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Elementary students step up to impact their community

Comstock Park Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Pine Island students showed they can make a difference by collecting more than 800 food items in a drive organized by young leaders.

Initiative aims to double enrollment in career & technical education by 2030

Kent ISD Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

An ambitious county-wide initiative aims to increase the number of students taking classes that teach them career skills and prepare them for the workforce.

Touched by tragedies, social worker educates families on safe gun storage

All Districts School News Network

Social worker Eunice Benavidez, who’s lost family members to gun violence, talks about a safe gun storage initiative she leads at Kelloggsville Public Schools.

State of the Student tackles four big topics

All Districts Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Area students were center stage at the annual “Listen. Learn. Lead.” event to share their thoughts about mental health, school safety, engagement and belonging.

High-schoolers talk mental health with education leaders, legislators

Multi Districts Erin Albanese

What can schools do to support student mental health and make connections? Students shared their thoughts on how and why it’s so important to them.

Symphony visit all about sharing the music

Comstock Park Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Elementary students explore instruments and music with help from a few Grand Rapids Symphony members.

Houses for sale — ghosts, monsters & adjectives included

Comstock Park Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Third-graders developed their persuasive writing skills by “selling” a haunted house.

Four years after pandemic, chronic absenteeism still a problem

Comstock Park Riley Kelley

Four years after the pandemic, students continue to miss more school than they should.

No cell phones in class? It’s a good thing, student and principal say

Podcasts School News Network

Five years after Forest Hills adopted a policy severely restricting cell-phone use during the school day, we talk to a student and principal about how that’s working out.