Several of Grandville’s Fourth of July celebrations will proceed this year – including the Monday, July 5 fireworks show – thanks to the state’s elimination of pandemic restrictions for outdoor gatherings.
Last year for most towns there were no fireworks for the Fourth of July, but this year that is changing and Grandville is the next city to announce a fireworks celebration.
STEM students build for good
Construct wheelchair ramp for community resident suddenly in need
February 5, 2021
From left, teacher Bruce Marvel and students Nick Jaworowicz and Gavin Dailey examine the end of the wheelchair ramp (courtesy)
Grandville Middle-school STEM teacher Bruce Marvel began his second-hour class with a standing ovation.
“This is from me to you,” he told the eighth-graders while giving them a round of applause. “Let me tell you, you did a really good job. You made a difference.”
Marvel’s first- and second-hour STEM students spent January building a wheelchair ramp for the house of one of their schoolmates. The middle school student’s older sister was paralyzed in a shooting in Grand Rapids over the summer, and the home’s front steps made getting in and out using a wheelchair nearly impossible.