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‘I’ll be Forever Grateful,’ Single Mom Says of Community’s Help

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Flossie Bliss has a strong faith in God, but her faith in people has been renewed. The Cedar Springs single mother of four was astonished...

Students’ ‘Giving Hearts’ Help Needy Families

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Some families at Beach Elementary School have needs of their own, but that didn’t stop them from helping out others for Thanksgiving. Students and...

Poverty Persists Out in the Country, Out of Sight

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Nine-year-old Marisol is doing handstands and 16-year-old Rocio makes a peanut butter sandwich as their mother describes her dreams for them. “I want them to...

Author to Teachers: Don’t Fear the Common Core!

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Dave Stuart Jr. has a bit of advice for his colleagues when it comes to teaching the Common Core: Don’t freak out. The Cedar Springs...

Walk-a-Thon Raises Funds for Cedar Springs Elementary PTO

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More than 2,000 students, staff and volunteer circled the track at Red Hawk Football Stadium to raise more than $24,000 for the Cedar Springs...

Getting Kids Fired Up About Math

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Educators in Cedar Springs have a new equation for teaching kids math. It all adds up to total success in the classroom. Teachers at Beach...

New Cedar Schools Chief: ‘It’s All About the Kids’

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During the second week of school in her first year as superintendent of Cedar Springs Public Schools, Laura VanDuyn got a call no school...

Coach Honored for Molding Winners on Field and Off

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Make no mistake: Coach Gus Kapolka loves to win. And his Cedar Springs High School football team is quite good at it, going 3-1...

Schools Feed Students’ Tummies and Minds over the Summer

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Carmen Grant eagerly read aloud a Mother Goose story about a little boy who looks after the sheep, while Debby Brown held the book...

Students Remember Scott Hazel, Beloved Teacher and Man of Faith

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Whether it was art or the history of war, you could count on a class taught by Scott Hazel to be fun and challenging....

Retiring Cedar Superintendent Acts More Like He’s Just Begun

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Ron McDermed walks from classroom to classroom, sits in little chairs, takes notes and peers over students' shoulders as they work. He seems as...

Area Schools Receive HEARTSafe Designation for Cardiac Preparedness

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Kent Transition Center, the Tech Center, and Cedar Springs public schools are among the 40 Michigan schools to recieve recognition for the new MI...

Car Crash Couldn’t Stop Him from Walking – or Marching

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Editor's Note: This is the first of a series about students who have had to overcome unusual challenges and hardships to graduate this spring. Kaleb...

New Superintendent ‘Thrilled’ to Be Back Home

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Laura VanDuyn and her husband, Randy, had long wanted to return from California to their native Michigan and raise their two children here. So...

Students Get Math by Getting Together

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The first thing you notice about Andrew Smith's math class is that he isn't teaching it. Yet his students seem to be learning a...

Student Reports News, Boosts Spirits at Cedar Springs

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