Ottawa Area Schools Are DEDICATED TO SUCCESS

“I earned my CDL in the winter of 2020 to help on some special education routes and to drive sports teams to their events.” —Andy Ingall, former Superintendent of Grand Haven Area Public Schools

“What makes this collaboration even more exciting is this marker is the first-ever to link a QR code to an audio recording of a Michigan Historical Marker allowing individuals with visual impairments to learn about Hezekiah Smith and his contributions to the local communities.” —Rebecca Hopp, Teacher

“We know that access to high-interest books makes a substantial difference for kids and families” —Rachel Postle-Brown, Ph.D, Principal

“We can put specific action steps to help close the skills gap and provide students with an amazing manufacturing lab and a specific curriculum for advanced manufacturing training while still in high school that can shape their future,” —Persoon, Shape Corp.

“This is not an academic program where academic means no practical experience or book smarts; this is an engineering internship where we take the classroom lessons and apply them to real physical problems.” —Ken Platteschorre, Holland Public Schools FIRST Robotics coach

“Our goal is to have the kids come up with an efficient and effective way to provide food to all the families in Ottawa County. One of the students said, `We're going to be able to make a difference. We're truly going to be able to solve a problem that affects a lot of people.'” —Gwen Luban, Oakwood Intermediate School fifth-grade team leader

“Our school nurse goes above and beyond her professional requirements, providing a helping hand and a listening ear to every student who requires her attention.” —Marcy Engelsman, 4th-grade teacher at Woodside Elementary School

“It amazes me that less than a year ago Marcy’s goal for Arlo was to have a fifty-word vocabulary and now we’re working on three to four-word phrases, and I can actually talk to my child,”  —Christina Threloff, parent