Grand Rapids Public Schools

You, with your ear to the ground!

by (dennetmint)

Submitted 04-27-2010 under OPINION

From The Rapidian staff: During our press pit last week about breaking news, Grand Rapids Press' Web Producer Kate Nagengast made some very good points. It was the day after a cancelled Grand Rapids Public Schools board meeting. Emotions were...

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1,200 GRPS Students Exhibit at UICA!

by (KCAD)

Submitted 03-17-2010 under NONPROFITS

Each year, UICA is host to one of the most vibrant and eclectic exhibitions in Grand Rapids. This city-wide art show celebrates the creativity of over 1, 200 students from 73 public and shared-time schools within the Grand Rapids Public Schools....

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Obesity in Grand Rapids

by (weekst)

Submitted 12-11-2009 under NEWS

Written by: Tammy Weeks, Logan Brenk, Afton Seeley, and Christopher Brinks, Frederik Meijer Honors College, Grand Valley State University For the first time in human history, the number of overweight people rivals the number of underweight people.…...

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Reading Works in GRPS

by (aimbo333)

Submitted 10-09-2009 under NEWS

You see and hear it every day. Many of us live and breathe it. These are tough economic times. Mulick Park Elementary Principal Jamie McCabe wanted to do something to ease the financial burden for families at her school. “I knew they were facing...

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