Some local students are preparing for the next level of competition in a career-building club.

Each week, the Grand Haven Tribune highlights the ongoing efforts in West Michigan schools through the Classroom of the Week feature.

MUSKEGON — It could be a state record, but even if it's not, Orchard View Public School's Mrs. Lake has been in the classroom for 55 years — and counting.

FRUITPORT — Families can meet princesses and superheroes while raising money for a local theater program this weekend.

DEARBORN — There is a knock at the door and inside the house several young faces are smiling through the glass, jostling to get a better view of their afternoon visitors.

FRUITPORT — After some first-day jitters, staff and students are settling into a new routine at Fruitport High School.

Each week, the Grand Haven Tribune highlights the ongoing efforts in West Michigan schools through the Classroom of the Week feature.

Since the start of the 2019-20 school year, White Pines Intermediate School staff members have adjusted their efforts to improve how they educate students and meet their needs.

SPRING LAKE — Some local students spent December developing new friendships.

Students developed possible solutions to problems facing local businesses.

Each week, the Grand Haven Tribune highlights the ongoing efforts in West Michigan schools through the Classroom of the Week feature.

COVERT — Nuclear fission and boric acid are words we probably didn’t know at the age of 7.

A new executive director of business services for the Grand Haven school district will take the helm early next year.

Grand Haven’s Central High School team took first place in last week’s regional quiz bowl tournament.

Each week, the Grand Haven Tribune highlights the ongoing efforts in West Michigan schools through the Classroom of the Week feature.

ALLENDALE TWP. — The Holland Junior Welfare League, along with Santa, visited the Ottawa Area Center on Tuesday, bringing personalized gifts and Christmas cheer to special-needs students ages 3-26.

FRUITPORT — Friends hugged and took pictures as they joined together at their old high school Wednesday evening.

FERRYSBURG — The West Michigan Academy of Arts and Academics recently appointed Sara J. Heacox to the charter school’s executive board. 

Each week, the Grand Haven Tribune highlights the ongoing efforts in West Michigan schools through the Classroom of the Week feature.

The sound of chopping carried into a local school hallway Tuesday morning.

FRUITPORT — The community has a final opportunity to walk the hallways of the current Fruitport High School.

A summer reading program made an impact in local student reading levels.

Each week, the Grand Haven Tribune highlights the ongoing efforts in West Michigan schools through the Classroom of the Week feature.

Learning may not always happen in a classroom, but instead could be in a park, along the lakeshore or in many more places.

Each week, the Grand Haven Tribune highlights the ongoing efforts in West Michigan schools through the Classroom of the Week feature.

Trips to Washington, D.C., are becoming routine for Grand Haven Area Public Schools, as is national recognition for the district’s commitment to student achievement.

Each week, the Grand Haven Tribune highlights the ongoing efforts in West Michigan schools through the Classroom of the Week feature.

Handmade thank-you notes dangled from the ceiling as red, white and blue decorations adorned Michelle Maitner’s classroom walls on Tuesday.

Each week, the Grand Haven Tribune highlights the ongoing efforts in West Michigan schools through the Classroom of the Week feature.

Kyle Mayer, Ph.D., assistant superintendent for instructional services at the Ottawa Area Intermediate School District, has been reappointed for another two-year term on a state literacy commission.

Each week, the Grand Haven Tribune highlights the ongoing efforts in West Michigan schools through the Classroom of the Week feature.

Although Grand Haven’s chicken ordinance is in the books, some students at Lakeshore Middle School put themselves in the City Council’s shoes on Monday.

Each week, the Grand Haven Tribune highlights the ongoing efforts in West Michigan schools through the Classroom of the Week feature.

SPRING LAKE — Taxpayers in the Spring Lake school district are expected to save with the refunding of existing bonds.

Last fall, Ewan Johnson found that getting a good night’s sleep was becoming increasingly difficult. Johnson, then a junior studying strategic communications and political science at Temple University, was juggling three jobs and leadership positions in his extracurricular clubs on top of a …

FRUITPORT TWP. — As crews continue working on the new two-story Fruitport High School building, residents will soon have an opportunity to see the work firsthand.

FRUITPORT TWP. — “We are Family” played through the school’s speakers as students found their friends and headed into classrooms.

Each week, the Grand Haven Tribune highlights the ongoing efforts in West Michigan schools through the Classroom of the Week feature.

GRAND HAVEN TWP. — From hands-on experiences to connecting with local professionals, high school students on Tuesday learned more about career opportunities in West Michigan.