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While seniors are anxiously counting down their final days of high school, they’re also preparing for their futures. Approximately 170 seniors participated in mock job interviews with real company representatives conducting the interviews.

Preparing for the SAT took on a creative twist today for 11th grade English students. Instead of a classroom ready for lectures and note taking, students entered a room transformed into a quiet cafe with tablecloths covering desks and small vases of flowers adding a pop of color.

On a cold and snowy Saturday in February, a school bus was parked in front of the Harding’s Market in Middleville. The goal was to “stuff the bus” with personal hygiene products for Thornapple Kellogg students, but with the weather the way it was, organizers from Thornapple Valley Church in Middleville didn’t know how the turnout would be.

To say the Thornapple Kellogg High School BPA team members had a successful outing at the state competition this weekend would be a bit of an understatement. Nine students qualified for the state contests, six earned state honors and will advance to the national competition May 10-14 in Chicago.

Alexis Stark/School News Network: At Thornapple Kellogg High School’s annual career fair, senior Giovana Daher discussed her interest in the connection between the mind and the body with a representative from the Barry County Community Mental Health Authority.

Fourth graders scrunched up their noses and let out an “ewww” as they felt the blackened pig lung used to demonstrate effects of tobacco on the lungs. They didn’t like how it looked or how it felt and that is just the reaction high school demonstrators were hoping to see.

And the crowd goes wild! It wasn’t for an incredible half-court shot to claim the championship or even a game-winning touchdown. The cheers rang out for students who typically receive little or no recognition.

Thornapple Kellogg High School will present three performances of the musical “Tuck Everlasting” Feb. 29, March 1-2. All shows start at 7 p.m. in the high school auditorium.

Thornapple Kellogg FFA excelled at the District FFA Leadership contest Wednesday with several members advancing to the regional contests.

Thornapple Kellogg High School students competed in the regional BPA contest last weekend. Of the 10 students competing, nine have qualified to move on to the state competition.