Oakestown  

Intermediate

Grandville 5th / 6th 


SpartanNash Family Fare

We were thrilled to accept a grant donation from SpartanNash Family Fare, One School at a Time program!  Having the support of our local businesses makes a HJGE difference for our students and this event.  

Amazing Shake 5 Minutes - FINAL - KL, MH.mp4

Are you in?

If you are interested in joining next year's shake or sponsoring the event, complete this form.


Thank You!!!

Williams and Company Finacial Services in Grandville, awarded Oakestown Intermediate a grant towards The Amazing Shake!  We are so thankful and look forward to continuing our partnership!

Where leadership begins...

 At the Grandville 5/6 building we want to teach our students manners, discipline, respect, and how to conduct themselves in a professional environment. The Amazing Shake is an opportunity  to test our students on these skills through a fun and memorable experience and enables us to engage with local business leaders on behalf of the school. The competition also introduces the students to the networks, roles, opportunities, and career paths that they may not have been exposed to before.

During the Amazing Shake, students learn and develop professional skills:

to prepare them exceptionally well for opportunities today and in the future.


Amazing Shake 2024

Created at the Ron Clark Academy, The Amazing Shake is a competition for students to demonstrate the mechanics of a proper handshake and working the room so that they are able to present themselves exceptionally well for opportunities today and in the future.


Amazing Shake 2024

Check out the news story from one of  our Amazing judges, Casey Jones.

WOODTV 8 News Story

Michigan Amazing Shake

Our top ten students, competed at the Amazing Shake in Pontiac.  Grandville will be hosting next year's Midwest Amazing Shake!

Watch this great video to learn about our AMAZING partners and see more of this year's Amazing Shake Competition!

Preliminary Competition

All 5th and 6th grade students will participate in a preliminary competition.  These competitions will be held in January of 2024.  The students will interact with 3 judges from the community for one minute each.  Students will be judged on their handshake, conversation skills, eye contact, confidence, charisma, and poise under pressure.  The top students from each  elementary school will move on to the final rounds which will be held in February.

Final Rounds

Our top students will compete in a Guantlet round which features 20 unique stations with different "real life" scenarios.  Students are judged by community and business leaders on qualities such as charisma, poise, confidence, presentation skills, eye contact, and of course hand shake.  The top scorers will move to further round at local businesses where they will compete in challenges designed around each business.  These rounds will be held on February 20, 2024.

Amazing Shake ... What to expect


Please email AMAZING SHAKE  at AmazingShake@gpsbulldogs.org for more information or to register as a volunteer or judge.


The Future begins now!

Each year The Ron Clark Academy hosts the GLOBAL AMAZING SHAKE!  Students from around the world travel to Atlanta to participate in an epic 3 day event.  While there, students interact and network with other students, attend professional training sessions, and compete in the Amazing Shake event.  This can be a life changing opportunity for our students.  

How can you support the Amazing Shake?

To continue to grow and improve the Amazing Shake Events, we need your support.    Here are just a few ways your financial support can help.

Donors will be recognized in the event program, a gauntlet station, and social media posts dedicated to your business. 


The Grandville Amazing Shake is made possible thanks to Grandville Education Foundation!

Additional  thanks to the businesses and organizations who supported our 2024 Amazing Shake Competition!

     Mercantile Bank     Nothing Bundt Cakes 

Chick Fil A Standale 

WOODTV Be Nice     KentISD AARP

Community West Credit Union Fifth Third Bank

Jae'Chelee Mommy and Me Fashion Boutique

City of Grandville Ervine's Auto Repair

Grand Valley Health Space Source One Love Shirts

Winchel Irrigation Grandville Police Dept.

Lake Michigan Credit Union American Eagle

Spectrum Industries Calliope Quilts