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![Student standing in front of EGRHS.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1750259777/egrpsorg/ngb5nzd9ybz2sxwttncu/EGR-Grads-with-Grit_-Sam-Greenway-1-696x522.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1750259777/egrpsorg/ngb5nzd9ybz2sxwttncu/EGR-Grads-with-Grit_-Sam-Greenway-1-696x522.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1750259777/egrpsorg/ngb5nzd9ybz2sxwttncu/EGR-Grads-with-Grit_-Sam-Greenway-1-696x522.jpg","width":696}])
You wouldn’t know it to look at him, nor would you guess it based on his excellent grades, but Sam Greenway spent much of his senior year in pain he likens to “glass shards flowing through your veins.”
Read more about Sam's story.
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![The Boys Lacrosse Team standing with the board of education in the middle school learning commons.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1749575824/egrpsorg/jbyghz7gtbmvwdx7czkx/BoysLacrosse.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1749575824/egrpsorg/jbyghz7gtbmvwdx7czkx/BoysLacrosse.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1749575824/egrpsorg/jbyghz7gtbmvwdx7czkx/BoysLacrosse.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1749575824/egrpsorg/jbyghz7gtbmvwdx7czkx/BoysLacrosse.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1749575824/egrpsorg/jbyghz7gtbmvwdx7czkx/BoysLacrosse.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1749575824/egrpsorg/jbyghz7gtbmvwdx7czkx/BoysLacrosse.jpg","width":2200}])
Congratulations, Boys Lacrosse!
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![Student looking at a millipede in a box.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1749050678/egrpsorg/embrphsdwwl6l7njld51/EE-EGR-Zoo-visit-BRIEF-3-696x522.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1749050678/egrpsorg/embrphsdwwl6l7njld51/EE-EGR-Zoo-visit-BRIEF-3-696x522.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1749050678/egrpsorg/embrphsdwwl6l7njld51/EE-EGR-Zoo-visit-BRIEF-3-696x522.jpg","width":696}])
Some very special guests recently hopped, slithered and crawled their way into the hearts of students at Woodcliff Early Childhood Center.
Read more about John Ball Zoo's visit to WECC!
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![Student sitting at a table in an office.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748881516/egrpsorg/k912nqfuaioqlfvakmla/EGR-Eagle-Scout-1-696x522.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1748881516/egrpsorg/k912nqfuaioqlfvakmla/EGR-Eagle-Scout-1-696x522.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748881516/egrpsorg/k912nqfuaioqlfvakmla/EGR-Eagle-Scout-1-696x522.jpg","width":696}])
When the time came to choose an Eagle Scout project that would highlight his leadership skills and benefit future generations, Graham Schiefler turned his attention to his school community.
Read more about Graham's project!
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![2025 graduates on the football field throwing their hats.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748024462/egrpsorg/heh8lbwdxiqdu3dyisfi/2025GraduationHatThrow.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1748024462/egrpsorg/heh8lbwdxiqdu3dyisfi/2025GraduationHatThrow.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1748024462/egrpsorg/heh8lbwdxiqdu3dyisfi/2025GraduationHatThrow.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748024462/egrpsorg/heh8lbwdxiqdu3dyisfi/2025GraduationHatThrow.jpg","width":1179}])
Congratulations to the East Grand Rapids High School Class of 2025!
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![Four EGRPS retirees in Rose's]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748006071/egrpsorg/bd1e3y6qmetckjdh4icd/2025Retirees.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1748006071/egrpsorg/bd1e3y6qmetckjdh4icd/2025Retirees.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1748006071/egrpsorg/bd1e3y6qmetckjdh4icd/2025Retirees.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1748006071/egrpsorg/bd1e3y6qmetckjdh4icd/2025Retirees.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1748006071/egrpsorg/bd1e3y6qmetckjdh4icd/2025Retirees.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1748006071/egrpsorg/bd1e3y6qmetckjdh4icd/2025Retirees.jpg","width":2200}])
Our District celebrated four outstanding staff members on their retirement!
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![Three students around a table coloring cardboard cat crates]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1746809449/egrpsorg/dqskz49mzntfaxaknhdn/EGR-Day-of-Caring-4-696x522.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1746809449/egrpsorg/dqskz49mzntfaxaknhdn/EGR-Day-of-Caring-4-696x522.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1746809449/egrpsorg/dqskz49mzntfaxaknhdn/EGR-Day-of-Caring-4-696x522.jpg","width":696}])
“It’s not about you — it’s about the love that you give to the animals.”
So said East Grand Rapids Middle School student Jayden McGee, as he and a throng of other sixth-graders wrapped up two hours of volunteer work at the Humane Society of West Michigan in Walker.
Read more from our partners at School News Network!
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The WECC expansion is the first item to see fruition from the district’s $159 million bond, approved by voters in November 2023.
Read more about the expansion!
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![Blue light over the Grand Rapids Symphony]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1745598673/egrpsorg/uxejevzfxubkgmjqfnvb/GRSymphonyPerformance.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1745598673/egrpsorg/uxejevzfxubkgmjqfnvb/GRSymphonyPerformance.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1745598673/egrpsorg/uxejevzfxubkgmjqfnvb/GRSymphonyPerformance.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1745598673/egrpsorg/uxejevzfxubkgmjqfnvb/GRSymphonyPerformance.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1745598673/egrpsorg/uxejevzfxubkgmjqfnvb/GRSymphonyPerformance.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1745598673/egrpsorg/uxejevzfxubkgmjqfnvb/GRSymphonyPerformance.jpg","width":1791}])
Our elementary students had an opportunity to visit the Grand Rapids Symphony!
Read more about their experience.
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