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.

Education on Trial

Sparta Janice Holst

Sometimes students learn best by trial. And in a recent unit on suspense, Leah Sajdak's eighth -grade language arts classroom took that concept very...

‘The Goal is to Keep Them Reading’

Classrooms for All Janice Holst

Second-graders Leonel Santiago and Carlos Saldana hit an exciting benchmark this fall: They started reading their first chapter books. Besides helping them learn the important...

Dads of Great Students Group Expanding

Four years ago, when Todd Yemc was laid off, he went "to work" volunteering every single day in his kindergarten daughter's classroom. Ridgeview's principal, Maryalyce...

Building Strength from the Inside

Cedar Springs Janice Holst

Eighth-grader Gavin Spicer gave the challenge 100 percent and that is what mattered. Gavin was chosen by his classmates when Mike Benson, team captain of...

From Garden Banquet to Community Tradition

Kent City Janice Holst

Inviting veterans to school started two decades ago, when then principal Fred Gronke, both a Kent City graduate and a retired U.S. Marine, brought...

Students Sock It to the Community

Cedar Springs Janice Holst

As soon as the class decided on its next charity project, eighth-grader Kolten Wolf was on board. "When I heard about 'Socktober' I texted all...

Funky Friday Drumline Gets Students Moving & Learning

Sparta Janice Holst

What do you get when elementary students are given a laundry basket, a big plastic ball and a couple of sticks? At Ridgeview Elementary,...

A Day at the Top

Kent City Janice Holst

It is never too early to practice leadership skills. At least that is the thought behind a recent Kent City Elementary School event, which...

‘Precious Cargo’

Cedar Springs Janice Holst

Those who work with students both inside and outside school walls know that supporting students can be key to their success. So it is likely...

Reading Well Predicts Student Success

Sparta Janice Holst

Ten-year-old Erika Bradford knows how important it is to find ways to make reading easier. "I think the reason kids don't like any subject is...

Classroom energy + student enthusiasm = math success

Making Math Add Up Janice Holst

Four years ago, Cedar View fifth grade teachers Jennifer Kahler and Erin Cairy switched the traditional teaching style of explaining math concepts and helping...

Team Targets ‘Anything That Might Impede Education’

Cedar Springs Janice Holst

"I am not that person holding a sign on the busy street corner and I don't sleep under the bridge. But, I am homeless." Students...

Dog Groomer, Band Fan, Roving Boater

Meet Your Administrators Janice Holst

School: Cedar View Elementary Other positions you have held in education: Previously I was a teacher, a school principal, a program coordinator, and a discipline...

Boosting Student Reading Takes Center Stage

The Road to Reading Janice Holst

While it isn't clear if nationally renowned researcher Richard Allington was excited to see staff from the school district where he started his career,...

Reading Always Comes First

Meet Your Administrators Janice Holst

School: Beach Elementary Other positions you have held in education: Before coming to Cedar Springs, I was a teacher, an assistant principal and a principal...

‘We Support Each Other’

Kent City Janice Holst

When Dan Crofoot recently was shown a letter he wrote to a student in 1989, he said, "It made me realize that what we...

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