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The Spring Lake High School marching band performs during an invitational competition. The National Association of Music Merchants Foundation named Spring Lake Public Schools a Best Community for Music Education.
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Education

Spring Lake Public Schools' music program receives national recognition

The local school system is among 583 districts nationwide and 17 in Michigan to receive the national recognition.

Apr 21, 2018 at 11:00 AM
Abby Bouathong, left, and Jaela Norkoli show off their medals.
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Education

Careerline Tech Center students advance to national competition

Two Grand Haven High School students will compete at the National Leadership Conference in June.

Apr 20, 2018 at 5:00 PM
Spring Lake High School students will perform the satire musical “Urinetown” April 26-28 in the school’s auditorium. Tickets are $8 for students and $12 for adults.
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Spring Lake High School

'Urinetown' musical opens April 26

Performances are at 7 p.m. April 26-27 and 1 p.m. April 28 in the high school’s auditorium. 

Apr 20, 2018 at 3:00 PM
Back row, left to right: Fourth-grade teacher Kristen Christoffersen, Evan LaGuire, Alivia Holmes, Alex Dumbrell, Michael Brown, Joseph Schertzer, Michael Markey and Dr. Chad Zillich of Little Smiles. Front row, left to right: Levi Vanderlaan, Meredith Sakel, Ian Clarke, Dash Pereira, Chase Gesiakowski, Will Fedewa, Patrick Goran and Logan Raha.
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Classroom of the Week

Meet Mrs. Christoffersen’s fourth-grade class

School: St. Mary’s Catholic

Apr 20, 2018 at 12:00 PM
Some members and mentors of Grand Haven High School’s Buc’n’Gears F.I.R.S.T. Robotics team pose for a picture during the state competition, April 11-14 at Saginaw Valley State University. The local team qualified to compete in next week's world championship.
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Buc’n’Gears head to world championship

Grand Haven High School’s F.I.R.S.T. Robotics team qualified for the next level of competition after participating in the state championship, which took place April 11-14 at Saginaw Valley State University.

Apr 20, 2018 at 10:00 AM
Central High School senior Jordan Berg organizes the new food and clothes pantry at the school, which was designed and built by volunteers known as the Central Fan Club.
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Community

Food, clothing pantry created at Central High School

Volunteers recently set up shelves and built a dressing room for the school to dedicate a space to a food and clothing pantry, which is filled with donations from the community.

Apr 19, 2018 at 12:00 PM
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Spring Lake High School

'Dive In' to support student mission trip

An evening of family fun will help local students and their planned project this summer.

Apr 16, 2018 at 1:00 PM
A worker enjoys the comfort of an enclosed cab to clean the sleet off the sidewalks at Grand Pines Assisted Living Center, 1410 S. Ferry St., Sunday afternoon, April 15, 2018.
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Ottawa County

Grand Haven, Spring Lake among school closings for Monday

The number of schools keeping their doors closed on Monday includes Grand Haven, Spring Lake and Fruitport.

Apr 15, 2018 at 10:10 PM
CiCi Cutler creates a giraffe using Perler beads as Delaney Johnson creates Belle from “Beauty and the Beast.”
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Spring Lake District Library

Hands-on fun

Children make Perler bead projects as part of Spring Lake District Library S.T.E.A.M. activity.

Apr 14, 2018 at 1:00 PM
Some fourth-grade students found a bullet at Holmes Elementary School on Thursday. Nothing further was found during a search conducted by school staff and Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office.
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Holmes Elementary School

Students find handgun bullet at Holmes Elementary

School staff and the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office searched lockers, backpacks, desks and the building after some fourth-grade students found a bullet during the lunch period.

Apr 14, 2018 at 9:00 AM
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Community Columnist

HAMMOND: Memes, mindset and me

Recently I’ve tried to understand memes. I didn’t understand their purpose or what makes up a meme. So, I decide to ask an expert — my teenage daughter.

Apr 13, 2018 at 3:00 PM
Back row, first- and second-grade teacher Patti Kooi and Dr. Chad Zillich of Little Smiles. Middle row, left to right: Annalise Vink, Braden Goers, Dayton Zondlak, Peter May, Easton Ransford and Madeline Vink. Front row, left to right: Clara Fox, Kahren Carlson, Everly Klinter, Luke Philpot and Oliver Shoemaker.
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Classroom of the Week

Meet Mrs. Kooi’s first- and second-grade class

School: St. John’s Lutheran School

Apr 13, 2018 at 12:00 PM
Schools in Detroit are having a difficult time finding enough teachers to fill open jobs.
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Detroit finally has money to hire teachers – good luck finding them

Detroit Public Schools Community District Superintendent Nikolai Vitti announced last month that every school will offer art and gym next year for the first time in years.

Apr 11, 2018 at 1:00 PM
Holland Christian Schools is being sued for alleged Title IX violation by the national nonprofit Stop Sexual Assault in Schools.
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Holland Christian being sued for Title IX violations

HOLLAND — A national nonprofit is suing Holland Christian Schools, claiming the private institution violated the civil rights of one of its former students who was the victim of sexual assault by another student.

Updated Apr 11, 2018 at 11:54 AM
Mary A. White Elementary School kindergartners run during a gym class activity.
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Hundreds of schools across Michigan don't have gym teachers

An analysis from Chalkbeat, a Bridge Magazine reporting partner, compared data on physical education teachers to other state data. The records show that gym teachers are missing from suburban, rural, and urban districts as well as from charter schools.

Apr 11, 2018 at 11:00 AM