spark passions

Youth Mental Health Alexis Stark

Local middle- and high-school students are invited to apply by June 4...

Challenge Scholars program to phase out with Class of 2028

Grand Rapids Phil de Haan

A college scholarship program for students on the West Side of Grand Rapids will phase out over the next decade...

Student vaccine ambassadors spread the message: ‘do your part’

Grand Rapids Phil de Haan

Six students from GRPS schools were chosen to be COVID-19 vaccine ambassadors by the state of Michigan...

Your district’s summer programs at-a-glance

Grand Rapids School News Network

Area public school districts are gearing up to provide K-12 programs this summer to address learning loss impacted by the coronavirus pandemic...

GRPS to ask for operating millage buffer in August

Grand Rapids Phil de Haan

Voters in the City of Grand Rapids will be asked Aug. 3 by GRPS to approve a non-homestead millage proposal...

GRPS high schools will not expand in-person days this school year

Grand Rapids Phil de Haan

GRPS students in grades 9-12 will not see an expansion of in-person learning this school year...

State grants to help students explore education careers

Multi Districts Phil de Haan

A staffing shortage comes at a time when districts not only need more educators in general to replace an aging workforce, but also more diverse educators...

For this longtime family, GRPS is part of their ‘family forever’

Grand Rapids Charles Honey

The district’s 150th anniversary has crept up quietly due to the pandemic, but celebrations are coming later in the year...

A promise fulfilled: first grad from scholarship program already in workforce

Grand Rapids Phil de Haan

The first student to graduate from Grand Rapids Community College as part of the Promise Zone scholarship program already has a job and big things lined up for the future...