Michigan residents who provided essential services during the pandemic between April 1 and June 30 now have just four weeks left to apply for tuition-free college.
Spring Lake Public Schools cleared its own path for resumption of in-person learning after a 4-3 vote during a special board meeting Wednesday night.
While COVID-19 runs rampant throughout West Michigan, local schools long for a return to in-person learning.
SPRING ARBOR — Spring Arbor University (SAU) will offer the "Bridging the Gap" program for the second time this January, with both Oberlin College and Cornerstone University participating.
In preparation for his 24th season as head coach, Mike Reed has yet to face the kind of challenge this year presents for his highly touted Grand Haven High School Science Olympiad team.
FRUITPORT — Fruitport Community Schools will go to all virtual learning effective Monday, partly in response to state requirements, but also because of staffing problems caused by community spread of COVID-19.
The Ottawa Area Intermediate School District’s Parents as Teachers organization has earned an endorsement from its national association as a Blue Ribbon Affiliate.
Grand Haven Area Public Schools will move to 100 percent virtual learning for all of its preschool through 12th-grade students beginning Thursday, Nov. 19.
Grand Haven Area Public Schools will move to 100 percent virtual learning for all preschool through 12th grade students beginning Thursday, Nov. 19.
As cases of COVID-19 continue to increase sharply across West Michigan, Spring Lake Public Schools announced Tuesday that it will switch to virtual-only learning.
Grand Haven Christian School Principal Tim Annema was looking for a way to provide incentive to his students prior to this fall’s Walk By Faith campaign.
The makeup of the Grand Haven school board remained up in the air, as of Wednesday evening.
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While the presidential election remains too close to call, most local elections have been decided.
A Ferry Elementary School staff member has tested positive for COVID-19, prompting Ferry and the Voyager School to transition to virtual learning.
Kirsten Terborg was passionate about kids, education and Jesus. She used those passions to influence the lives of countless youngsters who came through her classroom at Grand Haven Christian School over the past three decades.
Superintendents representing school districts in Ottawa, Kent and Muskegon counties distributed a press release Tuesday warning of a significant rise in COVID-19 cases throughout West Michigan.
PARK TOWNSHIP — There was a time when people would get a job and decide to keep it for their entire working life, but that rarely happens anymore – unless you’re a crossing guard at West Ottawa Public School’s Woodside Elementary School.
FRUITPORT — Students at Edgewood Elementary School have a new source of motivation this fall – a book vending machine.
A hybrid schedule at the secondary school level is helping keep the number of positive COVID-19 cases down, Fruitport Community Schools Superintendent Bob Szymoniak said after announcing new cases identified in the school system earlier this week.
ALLENDALE — Grand Valley State University professor Stephen Mattox has been recognized as one of the state’s three recipients of this year’s Michigan Distinguished Professor of the Year Award, recognizing the dedication and outstanding efforts exhibited by faculty from Michigan’s 15 public u…
GRAND HAVEN TWP. — Grand Haven High School’s Bucs Care Food Pantry is seeking donations from the community to help stock its shelves.
NORTON SHORES — Western Michigan Christian schools were closed Thursday and Friday after two of their students tested positive for COVID-19.
The Ottawa Area Center has temporarily suspended in-person instruction due to a positive COVID-19 test.
WEST OLIVE — During a special meeting Tuesday, the Ottawa Area Intermediate School District Board voted unanimously to begin contract negotiations with Dr. Kyle Mayer to be its next superintendent.
Spring Lake High School’s Homecoming king and queen were crowned during a ceremony in the school’s auditorium Friday morning.
The Ottawa County Department of Public Health has been conducting surveillance of COVID-19 cases associated with Grand Valley State University and said Thursday that it has found a marked improvement since issuing a Staying Safe order Sept. 17.
Homecoming will look significantly different at local high schools this fall.
In the upcoming general election, four candidates are running for three available spots on the Grand Haven school district’s Board of Education.
A Grand Haven High School student has tested positive for COVID-19.
Tammie Thompson didn’t know why she was being summoned out of her classroom at Griffin Elementary School on Wednesday afternoon.
Schools all over Michigan and the country are reimagining how to offer instruction amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Like much in life, COVID-19 contorted school protocols this year.
It was with varying degrees of excitement and trepidation that the four DeYoung children returned to the classroom at various Grand Haven Area Public Schools buildings earlier this month.
The Grand Haven and Spring Lake school districts’ Summer Food Service Program has been extended into the fall academic semester.
Dave Sullivan has gone from working quietly alone at his Ann Arbor home to spending every minute of every day alongside his wife and three young kids with remote-learning schedules.
Ian Rant had a big smile on his face as he rode a wave toward the shore Thursday morning.
Grand Haven High School education class students spent Tuesday and Wednesday mornings at Grand Haven City Beach, where they took advantage of the waves to learn how to surf.
MUSKEGON — A study recently released by Muskegon Community College shows that the college generated more than $260 million in economic impact regionally in the 2018-19 fiscal year.
Strong winds couldn’t take the wind out of a local teacher’s sails when it blew her new outdoor classroom over the school during the Labor Day weekend.
Two Spring Lake High School students have tested positive for COVID-19, according to the district’s weekly COVID-19 dashboard.
Dave Sullivan has gone from working quietly alone at his Ann Arbor home to spending every minute of every day alongside his wife and three young kids with remote learning schedules.
Superintendent Andy Ingall spent Tuesday visiting various Grand Haven Area Public Schools.
Going back to school is normally a time of anxiety for any student.
ALLENDALE — Grand Valley State University says it’s on moderate alert after reporting nearly 300 confirmed COVID-19 cases among the campus community.
Grand Haven Area Public Schools students returned to the classroom Tuesday, their first day of in-person learning since last March.
This past March, when K-12 schools across the state were abruptly closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, local educators were forced to scramble to figure out how to teach remotely.
This past March, when K-12 schools across the state were abruptly closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, local educators were forced to scramble to figure out how to teach remotely.
Grand Haven Christian School Principal Tim Annema said it didn’t take long for his staff and students to settle back into the routine of school.
Michigan will start to track and publicly release the names of specific schools that are the source of coronavirus outbreaks, the state’s chief medical executive said Wednesday.
St. John’s Lutheran School staff and students returned to the classroom Tuesday.
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