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Start College Planning Early, Experts Say

East Grand Rapids Erin Albanese

Focus on your GPA, get involved, develop good study habits. Students can start preparing for college as early as freshman year, which makes it...

Seeds of Renewal: Turning Empty Lot into Nature’s Classroom

Grand Rapids Charles Honey

First-graders lined up next to an open field, clutching pieces of paper bearing Indian grass seed. The big moment had arrived. “Now blow!” Alison Googins...

Students Celebrate Film, Learn about Media from HBO

Byron Center School News Network

Executives from HBO were in Grand Rapids recently to talk with some of the area’s youth. No, not for some new reality series, but...

How Does Your Garden Grow? By Cultivating Partners

Grand Rapids Charles Honey

Put a bunch of third-graders in a garden and the subject of spiders is bound to come up. The crawly creatures were a hot topic...

School Votes Push Three Districts Forward, One Back

Grand Rapids Charles Honey

Following Tuesday’s votes on tax requests for four Kent ISD school districts, three superintendents were smiling. The fourth was choking back tears. Voters approved multi-million-dollar...

‘A Girl Like Her’ Shows Harsh Realities of Bullying, Suicide

Grand Rapids Adrian Hirsch

When offered the opportunity to comment on bullying, the consensus from students who recently attended the screening of "A Girl Like Her" was it's...

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...

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