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Parents, Educators, Students Invited to Support Academic Achievement GRAND RAPIDS—Neighbors, parents and educators will gather Thursday to celebrate the culmination of the first phase of community planning designed to help close the academic achievement gap in West Grand Rapids neighborhoods: When: October 6, 2011 | 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. | El jueves 6 de octubre [...]

DeVos Place To Host Massive Student Mural GRAND RAPIDS—A team of artists and carpenters from Rockford Construction will install a massive student mural at DeVos Place Monday as part of this fall’s ArtPrize competition. With support from several local businesses and two local artists, a team of student artists from Grand Rapids Public Schools has [...]

Local Professionals Plan to Welcome Burton Students on First Day of School GRAND RAPIDS—On Tuesday, September 6 at 7:10 a.m., students arriving at Burton Elementary and Middle Schools will be greeted by a red carpet, photographers and enthusiastic fans.  Burton Elementary & Middle School 2133 Buchanan Ave SW Grand Rapids MI 49507  The enthusiastic fans [...]

Students Portraying Beliefs and Goals in Massive Mural GRAND RAPIDS—A team of visionary and creative art students from Grand Rapids Public Schools is creating a massive mural to enter into this fall’s ArtPrize competition with support from several local businesses. Local artists Georgia Taylor and Marco Riolo are working with student artists from Grand Rapids [...]

GRAND RAPIDS – Studies show that by keeping students involved during the annual summer break, they avoid what is known as “summer slide” and are better prepared to learn when school resumes in the fall. As part of its push for education and careers in science, technology, engineering and math, Believe to Become is partnering [...]

GRAND RAPIDS – Dr. Susan Landry, a nationally recognized expert in parenting and early childhood education, will be in Grand Rapids June 16 and 17 to discuss best practices for preparing babies, toddlers and preschoolers for kindergarten. Each year, 1,400 babies are born in Grand Rapids’ urban neighborhoods. Eight out of ten children from the [...]

Graduates Share Stories of Perseverance, Determination and Hard Work GRAND RAPIDS – Despite sometimes overwhelming odds, hundreds of students from Grand Rapids Public Schools will graduate on June 10 and 11, walking to receive their diplomas at Houseman Field. To congratulate the Class of 2011 and recognize their success, five billboards went up in Grand [...]

Got a little cutie between the ages of 9 months and 4 years? Bring that baby to LINC’s Rock the Block street fair and receive a free I Believe I Become baby portrait by acclaimed art photographer Georgia Taylor.

Time is running out for GRPS students who live in the Believe2Become Hope Zones to enroll in the fun and profitable Summer Learning programs that are being offered at various locations in the city.