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‘A GRPS education can take you anywhere’

Grand Rapids Phil de Haan

GRPS alumni have a new place to come together to share stories that will uplift and bring people together...

Best of the best: City High Middle rated tops in Michigan

Grand Rapids Phil de Haan

City High Middle moved up one spot in 2020 to become the top-ranked high school in Michigan...

Teachers send love to students; students say right back atcha

School 2.0 Charles Honey

With school abruptly ended for the rest of the year, we’ve seen how deeply teachers care about their students -- even across the chasm of social distancing – and how much their students miss them...

New academy preps students for hospitality, tourism careers

Career Exploration Phil de Haan

A new academy at Ottawa Hills High School aims to prepare students for good careers in hospitality and tourism...

Learning from a distance: ‘Keep them happy and keep them learning’

School 2.0 Charles Honey

In this moment of social distancing, it’s an alternative way to get at the school’s aim of helping all students learn, yet in drastically different and varied circumstances...

School meal distributions to continue under stay-at-home order

School 2.0 Charles Honey

Schools are permitted to continue providing pick-up meals for students under Gov. Whitmer’s stay-at-home order...

Rallying to feed families

School 2.0 Erin Albanese

While alarming news regarding the novel coronavirus continues to unfold nationwide, Kent County teachers, administrators, food service workers and community volunteers are coming together to make sure students and families continue to have plenty of food while their schools are closed...

What does the 2020 Census have to do with school lunch?

Multi Districts Phil de Haan

With some funding dependent on census data, school districts help spread the word on this key count of residents...

GRPS Graduation Rates Up 71 Percent Since 2012

Grand Rapids Phil de Haan

For the eighth consecutive year, GRPS saw improvement in district-wide graduation rates...

An African experience comes together in song, dance and word

Grand Rapids Dianne Carroll Burdick

The Grand Rapids Public Schools Department of Equity and Inclusion partnered with Motherland Cultural Connections to bring the Banin Experience to GRPS staff...