Welcome to Burton Middle School
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Welcome and thank you for choosing Burton Middle School. Burton Middle is a Cultural Center on the south side of Grand Rapids dedicated to empowering our scholars with the skills and knowledge necessary to impact and change their community.
If you would like more information regarding Burton Middle School and the positive impact we can have on your child's education, please call us at 616-819-2269.
Interim Principal
Donna Boman

Burton Middle School
School Hours
Breakfast 7:15 a.m.
Start Time 7:40 a.m.
Dismissal 2:23 p.m.
Half Day Dismissal 10:25 a.m.
School Transparency
We are a Community School!
Connect with your KSSN Coordinator
Believe, build, and belong at Burton.
At Burton Middle School, we believe in establishing strong partnership between scholars, caregivers, and the community. We recognize that caregivers are the primary educators of their child, and we work collaboratively with each family to help our scholars take ownership of their education and develop a positive outlook of their future. We believe in creating an environment of high expectations, respect, open communication, diversity of ideas, and trust.
Additionally, Burton Middle School is proud to serve as a Cultural Center for middle school scholars in southwest Grand Rapids. Our staff is trained to support English Learners, and our language lab classes are designed to help develop scholars’ English and Spanish skills. We know that our scholars learn best when their cultures are valued. Therefore, we welcome and celebrate scholars’ cultural diversity.
We have incorporated distance learning for years and are poised to be a leader in the district as a blended model of new technologies and old practices, giving our students the best of both worlds. Our 1-to-1 student technology device approach ensures that every student has the opportunity to learn inside and outside the classroom.
Burton Middle School Photo Tour
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18 Aug
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First Day of 2025-2026 School YearDate: Aug 18Calendar: GRPS District Calendar
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22 Aug
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No School | No LOOP ProgrammingDate: Aug 22Calendar: GRPS District Calendar
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25 Aug
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First Day of the Great Start Readiness Program (GSRP)Date: Aug 25Calendar: GRPS District Calendar
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29 Aug
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No School | No LOOP ProgrammingDate: Aug 29Calendar: GRPS District Calendar
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1 Sep
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No School | No LOOP Programming | Labor DayDate: Sep 1Calendar: GRPS District Calendar
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20 Oct
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31 Oct
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Half Day of School for Scholars | No LOOP ProgrammingDate: Oct 31Calendar: GRPS District Calendar
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4 Nov
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High-schoolers from throughout Kent County got to offer up creative solutions to complex, real-world problems during the culminating event of this year’s FutureSolve initiative.

Watch BOE in 60, a one-minute recap of the August Grand Rapids Board of Education meeting.

Teachers at Gerald R. Ford Academic Center got a little extra help preparing for the new school year from some of the state’s most recognizable leaders.