January 25, 2021
At President Joe Biden’s inauguration on Jan. 20, five flags hung in the backdrop of the U.S. Capitol. Two of them were U.S. flags of the Betsy Ross style, with stars arranged in a circle.
When some Michigan students displayed the same flag at a high school football game in 2016, they triggered their district’s superintendent into publishing an open letter of apology. He said the flags had injected hate and hostility into a school event.
After the game, Forest Hills Public Schools Superintendent Daniel Behm wrote a “letter to the community.” In it, he said that “to some,” the historical version of the flag “symbolizes exclusion and hate, (and) injects hostility and confusion to an event where no one intended to do so.”
GRPS hopes staff COVID testing site and vaccinations help return of in-person learning
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich â Grand Rapids Public Schools is now in its second week of running a COVID-19 testing site, exclusively for school staff.
GRPS said the testing site, combined with being part of the 1b vaccination group, will help significantly in getting students back to in-person learning.
Director of Health Services for GRPS Kim Baron explained, âThey wake up, and if they even have just one symptom, they can call and schedule an appointment.â
Itâs now that easy to set up a COVID-19 test within the school system.
This year, the One Book, One City for Kids selection is Front Desk by Kelly Yang. Author: 13 ON YOUR SIDE Staff Published: 9:45 AM EST January 6, 2021 Updated: 6:39 PM EST January 7, 2021
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. The Grand Rapids Public Library has shared this year s One Book, One City for Kids selection.
One Book, One City for Kids is a citywide reading initiative for 5th graders and this year’s selection is
The annual reading program encouraging fifth graders to read and discuss the same book each winter. The program also strives to encourage a lifelong love of reading among students, inspire readers to discuss and apply the story ideas and themes to their lives, and continue to build ties between public libraries and area schools.