The Grand Rapids Teachers Club was organized in December of 1906. The Superintendent of schools, William A. Greeson, was the first president.

Kent County Teachers Associations, 1854, James Ballard, First President

First Teachers Institute held, 1855

First Central High School Graduation, Luce Hall, 1862

New Central High School, Lyon and Barclay, opened Sept. 1868

Grand Rapids Library Association formed 1858 (See Lydens, page 482, for how several organizations developed and came together to turn what had been a library in the Central High School to the first general public library in the new City Hall in 1888).

Kent Scientific Institute, 1865, organized at Union High School

First teacher's salary schedule adopted, 1867

First Board of Education for the City of Grand Rapids organized 1871, as the schools became consolidated as one district.

Grand Rapids Teacher's Club formed in 1906

1913 Hattie Beverly (later Robinson) first African American school teacher in Grand Rapids at Henry School.