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Parking Lot Painted with ‘Positivity & Joy’

Comstock Park Charles Honey
On a gray-grit city parking lot through some of this summer’s hottest days, a dozen students painted a bright path of hope. Their zig-zag creation...

Shiza Shahid: Empowering Girls & Women Around the Planet

Grand Rapids Tom Rademacher
"What is it," she asked, almost in a whisper, "that you plan to do with your wild and miraculous life?" And in that moment, you...

New Group Gives More Parents a Voice

Forest Hills Charles Honey
As a mother with three children in public schools, Barbara McFall wants to support her children’s educational experience. But sometimes she senses a wall...

Helping Students Love Messy, Beautiful Nature

Grand Rapids Charles Honey
On a damp and chilly morning, two dozen children follow Greg Petersen down a woodchip path toward a thick woods. He stops them by...

Hops and Hoops: Donations Strengthen Neighborhood Schools

Grand Rapids Charles Honey
Local businesses are stepping up to help the district’s students get a step ahead with two sizable donations to its schools. At Congress Elementary, school...

Pressure Builds for SkillsUSA Nationals

East Grand Rapids Morgan Jarema
In a few weeks, Dominic Krupp will be part of a two-person team tasked with coming up with an idea for a short video,...

Students Contemplate Gun Violence Through Art Exhibit

Grand Rapids Charles Honey
After spending a morning touring an art exhibit on the devastating effects of gun violence, Shamari Echols succinctly summed up his takeaway: “To know...

‘It is what I was meant to do. These are my kids.’

Grand Rapids Charles Honey
Whitley Morse greets her first-hour Monday history class with smiles at the door – “I love your glasses!” – then with a chat-around about...

State of the Schools: Sustain, Partner, Persevere

Grand Rapids Charles Honey
Throughout her recent State of the Schools speech, Superintendent Teresa Weatherall Neal repeatedly referred to “the GRPS way.” And she repeatedly made it clear...

Spelling Bee Winner off to National Bee

East Grand Rapids Morgan Jarema
The third time was the charm for Aiden Mischley. The Forest Hills eighth-grader bested 18 students from six counties on March 22 to take first...

$1 Million Grant Engaging Teachers, Learners, Devices

Grand Rapids Charles Honey
Students and teachers at Burton Elementary School have gotten a big boost in technology-aided learning, thanks to a $1 million grant of high-tech hardware...

No Objections to Mock Trial

Grand Rapids Charles Honey
Students from Gerald R. Ford Academic Center got a close-up look at criminal law, courtesy of the Western Michigan University Cooley Law School. Eighth-graders took...

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...

Students New to U.S. Struggle to Succeed, Overcome Stereotypes

Grand Rapids Charles Honey
For Union High seniors Sergio Diaz, Elida Deleon and Keyli Ventura-Valasquez, learning English was the key to everything else when it came to school....

Graduation Rates Up for Some, but Challenges Remain

Grand Rapids Charles Honey
When Claude Shukur came to Union High School in December 2012 as a 16-year-old refugee from Rwanda, he immediately faced a huge academic challenge:...

Grant Hits All the Right Notes with New Instruments

Grand Rapids Charles Honey
Kindergarten student Taylor Blackmon tucked a violin under her chin and began plucking its strings, one by one: E, A, D and G. The...
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