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Make them Feel ‘Valued, Capable and Loved’

Cedar Springs Janice Holst

School: Cedar Trails Other positions you have held in education: I was a principal and early childhood director for DeWitt Public Schools for three years;...

District Hops into New School Year with Positive Message

Cedar Springs Janice Holst

High school biology and chemistry teacher Edward Johns has always believed his job is to help students become the "best versions of themselves." But...

Six Teachers Seek National Board Credentials

Multi Districts Erin Albanese

Big names in teaching in Kent County – Michigan Teachers of the Year for 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 – have joined forces to share the...

Teacher Travels the World to Enrich Lessons Back Home

Cedar Springs School News Network

The lights are off. A projector screen glows with a map of Berlin with a line dividing the former East and West sectors. Shayne Dove,...

Class, Meet Gator — 972 Miles Away

Cedar Springs School News Network

An giant reptilian eye stared, unblinking, at a room full of elementary students on a recent Monday. It belonged to a juvenile alligator, in the...

For These Seniors, Degrees Already in Sight

Cedar Springs School News Network

Three years ago, 25 district sophomores decided to get an early start on college. All are well on their way to graduating this fall,...

Vietnam Vets Bring Realities of War Back Home to Students

Cedar Springs School News Network

Speaking to juniors at their alma mater, a pair of Vietnam veterans provided students both with historical perspective and a lesson more personal. Chuck Smith...

Learning to Love Reading

Cedar Springs School News Network

After the school day ends, second-graders at Beach Elementary are still at work to become masters of the alphabet. In "super switch" groups based on...

Young Authors Learn from Published Ones — and Each Other

Cedar Springs School News Network

A room full of authors gathered at Cedar Springs Middle School. One was a guest speaker, author David Stricklen, and the rest were seventh-graders. Students...

Building a Band Program, From Squeaks to Symphonic

Cedar Springs School News Network

If you talk to a sixth-grader or a high school senior from Kent City's band program, you will hear a similar story. For first-chair...

Community, Consistency + Shared Expectations = Stronger Academics

Cedar Springs School News Network

A new banner meant to create a shared experience across age groups is getting educators, administrators and parents out of their seats, partnering up...

A Friend’s Message on Suicide: ‘This is For Real’

Cedar Springs School News Network

Before the opening credits to a film about suicide, freshman Noah McGee took the stage at Cedar Springs High School to share his painful,...

Students Build Parting Gift: a Library

Cedar Springs School News Network

Now that they’ve built it, they hope people will come. A new Little Free Library stands near Red Hawk Elementary school, thanks to the efforts...

First Day in the Life 2016

Caledonia Charles Honey

Editor’s note: This year, a quartet of School News Network reporters fanned out across Kent ISD and paired with a single person experiencing his...

District Bands Together to Face Student Suicide

Cedar Springs School News Network

For district staff, the back-to-school theme is "promise" – a promise to tackle one looming problem. Losing three students to suicide in the past three...

Painting, Dancing and Clapping Their Way Back to School

Cedar Springs School News Network

As summer vacation ends, many Cedar Trails Elementary students will be headed to school not just with new backpacks, but with classmates and teachers...

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