Grand Rapids Public Schools
GRPS Director of Communications explains major bond proposal up for vote on Tuesday, November 3
by (Elizabeth Roger...)
Submitted 10-27-2015 under NEWS
The Grand Rapids Public Schools (GRPS) bond proposal is up for a vote on November 3, 2015. The $175 million dollar bond proposal would add 2.1 mills to property tax bills, an annual cost of $103.50 for the owner of a $100,000 house, according...
Creative Youth Center begins fall programs
by (Grand Rapids Cr...)
Submitted 09-22-2015 under NEWS
Where do tales of world travel meet neighborhood lore? Where do curious kids intersect the jottings of an elusive poet-wanderer? And where do seemingly ordinary students reveal their true identities as talented, published authors? The Creative Youth...
High school student college program might not be Bound Upward
by (kelseymay)
Submitted 08-05-2015 under OPINION
It takes a stalwart kid to voluntarily attend summer school. Every summer, Grand Valley State University hosts a chapter of Upward Bound, a national program that encourages high school students to embrace a college-bound mindset, preparing for the...
Food Bank partners with schools to solve childhood hunger
by (Feeding America...)
Submitted 05-19-2015 under NONPROFITS
Michigan’s economy is improving, but thousands of Michiganders still struggle to meet their basic needs. The need is especially high among children. In fact, 1 in 5 kids in West Michigan and the Upper Peninsula is at risk of hunger. Feeding...
State of Our Schools: Secure, Connect, Transform
by (John Helmholdt)
Submitted 05-05-2015 under PLACE-MATTERS
On Saturday, May 16, from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. at Ottawa Hills High School, Superintendent Teresa Weatherall Neal will be giving her 3rd annual State of Our Schools address. Doors open at 8:30 a.m. and light refreshments will be served. The event...
GRPS Partners with WMEAC for Teach for the Watershed Program
by (WMEAC)
Submitted 09-29-2014 under NONPROFITS
In an initiative to expand environmental education, Grand Rapids Public Schools and the West Michigan Environmental Action Council are collaborating to integrate the Teach for the Watershed program into the GRPS curriculum. The program, which is...
Beyond hunger relief: Congress Elementary uses gardening to get kids excited about healthy food
by (Feeding America...)
Submitted 05-29-2014 under NONPROFITS
Feeding America West Michigan Food Bank works with a network of 1,200 hunger-relief agencies across West Michigan and the Upper Peninsula. Many of those agencies and host sites do more than simply hand out food. Congress Elementary School in Grand...
Challenge Scholars: creating opportunity
by (chelsiewyse)
Submitted 05-05-2014 under VOICES
They say it takes a village to raise a child and in the eyes of Grand Rapids Community Foundation and Grand Rapids Public Schools, these words ring true. Benjamin Oliver, Challenge Scholars Advisor, and Meredith Fennema, PR & Marketing...
Reading with the Stars program encourages young readers
by (Community Liter...)
Submitted 03-21-2014 under NONPROFITS
Liz Aschwege has a passion for sharing her love of reading. Her program, Reading with the Stars, is a partnership between local college students and athletes and area elementary schools. Teams from Aquinas College, Grand Valley State University, and...
Kent County Parks Foundation partners with GRPS on sustainability project
by (shannoncunningham)
Submitted 05-24-2013 under NEWS
The Kent County Parks Foundation (KCPF) continues its community education partnership with Sibley Elementary as part of Grand Rapids Public Schools' (GRPS) Transformation Plan. On May 14 from 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. at Millennium...