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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...

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...
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