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Interim school chief named superintendent

Sparta Jane Lally
Joel Stoner, who has a 23-year history in the district, has taken the permanent post...

Welding sparks her life

Kent ISD Jane Lally
Junior Grace Kober wants to follow in her family’s footsteps and pursue work in the trades...

Homework club buckles down

Sparta Jane Lally
Appleview Elementary students and volunteer helpers meet regularly after school to collaborate on homework...

Elementary administrative team off to strong start 

Sparta Jane Lally
SNN gets to know the heads of Ridgeview and Appleview schools...

A lifelong love of education

Sparta Jane Lally
Ridgeview Elementary assistant principal Kelley VanVliet always loved school...

No hocus pocus here

Sparta Jane Lally
Students program Ozobots to trick-or-treat in neighborhoods...

Exploring local history without modern conveniences

Sparta Jane Lally
Sparta fifth-grade students visit local schoolhouse and depot museums...

A lover of family who learns from her students

Meet Your Administrators Jane Lally
Longtime Appleview teacher takes over as assistant principal...

Fishing, scavenger hunting in the great outdoors

Sparta Jane Lally
District special education students learned to fish, went on a scavenger hunt and made fish prints during a special trip to the nature trail at Sparta Sports Park...

Enhancing education through sports

Sparta Jane Lally
Michigan native Nick Pettit named athletic director at Sparta...

New interim superintendent aims to build a culture of ‘we’

Sparta Jane Lally
Former assistant Superintendent Joel Stoner becomes interim superintendent in Sparta...

Sing it loud: school’s out for summer!

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In the last three Kent County school districts to close for the summer, students celebrated with songs, flag-lowering, a parade and tugs-of-war...

A walk through history

Sparta Abigail Ham, SNN intern
Sparta sixth graders traveled into the past to learn about the history of the town from volunteer tour guides...

Strength & conditioning for the win

Sparta Abigail Ham, SNN intern
The real goal of Sparta High School’s award-winning program: to make students feel good about themselves...

Innovative English teacher makes tech work for students

Sparta Abigail Ham, SNN intern
Sparta Middle School teacher Alec Dood designs unique creative projects for his students, including an award-winning 'Interactive Fiction' unit...

Getting down to business

Sparta Abigail Ham, SNN intern
Sixth- and seventh-graders at Sparta Middle School studied the history, purpose and structure of local businesses while building their own confidence and collaboration skills...
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