Contact US

For general questions concerning the GRPS disctrict please call the Information Desk/Switchboard at 616.819.2000.

GRPS Action Line is 616.819.2500

GRPS Mailing Address is

Grand Rapids Public Schools
1331 Franklin SE
P.O. Box 117
Grand Rapids, MI 49501-0117
Fax: 616.819.2104

All questions or comments regarding our schools, programs, or information presented on this web site may be sent to the GRPS Communications Office at Contact GRPS 616-819-2149, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

John Helmholdt
Director of Communications & External affairs
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Phone:   616-819-3740

Samuel Mickens Jr
Technical Assistance Specialist / Web Supervisor
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Phone:   616-819-2147

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GRPS is an Equal Opportunity Institution

Institute for Learning

Thanks to the generous support of the Doug and Maria DeVos Foundation, the Grand Rapids Public Schools is partnering with the University of Pittsburgh’s the Institute for Learning (IFL) on a three year process to establish effort-based schools where every child in every classroom has access to rigorous and coherent educational learning experiences.