Published: Saturday, January 28, 2012, 5:50 AM By Charley Honey | The Grand Rapids Press The statistics are rough if you’re a low-income young person in West Michigan these days — just as they are for young people all over the state. A report released this week finds 20 percent of Kent County children live [...]
What’s Behind the Believe 2 Become Initiative?
by LINC News Bureau | Lifting up the voice of the community. (LINC News Bureau) Originally published in the Rapidian on Friday Jan 27th, 2012 08:07am in NONPROFIT First Community Meeting in the B2B Central Zone – over 800 community members gathered. /Photo by April Galbreath Wednesday night, members of the community gathered as a [...]
Student Artist ArtPrize Entry
Come and see I Believe I Become, a six-panel mural featuring the vision and art of GRPS students with local artists Georgia Taylor and Marco Riolo at DeVos Place downtown Grand Rapids. September 21 – October 9 Viewing Hours Opening Day 6PM-10PM Monday-Thursday Noon-8PM Friday & Saturday 12PM-10PM Sunday 12PM-6PM Special thanks to Buist Electric [...]
Creemos y seremos: We believe we become
by Literacy Center of West Michigan (LiteracyCenter) Friday Jul 15th, 2011 *Leer este artículo en español | Read this article in Spanish José Vasquez and his family attended LINC Community Revitalization’s Believe 2 Become West Hope Zone planning meeting on Thursday. The meeting was the first of five neighborhood planning meetings to discuss improving children’s literacy [...]
Believe 2 Become launching effort to prepare kids for kindergarten
GRAND RAPIDS — Over the next three years, Believe 2 Become will invest in a comprehensive program to make sure more children in area neighborhoods are ready for kindergarten. Right now, eight out of 10 children in four predominately black and Hispanic neighborhoods are considered unprepared to enter school. Coordinators of the new Baby Scholars [...]
Educating babies
Experts always say it’s never too early to start educating your child. A nationally recognized doctor, visiting Grand Rapids today, talks about raising Baby Scholars.
Fathers Call for Greater Involvement In Kids’ Lives
Fathers took center stage last week when nearly 500 people came together at Ford Middle School, March 31, to wrap up community action planning in the Believe 2 Become Central Zone.
First Year Has Had Many Highlights
It’s been an active year for the partners of the Believe 2 Become initiative, which draws from many areas of the community to help students in Grand Rapids Public Schools.
Parents Choose Four Top Involvement Strategies
Parents of GRPS students gathered once again Thursday evening (November 18) to select strategies to increase parent involvement in their children’s education.
Parents Aim to Increase Involvement
Along with students, educators and concerned citizens, parents of GRPS students came out in force Thursday evening (October 28) to share their ideas about helping parents be more active in their children’s education.
Wristbands Encourage Commitment to Graduation
This fall, Grand Rapids Public Schools and Believe 2 Become have teamed up to offer I believe, I become wristbands to all GRPS students in grades six to 12.
Parents, Students, Residents Share Common Goal
Parents, grandparents, students, educators, and concerned community members gathered at Ford Middle School Thursday evening (September 16) for the second Believe 2 Become Neighborhood Meet Up in the central zone.
