Education

Hesperia hires new high school/middle school principal.

August 13, 2019

Hesperia hires new high school/middle school principal. #HesperiaCommunitySchools HESPERIA – Raymond “Rocky” Thompson has accepted the position of high school/middle school principal at Hesperia Community Schools. Thompson, a Hesperia High School graduate and a former teacher in the Hesperia school district, has spent the last 19 years as the middle school principal at Allendale Public Schools, said Superintendent Vaughn White. He…

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State parks, residents benefit from youth workers.

August 6, 2019

State parks, residents benefit from youth workers. If you have had the pleasure of visiting one of Michigan’s State Parks this summer, you may have noticed a crew in lime green shirts working together beautifying the park. For the seventh consecutive year, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources – Parks and Recreation Division, Michigan Rehabilitation Services and the West Shore…

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Local students selected for DC youth tour.

July 15, 2019

Local students selected for DC youth tour. Two local high school students recently had the opportunity to tour Washington, DC in June through the sponsorship of Great Lakes Energy (GLE). Youth Tour 2019, sponsored by electric cooperatives like GLE from across the country, welcomed around 1,800 high school students to our nation’s capital for five days. GLE’s six students were…

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Quilt raffle during ‘Wine and Art by the Water’ Sunday.

May 14, 2019

Quilt raffle during ‘Wine and Art by the Water’ Sunday. #PentwaterWomensClub PENTWATER – Pentwater Women’s Club’s 2019 quilt, “Hidden Circles,” has been the center of many a conversation as it travels to different locations in Pentwater for viewing. It is part of an annual educational fundraiser for scholarships awarded to Pentwater-area graduating students and students returning to West Shore Community…

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Pentwater students receive arts camp scholarships.

May 14, 2019

Pentwater students receive arts camp scholarships. #PentwaterServiceClub PENTWATER – The Pentwater Service Club (PSC) has awarded scholarships to six Pentwater students to attend Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp and Interlochen Arts Camp this summer. Scholarship recipients are Daria Reitsma, Hanna Hartline, Nathan Macher, Aubrey MacIntosh, Johnathon VanDuinen and Mackenzie Breitner. The club has bestowed more than $20,000 in arts scholarships…

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