1:05 PM Mar 22, 2013
Education
(Tribune photo/Krystle Wagner) Community members prioritized “dreams” discussed during the first Vision Planning Session.

‘Kid-focused’

Safe, larger classrooms and more access to technology. Those are a few of the items community members prioritized during Thursday night’s second Vision Planning Session for the future of Spring Lake Public Schools.
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12:00 PM Mar 19, 2013
Education
(Tribune file photo/Krystle Wagner) Students leave Holmes Elementary School.

SL district progresses in bond planning

The Spring Lake school district is one step further along in its bond proposal process.
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1:00 PM Mar 15, 2013
Education
(Tribune photo/Krystle Wagner) Students at West Michigan Academy of Arts and Academics learn from a dance instructor from New York.

Showcasing art

This week has definitely been more art than academics for the students at West Michigan Academy of Arts and Academics.
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12:00 PM Mar 13, 2013
Education
(Tribune photo/Krystle Wagner) Young Five students at the Tri-Cities Family YMCA paint a time capsule on Tuesday.

Fit for history

The Tri-Cities Family YMCA is looking for memorabilia to be part of history.
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10:00 AM Mar 11, 2013
Education

Schools: No guns here!

State lawmakers may be discussing legislation that would allow guns in schools, but local school officials say they probably wouldn't permit it.
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10:20 AM Mar 8, 2013
Education
(Tribune photo/Krystle Wagner) About 200 community members gathered in Holmes Elementary School’s gym to envision the future of the Spring Lake school district.

Dreaming big

Parents, staff, community gathered Thursday to envision future of Spring Lake schools.
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1:00 PM Mar 7, 2013
Education
(Courtesy photo) Campbell Elementary School teacher Jeff VanDyke and Josh Dixon pose with the certificate VanDyke received for the WGVU-TV Cool Teacher award.

He's one cool teacher

Campbell Elementary School fourth-grader Josh Dixon has a cool teacher.
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12:01 PM Mar 7, 2013
Education
(Tribune photo/Krystle Wagner) Kathleen Bode of the Pigeon Creek Shakespeare Company, center, rehearses with students for Friday night’s "Magic in the Making" performance.

Magic in the making

Grand Haven Community Based Instruction students are conjuring spells and throwing ingredients into a cauldron.
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8:00 AM Mar 6, 2013
Education
(Tribune photo/Krystle Wagner) Kennedy Rogers works on a history lesson through Grand Haven’s CyberSchool.

CyberSchool catching on

Traditional school wasn't working for Kennedy Rogers.
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3:00 PM Mar 5, 2013
Education
(Tribune photo/Krystle Wagner) Grand Haven resident Lisa Hall addresses Grand Haven’s school board on Monday night.

Racism addressed

Lisa Hall handed Grand Haven school board member Mike Cramer a picture of her 15-year-old biracial daughter, Katie Bridgeforth, to pass around to the other trustees as she addressed them. “She has gone through a heck of a year,” Hall said.
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