11+ hour, 56+ min ago  (306+ words) All districts " As summer begins, Kelloggsville Public Schools Food Service Director Kris Curtis is encouraging families to check whether they qualify for food assistance benefits that can help offset grocery costs while school is out. The application deadline is Aug....

12+ hour, 2+ min ago  (483+ words) Student leader: Emma Wood Kelloggsville " Fourth-grader Emma Wood had already turned in her book report, she recalled, when she noticed a classmate struggling to get theirs accepted. So she stepped in to help. "I always try to go above and…...

11+ hour, 57+ min ago  (310+ words) Godfrey-Lee " One random act of kindness at Godfrey-Lee's Early Childhood Center snowballed into more than 1, 000 by the end of the school year." Teacher Susan Odo challenged her second-graders to find new ways to show kindness to one another and their…...

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2+ day, 9+ hour ago  (255+ words) Grand Rapids " Two Grand Rapids Public Schools students are among the finalists in the Michigan Secretary of State's "I Voted" sticker contest. The statewide contest invites students to submit design ideas for the stickers election clerks will hand out to…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago  (437+ words) Kent ISD " When an unhappy parent charged onto the bus, driver Shalyn Harrison said she was prepared for the scenario, but initially struggled to process how to respond. "I have never had a parent do that," she said after the…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago  (466+ words) Caledonia " Some of the most fun learning for students at Paris Ridge Elementary happens when they're dancing. Thanks to a grant from the Caledonia Education Foundation, Paris Ridge's autism spectrum disorder program included weekly music therapy, with a music therapist…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago  (377+ words) Charles Honey is an editor and also helps to develop series and issues stories for all districts. He is also producer of the SNN podcast, "Study Hall." As a reporter for The Grand Rapids Press/MLive from 1985 to 2009, his beats…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago  (370+ words) Multiple districts " Teachers from Grand Rapids, Northview, Kentwood and Caledonia were recognized during the Groundswell Stewardship Initiative's recent Student Project Showcase, which took place in May at Grand Valley State University's downtown campus." Groundswell is a GVSU-based network that works…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago  (910+ words) Grad with Grit: Adan Santos Godwin Heights " Adan Santos's family knew he loved art from an early age. Family members recall that he once decorated his father's paycheck with illustrations so thoroughly that it could not be cashed. Today, few…...