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She Collects Books, and Lets Students Choose Them

Rockstar Teachers Erin Albanese

English teacher Katie Sluiter's Wyoming Junior High classroom is a testament to the power of words, in the books eighth-graders eagerly grab from her...

Dads of Great Students Group Expanding

Four years ago, when Todd Yemc was laid off, he went "to work" volunteering every single day in his kindergarten daughter's classroom. Ridgeview's principal, Maryalyce...

After Auto Industry, He Chose ‘Noble Career’ of Teaching

Comstock Park Morgan Jarema

David Staublin has been known to poke fun at his diminished hearing. Having grown up in Charlevoix, he said, he attended "a lot of...

Sack Suppers, Popcorn, Fundraisers: She Does it All

Godwin Heights Erin Albanese

Every weekday at about 1:30 p.m., Sheila Gurd arrives at West Godwin Elementary School to deliver hundreds of sack suppers from Kids' Food Basket...

Girl Scout, Journalist, Spartan

Meet Your Administrators Jaye Beeler

School: Grand View Elementary Other positions you have held in education: ⅚ teacher andassistant principal at Century Park, adjunct instructor at Ferris State University with...

‘I show them another way, and another way, and another way’

Kelloggsville Erin Albanese

A bank was robbed. Fifteen suspects – all middle-school staff members – had their mugshots taken, each holding a dollar bill up to their...

Tireless Go-getter Makes Her Community a Better Place; Dreams of a Brighter Tomorrow

Godwin Heights Erin Albanese

Maria Aguirre likes to help other people's dreams come true: making sure a child has presents wrapped under the tree on Christmas morning, doing...

Getting it All on Film and Dreaming Big

Northview Charles Honey

If you want to know a bit about David Tay and the pride he takes in his school, watch this video. It’s a lip-dub he...

Dog Groomer, Band Fan, Roving Boater

Meet Your Administrators Janice Holst

School: Cedar View Elementary Other positions you have held in education: Previously I was a teacher, a school principal, a program coordinator, and a discipline...

Farmhand, Auto Worker, Advocate for All

Meet Your Administrators Morgan Jarema

School: Central Middle Other positions you have held in education: Middle school math teacher, Gypsum Creek Middle School, Gypsum, Colorado; math coach/instructional coach, New Berlin...

Reading Always Comes First

Meet Your Administrators Janice Holst

School: Beach Elementary Other positions you have held in education: Before coming to Cedar Springs, I was a teacher, an assistant principal and a principal...

Sharing Her Music to Feed Body and Soul

Student Leaders Erin Albanese

Playing piano moves Becca Hanson's soul. That's why she makes it about something bigger than herself. She likes to share that feeling – indulgent,...

Two New Leaders for City Schools

Grand Rapids Charles Honey

Snowboarder, Mushroom Harvester, Stevie Wonder Fan Meet Your Principal: Ryan Huppert School: City High/Middle and the Center for Economicology Other positions you have held in education: Sparta...

Sports Nut, Zamboni Driver, Dedicated Educator

Kenowa Hills Charles Honey

School: Central Elementary Other positions you have held in education: I spent the past 11 years as an English teacher at Kenowa Hills High School....

Athlete, Goat Farmer, ‘Chill’ Encourager

Meet Your Administrators Jaye Beeler

School: Thornapple Kellogg Middle Other positions you have held in education: Health/PE teacher for 12 years. My first year was at Grand Rapids Public Schools,...

A Trio of Newcomers

Meet Your Administrators Morgan Jarema

Meet three of seven new principals at Forest Hills Public Schools: Eastern High Assistant Principal Kristine Yelding, Ada Elementary Principal Kimberly Van Antwerp, and Orchard View...

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