Janice Holst

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Janice Holst was a reporter for SNN covering Kent City and Sparta. She has been both a teacher and a journalist. A former MLive reporter, she wrote features and covered local government and schools for Advance Newspapers for nearly two decades. She also was a recipe columnist and wrote features for Mature Life Style and occasional entertainment pieces for On The Town magazines. She lives in Sparta Township and enjoys spending some of her retirement hours writing the stories of the northern Kent County school districts.

Financial aid guru has been district go-to for decades

Cedar Springs Janice Holst

Figuring out how to pay for college presents a number of challenges, and filling out financial aid forms is often the most difficult. But Jordon wasn’t worried...

Annual contest keeps veterans in students’ minds

Kent City Janice Holst

“It seemed like a perfect fit to get our young students involved and thinking about those who came long before them and sacrificed their lives for us today”...

Book café gives students a taste of new reading

Sparta Janice Holst

Students were encouraged to widen their choice of genres, thanks to a menu of books served on silver platters...

Determined grad finds her way from life-altering earthquake to success

Grads with Grit Janice Holst

Coming to U.S. from Haiti just two years ago, Roodflore Winkels has accomplished much and is reaching for new heights...

Lessons in how to handle grief take center stage at this elementary school

Cedar Springs Janice Holst

Staff at Cedar View Elementary find ways to help students understand and deal with grief...

Grant introduces healthy eating education via indoor tower gardens

Sparta Janice Holst

Sharing healthy eating principles with students is easier when the veggies are grown right in the classroom, thanks to a grant from the Sparta Education Foundation...

Superintendent: millage renewal approvals ‘essential’ for district

Kent City Janice Holst

Having voters understand the millage proposals is an important goal, said Superintendent Mike Weiler, as Kent City Community School seeks renewal of two millage issues...

Sparta superintendent surprises district with retirement announcement

Sparta Janice Holst

The Sparta Board of Education voted 7-0 to approve Superintendent Gordie Nickels’ request for retirement, and expressed appreciation for his service

Students to show off their talents at regional showcase

Kent City Janice Holst

Kent City sends athletic, academic, art and literacy stars to the West Michigan Student Showcase for the first time

Imagination, hard work turn 3,000 plastic straws into amazing lion head

Sparta Janice Holst

Art teacher of over 30 years wowed by student art piece made from plastic straws

Interim Cedar Springs chief’s top priority: smooth transition for district

Cedar Springs Janice Holst

Interim Superintendent Mark Dobias says his primary focus is on the future of the district, and he sees his role as providing “support for transition between now and when a new superintendent is appointed by the board”

Learning to defend opinions is big part of learning for young writers

Kent City Janice Holst

Eat healthy, consider fostering a child, don’t drink or smoke, vote for the candidate of my choice are just some of these fourth grade persuasive experts

District leaders, teachers seek to heal community following superintendent’s resignation

Cedar Springs Janice Holst

The Board of Education voted 5-1 to approve a resignation agreement with Superintendent Laura VanDuyn, who led the district since 2014

Spanish-language countries subject of middle school fair

Sparta Janice Holst

The annual Study Abroad Fair is the culmination of a unit in which each seventh- and eighth-grader chooses a Spanish-speaking country to study in-depth

Student mural takes learning out to the hall

Kent City Janice Holst

When the the art class moved into new semester, students who preferred painting to other media took to decorating the hallways

Student art piece chosen to be next Red Flannel Festival logo

Cedar Springs Janice Holst

Red Flannel Festival reached out to the high school art department for its next logo. Read on to see whose design was chosen

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State of the Student tackles four big topics

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