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Safety First!
As we adjust to the impacts of COVID-19, Grand Rapids Public Schools' Parent University aims to support the health, safety, and well-being …
Developing Self Management
Learning to manage difficult emotions is critically important for success in life. Like most parents, you probably know the value of …
Developing Self Awareness
Building self awareness is key to self respect and lifelong success. Like most parents, you probably want to see your children live with a …
Preventing summer learning loss
After achieving in school all year long, some students actually slide back during the summer months, losing important math and reading …
Making good decisions
Kids learn to make good decisions by thinking about the impact of their choices, considering the feelings of others, analyzing multiple …
Developing growth mindsets
The school years are full of great opportunities to learn. Research shows some students believe they can get better and smarter, and these …
Developing relationship skills
Building positive relationships is the foundation for success. Like most parents, you probably want your kids to become leaders and heroes, …
Strive for less than 5!
Many successful families set shared goals at the start of each new year. Good school attendance an important goal for all families, because …
Reading Strong
It’s always a good time to think about reading, a fundamental building block of learning. We all know that first children learn to read, and …