Browse past news stories for Northview High School in Grand Rapids, MI.

• Northview High school wants to add English class (The Grand Rapids Press)
  posted on November 19, 2009 at 07:10:38 pm
  Northview High school students might be required to take English 12, if the Board of Education approves the new course.
• Community Calendar for November 19-25 (The Grand Rapids Press)
  posted on November 19, 2009 at 05:40:48 am
  Send information to Community Calendar, The Grand Rapids Press, 155 Michigan St. NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503. Yours must be a nonprofit organization, and events must be open to the public. Information must be received at least two weeks before publication to be considered.
• Northview High School students checked for punctuality, professionalism, other employability skills (The Grand Rapids Press)
  posted on November 12, 2009 at 03:40:38 pm
  For the second year, the school is assessing students on employability skills. Teachers evaluate freshmen through seniors on five behaviors that aren’t traditionally graded in school.
• U.S. Rep. Vern Ehlers to speak at Plainfield Township veterans service (The Grand Rapids Press)
  posted on November 10, 2009 at 05:11:03 pm
  U.S. Rep. Vern Ehlers, R-Grand Rapids, will be the featured speaker at this year's Veterans Day observance.
• Kent County offers nearly 5,000 H1N1 flu shots in one day, with more clinics to come (The Grand Rapids Press)
  posted on November 8, 2009 at 09:55:38 am
  Priority groups such as children and people with underlying health conditions had more than 4,600 appointments for the first of three Kent County Health Department vaccination clinics on Saturday. The shots and mists represent about 10 percent of the county's allotment of doses.
• Northview principal Mark Thomas named High School Principal of the year (The Grand Rapids Press)
  posted on October 26, 2009 at 11:10:38 am
  Mark Thomas, Northview High School's principal, was named High School Principal of the Year by the Michigan Association of Secondary School Principals.
• Northview students dig up fake skeleton to learn about forensics (The Grand Rapids Press)
  posted on October 24, 2009 at 01:25:38 pm
  Students dug 10 centimeters at a time to uncover a “body” buried last June by Grand Valley State University Professor Gwen Madden, who lent the skeleton and other “evidence.”
• Northview teacher shares Nepal experience (The Grand Rapids Press)
  posted on October 20, 2009 at 04:55:48 am
  Social studies teacher Liz Cotter has been telling Northview High School students about her summer trip to Nepal, where she met the prime minister and other leaders in the fledgling republic.
• MSU student killed in one-car crash, driver arrested (The Grand Rapids Press)
  posted on October 18, 2009 at 02:55:48 am
  Jeremy Sobczak-Obetts was killed early Saturday in a one-car crash that ripped in half a sport utility vehicle in which he was the passenger, police said. The 23-year-old would have graduated from Michigan State University this year.
• Northview High School sets policy banning 'freak dancing,' 'grinding' (The Grand Rapids Press)
  posted on October 17, 2009 at 12:55:50 pm
  The district is aiming to stamp out a form of highly sexual dancing.
• Celebration to greet Northview's new superintendent (The Grand Rapids Press)
  posted on October 13, 2009 at 04:55:38 am
  The school district's next superintendent, Michael Paskewicz, will be at his new job by Oct. 21.
• Football team searching for 'Hearts of Gold' (MLive.com)
  posted on September 29, 2009 at 06:24:52 pm
  Chuck Heiney Wealthy Elementary students got in on the Hearts of Gold theme for the week by wearing gold and standing together in a heart shape for this photo, taken by Chuck Heiney.
• Grand Rapids Police say they find no connection between two gun incidents at Creston High School this week (The Grand Rapids Press)
  posted on September 15, 2009 at 10:55:38 pm
  Unlike Monday, no shots were fired today, but a sophomore boy was taken into custody with a sawed-off shotgun concealed in his pant leg.
• Northview school district plans pediatric cancer fundraisers (The Grand Rapids Press)
  posted on September 10, 2009 at 05:10:58 am
  NORTHVIEW -- The school district will help children with cancer during the week of Sept. 21....
• Macatawa Bank sponsors Dave Ramsey personal finance program in 56 West Michigan schools (The Muskegon Chronicle)
  posted on September 9, 2009 at 02:25:40 pm
  Macatawa Bank Corp. is bringing Press columnist and nationally known personal finance guru Dave Ramsey's programs to area classrooms. The Holland-based bank this morning said it would sponsor a program to offer Ramsey's Foundations in Personal Finance program for free...
• Some students watch Obama's address, others cannot (WZZM 13 Grand Rapids)
  posted on September 8, 2009 at 10:48:34 pm
  Many school districts in West Michigan let teachers and parents decide if students would watch President Obama's back to school speech. Other districts did not let any students watch.
• Complete jazz fest schedule (Detroit Free Press)
  posted on September 3, 2009 at 07:44:59 am
  4:30 p.m. Alma College Steel Ensemble 7:30 Hank Jones Trio: See highlights, Page 16. 9:15 Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke and Lenny White: See highlights, Page 16. 5:30 p.m. Northwestern High School 1980 Alumni Band
• Detroit Jazz Fest Schedule (Detroit News)
  posted on September 3, 2009 at 05:07:20 am
  Read on for who's where when.
• Northview music director starts community choir (The Grand Rapids Press)
  posted on September 3, 2009 at 04:11:02 am
  NORTHVIEW -- Northview High School vocal music director Judy Pellerito is fulfilling a longtime dream by starting up a community and alumni choir....
• DETROIT INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL: Complete jazz fest schedule (Detroit Free Press)
  posted on September 2, 2009 at 01:25:33 am
  See the musical performances scheduled from Friday to Monday.
• Ada to Zeeland briefs: Final two concerts in River Beat Concert Series (The Grand Rapids Press)
  posted on August 11, 2009 at 02:55:20 pm
  CASCADE TOWNSHIP -- Music lovers have two more chances to enjoy a summer concert on the banks of the Thornapple River....
• Lapeer County Lions slipping away (County Press)
  posted on August 4, 2009 at 11:23:27 pm
  LAKEVILLE -- After their 2008 semi-professional debut with the North American Football League, the Lapeer County Lions appeared to have the beginnings of a lasting foundation, finishing 7-5 that inaugural season.
• CM Rail Properties purchases Lemmen Chevrolet building in Coopersville (The Muskegon Chronicle)
  posted on August 4, 2009 at 04:10:29 pm
  COOPERSVILLE -- The City Council approved the sale of the former Lemmen Chevrolet building. CM Rail Properties, which runs the Coopersville & Marne Railway, bought the property at 306 Main St. for $60,000. The railway put down half the money...
• Former GRPS administrator Michael Paskewicz in running for Northview superintendent post (The Grand Rapids Press)
  posted on July 24, 2009 at 05:14:25 am
  Mike Paskewicz GRAND RAPIDS -- Former Grand Rapids school district administrator Michael Paskewicz is a finalist for another local post. A Grand Rapids Community College presidential finalist earlier this year, he is interviewing next week for the Northview Public Schools...
• Northview students travel to Paris (MLive.com)
  posted on July 13, 2009 at 06:39:34 pm
  Paris in June sounds dreamlike with its flowering courtyards juxtaposed against historical architecture. For 11 Northview area students and three adults, it was a dream-come true as they participated in the second half of the French Back-to-Back exchange program.
• What's earwax? New kids site answers (WOOD TV 8 Grand Rapids)
  posted on July 1, 2009 at 05:00:40 pm
  Should I call the doctor? What's earwax? Why do I have a belly button? What's a burp? All good questions, and all answered on a new website through the Helen DeVos Children's Hospital.
• Ada to Zeeland for June 23 (The Grand Rapids Press)
  posted on June 23, 2009 at 04:29:26 pm
  COMMUNITY CLOSEUP • Byron Center: Board of Education approves $29.8 million budget • Rockford: Administrators tout success of high school's new trimester schedule...
• Casnovia family suffers another auto-related tragedy when woman killed in weekend crash (The Muskegon Chronicle)
  posted on June 15, 2009 at 11:14:26 pm
  CASNOVIA -- Jane Carlson was never one to engage in self-pity -- even when separate car crashes about 20 years ago left two of her children with lasting injuries. "It was unfortunate, but my mom never flinched or said 'Why...
• Ada to Zeeland for June 11 (The Grand Rapids Press)
  posted on June 11, 2009 at 03:59:26 pm
  COMMUNITY CLOSEUP • Hudsonville: City Commission to ask state Liquor Control Commission to revoke Ciao Bella's tavern license • Northview: High school course teaches workplace skills through parallels with sports...
• Northview: High school course teaches workplace skills through parallels with sports (The Grand Rapids Press)
  posted on June 11, 2009 at 11:44:45 am
  PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP -- A new course at Northview High School will teach work skills through a familiar world to most teens: sports. "We are always looking for relevance," said Superintendent Norman Taylor. "We can draw a lot of parallels to...