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.

Getting along, helping out are keys for this born leader

Kent City Janice Holst

This high school junior takes pride in keeping up her grades, but isn’t limited to classroom excellence...

District gets good start on long-term strategic planning

Sparta Janice Holst

Following community input, leaders begin prioritizing improvement plans for school district...

Third-grade artists invited to create new installation

Cedar Springs Janice Holst

Third-grade artists bring district themes, such as “reaching for the stars” to life on canvases headed for administration building...

Athletes, civic group support district readers

Kent City Janice Holst

A recent book drive and pancake supper took in books and funds to help stock elementary library shelves...

School events ‘go live’ thanks to pair of juniors

Sparta Janice Holst

Thanks to the innovation and initiative of two high school computer students, others can now take a class in producing live-feed video...

A new start for New Beginnings

Cedar Springs Janice Holst

New space, new options, ongoing support for students at New Beginnings High School...

From trash talk to recycling action

Kent City Janice Holst

Kent City science classes make sure everything that can be recycled or composted gets to the proper place...

District named to AP honor roll for second time

Sparta Janice Holst

Sparta Area Schools has been named to the ninth Annual AP ® District Honor Roll. The district is one of only 373 in the U.S. and Canada named by the College Board to the honor roll...

A recipe for celebrating hometown memories

Sparta Janice Holst

Elementary students honor former Sparta students with hometown greetings and goodies for the holidays...

Map-making a fun way to learn about Michigan

Kent City Janice Holst

Third-graders learn about their Mitten State creating their own Michigan maps...

Students flock to teaching cadet program, but remain unsure about education careers

Sparta Janice Holst

Teacher cadet program places high school students in classrooms to learn hands on skills, in Sparta...

Construction of new middle school gets under way

Sparta Janice Holst

The groundbreaking celebration for a new middle school included participation by fourth-, fifth- and sixth-graders, who will be the first users of the new building when it opens in 2020...

Dogs: best friend, great listeners

Cedar Springs Janice Holst

Students bolster reading time by sharing stories with furry friends from West Michigan Therapy Dogs...

Eagle-eyed reporters

Kent City Janice Holst

New class teaches journalism skills as students make contributions to school website...

Digging in at a farm made for learning

Rockford Janice Holst

A two-year pilot program has students from Rockford and Sparta schools spending multiple days at Plainsong Farm, which offers environmental education sessions...

Drones have students flying high

Kent City Janice Holst

Learning about and operating drones is just one of the newest technologies used in summer and after-school programming for students from migrating families...

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Levitating cars? Anything’s possible in STEM Academy

Learning life skills ‘where life happens’

State of the Student tackles four big topics

High-schoolers talk mental health with education leaders, legislators

Student news crew interviews state superintendent

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