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Four Districts Ask Voters for Help Nov. 3

Grand Rapids Charles Honey

Four Kent County school districts will ask voters for financial support on the election ballot next Tuesday, Nov. 3. The tax requests would pay...

GRPS Bond Would Improve Buildings, Security and Technology

Grand Rapids Charles Honey

Yesenia Bernal spent eight weeks last summer researching the herpes simplex virus at the Van Andel Institute biomedical research firm. The senior at Innovation...

Student-Run Chicken Biz Begins with Serenade

Grand Rapids Erin Albanese

Sixth-grader Elizabeth Mealing launched into song to attract a new feathered friend. "Chicken, I will never eat you," she sang. "Chicken, you are so perfect....

$175 Million Bond Request a Long Time Coming

Grand Rapids Charles Honey

When it came time to enroll their first child, Bodie, in kindergarten, Nancy Haynes and her husband, Bryan Bickford, checked out all the choices:...

This School Leader Loves Musical Theatre, Sunsets and Chocolate

Grand Rapids Charles Honey

School: Aberdeen Elementary What are your first priorities as principal? To strengthen a sense of community within the building for students, staff and families; work...

Grant to Fund Monthly Food Truck for School Communities

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese

When Godfrey-Lee Public Schools teachers chipped in to pay for two Feeding America Mobile Food Pantry trucks to help feed the community last school...

A New Kind of Flower Power for the 21st Century

Grand Rapids Charles Honey

Zoe Bultman says the theme of her winning ArtPrize entry is really pretty simple. “It’s possible for natural resources and electrical and industrial things to...

Showing of “T-Rex” Boxing Film Was to Inspire Students About New Career Ideas

Grand Rapids Linda Odette

Bursts of applause and cheers erupted from high school students at a showing of the "T-Rex" documentary during ArtPrize, an enthusiasm organizers hope will...

New Congress Leader Loves Social Justice, Fly Fishing, Children’s Funny Sayings

Grand Rapids Charles Honey

School: Congress School What are your first priorities as principal? Creating the opportunity for academic and social success for each individual student, and to make good...

Constitution Day Kindles Respect for Rights for All

Grand Rapids School News Network

Hands immediately shot up when attorney Tom Behm asked the fifth-graders at Gerald R. Ford Academic Center the year the U.S. Constitution was signed. The...

GRPS, City Come Together for Betterment of Students

Grand Rapids Charles Honey

A historic agreement between Grand Rapids Public Schools and the City of Grand Rapids was signed with proclamations of celebration and hope for the...

Student ‘Musees’ Explore Exhibits, Venture into City to Learn

Grand Rapids Charles Honey

Sirens are wailing as three score sixth-graders step out of the Van Andel Museum Center and into the heart of downtown Grand Rapids. The...

Grand Rapids Child Discovery Center Cuts Ribbon for New Media Room

Grand Rapids School News Network

The $15,000 media room makeover for the Grand Rapids Child Discovery Center (GRCDC) is ready for use. The renovated space, revealed Monday, was chosen in...

Back to School Already? Get Ready!

Grand Rapids Charles Honey

Among the thousands of parents and students who descended on John Ball Park recently were Alicia Allen and her daughter, Laticia. They came to...

From Baby Scholars to Early-college Learners, Successfest Celebrates Education

Grand Rapids Charles Honey

It was called Successfest, and it sure felt that way to the mothers who took the stage with their preschool children. They were the most...

Neal: It’s Time to ‘Take This on Home’ for Grand Rapids Students

Grand Rapids Charles Honey

Editor’s note: This is the second part of our interview with Teresa Weatherall Neal, superintendent of Grand Rapids Public Schools. Here, Neal looks ahead...

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