HomeSparta

Sparta

Students, Community Team Up to Protect Nash Creek

Sparta Dianne Carroll Burdick

Students from throughout the area and Sparta community members recently worked together to protect Nash Creek from erosion and pollution, culminating a long-term project...

District Makeover, Spartan Style

Sparta School News Network

Ground has been broken on various district improvements, including a new athletic complex and secure building entrances, all funded by a bond issue approved...

Creativity to Spare

Multi Districts School News Network

Sparta Lanes in downtown Sparta got a bit of a makeover recently with help from some local high school students. The alley is home to...

Undaunted by Disease, Staying the Course

Grads with Grit School News Network

Standing in a hall of Sparta High School, Steven Sevarns wore a smile that might suggest he wasn't headed to class that day. He...

Principal: Teachers are ‘Doing Everything’ for Students

Sparta School News Network

A pair of first-grade teachers at Ridgeview Elementary recently told two visiting Michigan legislators about the stresses of teaching under strained budgets, and the...

Fun for the Taking, but You Have to Earn It

Sparta School News Network

A shakeup of the school day at Sparta Middle School has opened up new opportunities for students to reap rewards for good behavior and...

New Funds Would Go to Classroom, Early College, Arts

Sparta School News Network

On May 2, voters in the Kent ISD region will be asked to approve a 0.9 mill tax for local school districts, generating $211...

Lab Brings Farming, Ecology Lessons to Students

Sparta School News Network

Crowded inside a mobile science lab outside Appleview Elementary, fourth-graders discovered how farmers use science to maintain clean water. Dropping purple food coloring from a...

‘They Learn by Music’

Empowering Abilities School News Network

A drum beat echoes down the halls of Sparta's Appleview Elementary. The source: a boisterous bunch of musicians keeping a beat and dancing to the...

Bowls Full of Giving

Sparta School News Network

Second-grader Noah Leija stood at the countertop with a utensil in his hand, eyeing a smooth, round slab of clay. A student next to...

Inspired Teachers Foster Young Leaders

Sparta School News Network

Students at Sparta's Appleview Elementary are setting leadership goals this year, with the help of teachers who have spent the past two summers mastering...

So Long Till Next Year

Sparta School News Network

Eighth-grader Luis Montes is accustomed to change. This year, that change may be a lack of change, as his family debates whether to make...

The Nurse Is In

Sparta School News Network

Amy Roelse knelt on the floor, eye-level with a second-grader whose thumb wouldn't stop gushing blood. The student had slammed her digit in a...

Coming to You This Summer: Books

Sparta School News Network

District families who can't get to the library on Tuesdays this summer, don't fret: the library will be coming to you. June 14 to Aug....

Sculpting Real Helping Hands

Comstock Park School News Network

A trio of Kent Career Tech Center 3D Animation students from Comstock Park and Sparta high schools recently had the opportunity to turn their...

Retirement, Yes! Leave School? No Way!

Rockstar Teachers School News Network

For Sue Blackall, retirement is just the beginning. After 32 years and 800 pupils, the Appleview Elementary third grade teacher plans to open the book...

1...121314...16 Page 13 of 16

- Sponsorship -

GET OUR HEADLINES IN YOUR EMAIL

SUSTAINING SPONSORS

Join these sponsors

- Sponsorship -

MEDIA PARTNERS

School News NetworkA Window into Your Public Schools

ABOUT US

School News Network reports on the 20 public school districts in Kent ISD, which enroll more than 102,000 students. Founded in 2013 as an initiative of Kent ISD, we are supported by local districts and community sponsors, and powered by an experienced team of reporters, editors and multimedia journalists. We specialize in covering classroom teaching and learning, analyzing the many issues facing students and highlighting the education magic that happens each day in our public schools.

Teacher recognized for ‘excellence in Chinese teaching’

She’s in year 20, and ‘goes at it like year two’

For real, she dances a fine reel

Dedication & drive, in the dojo and beyond

Business, college and K-12 leaders come together to boost student literacy

Middle-school artists add ‘squish’ to second-grade designs

One Book, One City program culminates with visit from author

Pi Day slices fun with math

Level playing field offers connection for students of all abilities

High school broadcasters inspire middle school channel

What would closing U.S. Dept. of Education mean for special education in Kent County?

Through his eyes, he communicates

Sparta

GET OUR HEADLINES IN YOUR EMAIL

SUSTAINING SPONSORS

MEDIA PARTNERS

ABOUT US

FOLLOW US

OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS