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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”

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

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

Fourth-graders spread goodwill with ‘Wake Up the World Wednesdays’

Cedar Springs Janice Holst

For three years Cedar View fourth graders have been pausing mid-week to make sure they and those around them find joy

Teachers Say Children Need to Play, Not Work All Day

Multi Districts Morgan Jarema

If you think kindergartners still play with glue and paper all day, think again. In fact they're not playing enough, educators say, so they've...

Reading initiative shows early positive results

Cedar Springs Janice Holst

Where there is a problem, there is a solution. So when scores indicated that many Cedar Trails Elementary students would not meet state of Michigan...

At Home on the Range

Cedar Springs Janice Holst

"Zinga, zinga, zinga, zoo." "Higher ... now higher ... still higher," said vocal teacher Linda Tata. The boys repeated the melodic phrase in higher and higher...

Gifts from the Hearts of Staff

Cedar Springs Janice Holst

Holidays are times for sharing and school administrators are making sure their students have something extra during the winter break. Since many New Beginnings High...

Making STEM a Team Sport

Cedar Springs Janice Holst

You could tell the sixth-graders gathered in the Red Hawk Elementary cafeteria know there's excitement ahead, but since this was just the second meeting...

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...

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...

‘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...

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...

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...

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