Congress and East Hills Partner in Community
Congress Elementary and the East Hills Council of Neighbors have had a long-lasting partnership to make sure their neighborhood not only lasts, but flourishes.
Rachel Melville's Latest Articles
Focused on College
The Grand Rapids Public School district is focused on having its students succeed in their journey towards higher education, providing many opportunities along the way.
State of Schools Address Brings Attitude of Gratitude and Hope
The atmosphere for the State of Schools Address was one filled with hope, acknowledgement and gratitude as Board of Education (BOE) President Senita Laneer called attendees to their seats...
Warm, Safe and Dry
On November 8, 2011, the voters of Grand Rapids agreed to meet the needs of our students by taking care of the infrastructure issues facing targeted schools within the district. GRPS writer Rachel Melville talks about the progress of the Warm, Safe and Dry campaign.
Teresa Weatherhall Neal: Treating GRPS Like Family
The newly appointed GRPS interim Superintendent lives up to all of the raving reviews: She is a team player; an advocate of the GRPS community, a force of stability and holds a clear vision and plan for the schools. Teresa Weatherall Neal is all of these things… and much more.
GRPS Centers of Innovation: It Takes a Whole Community
Launched in 2007, the Centers of Innovations consists of five schools whose structures have been redesigned to foster public/private partnerships and offer students and their parents more school choices and real-world mentorship.
Love Collins: Raising Dollars, Pushing the Envelope
Meet Love Collins, III. As the VP of Development at the Van Andel Institute, he has a lot resting on his shoulders. But be assured that his more than 20 years of experience in the areas of capital campaigns, planned giving, annual fund management and donor cultivation for companies and organizations including BellSouth Corporation and the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta have prepared him for the job.
Central High School Students Prepare to Care
Thursday, Nov. 10 marked the dedication of the first EMT class-to-career program at Central High School. The participating students are seniors who demonstrated, while wearing full uniform, the skills they have learned from the program.
Finding Courage and Empowerment at Guiding Light Mission
Stuart Ray has been making a lot of changes at Guiding Light Mission, and in Heartside. A method of empowerment is the strategy behind the mission's new focus.
RapidBlog: Start Talking, by Rachel Melville
Writer Rachel Melville encourages those around her to have the conversation about diversity. This is the first, but not the last time you'll hear from Melville on this subject in Rapid Growth.
