10:00 AM Oct 9, 2013
Education
(Tribune photo/Krystle Wagner) Grand Haven Head Start teacher Kelly Arendsen asks students about their favorite part of a book.

Head Start gets reprieve

Staff and parents at local Head Start programs are breathing a sigh of relief today.
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12:04 PM Oct 8, 2013
Education
(Courtesy photo/Tammy Kuhlman) Students participate in a bake sale to raise money to send school supplies to Kakenya School for Girls in Kenya, Africa.

Baking for Africa

Seventh-graders in Tammy Kuhlman’s classes at Spring Lake Middle School brought in more than 1,200 baked goods and raised more than $600 to provide three suitcases full of school supplies to be shipped to a girls school in Africa.
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10:54 AM Oct 8, 2013
Education
(Tribune photo/Krystle Wagner) Holmes Elementary School fourth-graders carefully place a block on the top of their tower.

Hands-on learning

Sounds of blocks tumbling and hitting the floor filled Abe Overway’s classroom.
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11:18 AM Oct 7, 2013
Education

Homecoming recap

Were YOU spotted by our roving cameras? Check out the oodles of photos of homecoming festivities at Grand Haven and Spring Lake schools.
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1:14 PM Oct 6, 2013

Homecoming pics galore!

Were you, your daughter or grandson spotted by our Tribune cameras? Or did you or your parent submit some photos to the Trib? Find out by clicking through this gallery packed full of homecoming pics!
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3:00 PM Oct 5, 2013
Education
(Courtesy photo/Holland Sentinel) About 400 Ottawa County children will not go to school Wednesday if the federal government stalemate continues.

Head Start impacted by shutdown

The federal government shutdown may seem far away in Washington, D.C., but it will hit home Wednesday for more than 400 Ottawa County children and their families when their Head Start child care and education programs are cut off.
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2:00 PM Oct 4, 2013
Education
(Courtesy photo/Paul Pretzer) Members of Fruitport High School’s Imagery group wear shirts with Lauren Sander’s initials to support her being on the Homecoming Court. Sander was crowned the 2013 Homecoming queen after the Sept. 27 football game.

Queen promotes the arts

When Lauren Sander’s classmates voted for her to be on their school's Homecoming Court, she took the opportunity to shine the light on the arts.
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8:00 AM Oct 4, 2013
Education
(Tribune photo/Krystle Wagner) Computer teacher Kristin Krieger helps St. Mary's Catholic School eighth-grader Leah with a Google Chromebook.

Laptop learning

Instead of heading to the computer lab on Thursday, students at St. Mary’s Catholic School had computers come to them.
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12:00 PM Oct 3, 2013
Education
(Tribune photo/Krystle Wagner) Robinson Elementary School students play on a new piece of playground equipment that was installed before the start of the school year.

It's playtime!

Robinson Elementary School students have another reason to look forward to recess time.
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12:55 PM Oct 1, 2013
Education
(Tribune photo/Krystle Wagner) Hailey, right, and her new preschool friend have a picnic.

A great start

Children playing filled a portable classroom at Jeffers Elementary School on Monday.
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