4:00 PM Apr 12, 2013
Community Columnist
MAW TALENT5: (Tribune photo/Krystle Wagner) Daisy Troop 4295 secures the American flag before reciting the Pledge of Allegiance during Mary A. White Elementary School Talent Show on Thursday.

LIVINGSTON: Expect success from your children

When I was a student in grade school, middle school and high school, I had homework and studying to do every night — and I did it. My parents didn’t ask me each night if I had homework because they knew I did and they expected I would do it.
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1:00 PM Apr 6, 2013
Education

Studying homeless students

The number of homeless students in Michigan has increased 66 percent in the past four years.
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3:00 PM Apr 5, 2013
Education

Local school district moves ahead on foreign languages

Michigan legislators and officials at Spring Lake Public Schools might be speaking different languages.
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10:00 AM Apr 5, 2013
Education
(Tribune photo/Krystle Wagner) Community members attend a workshop for strategies to address bullying.

Society's role in bullying

Holly Tiret, an educator for the Michigan State University Extension service, said bullying has impacted everyone in some form.
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9:15 AM Mar 28, 2013
Education
(Tribune photo/Krystle Wagner) White Pines Middle School students wait to board buses.

School workers' pact includes wage freeze

Grand Haven Area Public Schools and the union for its bus drivers, food service employees and custodial staff have agreed to a one-year contract extension and wage freeze.
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4:00 PM Mar 27, 2013
Education
(Tribune photo/Krystle Wagner) A student practices writing “character” during the Spelling Bee at Jeffers Elementary School.

Bee successful

Young students of a Spring Lake school had quite a spell Tuesday.
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9:55 AM Mar 26, 2013
Education
John Knapp

Knapp elected president of Hope

John C. Knapp has been named the 12th president of Hope College.
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10:55 AM Mar 26, 2013
Education
(Tribune photo/Krystle Wagner) Students at Spring Lake High School read “Of Mice and Men.”

Dual diplomas

For select local high school students, graduation might earn them more than a high school diploma.
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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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