East Grand Rapids — Amid a cacophony of questions, and with dozens of classmates vying for his attention, Breton Downs Elementary first-grader Harrison DeYoung managed to keep his cool as he walked his fellow students through the process of making paper snowflakes.
“Everybody ready?” Harrison asked as he prepared to start. And when the class failed to quiet down, he did what his teacher, Becky Kramer, would do, and gave a quick countdown: “Five, four, three, two, one!”
Then, with most of the students’ attention, he began…