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Page students have been watching construction projects near their school all year. They’ve seen the new Learning Center take shape on ground just south of their school and more recently have watched as excavators and bulldozers began preparing ground just west of their school for the new tennis courts.

With dramatic “Survivor” music playing in the background, 18 Page Elementary classroom champions stepped up the microphone on the high school auditorium stage. In front of all their classmates and some family members, the contestants answered detailed questions about books they read.

One by one, Page Elementary fourth-graders used their gloved hand to feel a blackened pig’s lung and watch as a high school student inflated the lung using a foot pump. One side of the lung plumped easily while the other side was used to show the effects of tobacco on the lungs.

Battle of the Books is on again this year at Page Elementary, but without the guiding hand and thoughtful questions from the person who passionately introduced and organized the program at Page more than 10 years ago.

Fourth-grade students in Nikki Witt’s class can wiggle and bounce, twist and rock while they work on their lessons. It is thanks in large part to a grant this year from Thornapple Area Enrichment Foundation for flexible seating options.

After a year off because of COVID, Thornapple Kellogg Odyssey of the Mind teams stepped up this weekend in a big way advancing seven of the district’s nine teams to the state finals.

A history project gave Page fifth-graders a better understanding of some of the Native American tribes, how they lived, what they ate, their religion and beliefs, clothing, art and the different roles within the tribe.

It looked like a craft store erupted in Mrs. Sikkema’s Page Elementary classroom. There were cardboard boxes and pieces, colorful pipe cleaners and straws, scraps of fabric, stickers, ribbons, shredded paper, pom poms and everything and anything students might need to create a barn for their reindeer.

Teresa Michalski and her fifth-grade class are giving a gift to other Page Elementary classes while also learning some valuable life skills. The gift from the students is an opportunity to learn a new game and make new friends. From Michalski, the gift is time to other teachers.