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School board to interview five superintendent candidates

Grand Rapids Charles Honey
The Board of Education has chosen five candidates to interview in its search for the next superintendent of Grand Rapids Public Schools...

‘It only takes one’

Grand Rapids James Harger
Bernice Wisnieski, a second grade teacher at Sibley Elementary School, and her sister, Mary Musto, a teaching consultant at Kent ISD, have teamed up to publish “It Only Takes One Caring Heart,” a children’s book that teaches inclusiveness in the classroom...

‘It might spark a desire to want to change something’

Grand Rapids Erin Albanese
The Lunch & Learn series aims to bring in people representing different careers and backgrounds to speak on various topics...

‘A wonderful day’ for Grand Rapids: scholarship promise for students citywide

Grand Rapids Charles Honey
In addition to the Challenge Scholars scholarships available to Union High School graduates, students throughout Grand Rapids will be eligible for fully funded scholarships to Grand Rapids Community College thanks to the Grand Rapids Promise Zone development plan...

Challenge Scholars near the finish line

Grand Rapids Charles Honey
Seniors Leslie Torres and Francisco McKnight are among the first class of Union High Challenge Scholars, assured of four-year college scholarships from the Grand Rapids Community Foundation...

Student leaders recognized with scholarships

Multi Districts James Harger
Three area high school students were awarded the $500 Helen Claytor Achievement Scholarship last month at the YWCA’s 2019 Tribute Awards ceremony...

Most districts allow phones, but with restrictions

Godwin Heights Charles Honey
An informal School News Network survey of public school districts in Kent County besides Forest Hills showed cell-phone use is generally not permitted in elementary schools, and only allowed under strictly defined conditions in middle and high schools...

Students supplement learning with ballet, clay creatures & Billie Holiday

Grand Rapids Phil de Haan
A grant-funded partnership between Brookside Elementary and the Salvation Army Kroc Center sees third, fourth and fifth grade students make a trek twice a week through their backyard for classes in ballet, clay and jazz...

GRCC to offer environmental certification programs

Grand Rapids Erin Albanese
GRCC is playing a role in developing skilled workers in the areas of lead abatement, green infrastructure and water testing...

Living in cars, campers, motels and ‘doubled-up,’ homeless students struggle to succeed

Homeless, with Homework Erin Albanese
Schools -- urban, suburban and rural -- are seeing increased numbers of homeless students and fewer options for housing because of high rents and scarce vacancies...

‘We didn’t notice they’re gone’

Homeless, with Homework Charles Honey
A West Side resident with two children in Grand Rapids Public Schools, Jim Davis worries about the families who can’t afford to live in that booming area and the impact on schools...

Blessed by Brookelyn supports GRPS elementary school athletics

Grand Rapids Phil de Haan
When Tonya Elias lost her daughter in a tragic accident five years ago, she decided to start a nonprofit in Brookelyn’s name, using the life insurance money received after her death...

Top Honors

Grand Rapids Phil de Haan
City High/Middle School earned a first for GRPS when it was named a 2019 National Blue Ribbon School, one of only three high schools in Michigan so honored this year...
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Award-winning student videos explore cultural identity

Multi Districts Charles Honey
Two area students won awards for their short videos exploring their cultural identity – and how others perceive them – in the 2019 Mosaic Mobile film contest...

New dual immersion school an ‘impressive investment’ in students, community

Grand Rapids Charles Honey
Construction is well under way for a new middle and high school for Southwest Community Campus, a dual-immersion, English/Spanish pre-K-8 program for bilingual students...

Enthusiast of sports, students and the outdoors who won’t stop believing

Grand Rapids Charles Honey
Aaron Roussey is the new Union High School School principal...
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