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Connect with your PAL – Parent Action Leader
Connect with your PAL – Parent Action Leader featured image

Every G.R.P.S. school has a Parent Action Leader (PAL). A PAL acts as a liaison between the school district and the families from the corresponding school.

Who is the PAL in your child’s school?

NORTHEAST AREA PALs

Aberdeen Academy Kathryn Abuya
City Middle/High School VACANT
Coit Creative Arts Bobbie Gutierrez
Congress Elementary School Janelle Hill
GR Montessori Academy Laura Slusher
GR Montessori Academy Ruth Stein
Kent Hills Elementary School VACANT
Innovation Central High School Deborah Gordon
North Park Montessori Natasha Wells
North Park Montessori Angela Deluca Placencia
Palmer Elementary School Amber Rodriguez
Riverside Middle School Nicole Bettinghouse

SOUTHEAST AREA PALs

Alger Middle School Raquel Robelin
Brookside Elementary School Annie Friday
Campus Elementary School Crystal Butler
Dickinson Academy Destiny Cry
Dickinson Academy Maggie Diaz-De Leon
East Leonard Elementary School Arianna Sandoval
Gerald R. Ford Academic Center VACANT
Ken-o-Sha Elementary School VACANT
Grand Rapids University Preparatory Academy Doriece Teasley
Martin Luther King Jr. Leadership Academy Belinda Henderson
Mulick Park Elementary School Leonora Pickett
Ottawa Hills High School Arthur Libbett
Ridgemoor Park Montessori Megan Bickner
Sherwood Park Elementary School E’lla Webber

SOUTHWEST AREA PALs

Burton Elementary School VACANT
Burton Middle School  VACANT
Buchanan Elementary School Julie De Leon Aguilar
Buchanan Elementary School Vanessa Cervantes
Cesar Chavez Elementary School VACANT
Southwest Community Campus VACANT
Southwest Community Campus Avelina Garcia

NORTHWEST AREA PALs

CA Frost Environmental Science Academy Jodi Miesen
Grand Rapids Public Museum School Chimere Williams
Grand Rapids Public Museum School Margaret Paige-Monroe
Harrison Park Academy Michael Swartlander
Shawmut Hills Academy VACANT
Sibley Elementary School Lesvia Marroquin
Stocking Elementary School Angela Gloetzner
Westwood Middle School Wilfred Joiner
Union High School VACANT

If you’re interested in serving as the PAL within the following schools, please contact the Family and Community Engagement office at (616) 819-1977.

  • Burton Elementary and Middle School
  • Cesar Chavez Elementary School
  • Gerald R. Ford Academic Center
  • Ken-o-Sha Elementary School 
  • Kent Hills Elementary School
  • Shawmut Hills Elementary School
  • Union High School

Related articles from the August 2020 issue

What is Social and Emotional Learning (SEL)?

Take Time to Talk with your Child during Meals

Create a Supportive At-Home Learning Environment

Know what you’re looking for?

Family & Community Engagement Office
parentengagement@grps.org
(616) 819-1977

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