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Love of Writing, Getting the Scoop, Sparks Student Newspaper

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It’s deadline day at Hawk Nation. The staff of the Cedar Springs High School newspaper are hunched over computers, putting final touches on their...

Couple’s Generosity Honored in Renaming High School Auditorium

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Mike and Alice Holton gave much to Cedar Springs. From the renovation of Skinner Field at the middle school and the Main Street pedestrian...

Basketball Brings Students Together, On Court & In Classroom

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Action was heating up under the Red Hawk Rockets’ basket. Emma Cassiday passed the ball to Sam Shepard, who seemed unsure what to do...

Students Offer Peers a Safe Place to Get Away

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The room is buzzing. Kids chomp on pizza as they play chess, a game of “Sorry” and laugh at videos of people doing goofy...

Families Get to Learn, Listen and Munch with Students

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Parents packed the hallways and classrooms of Cedar Trails Elementary School recently, as kindergarten students invited their families for a day to see what...

Agreement with GRCC Gives Students a Head Start on College

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Kevin Galloway has every intention of going to college. So he figured, why not start now? The Cedar Springs High School sophomore is one of...

‘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....

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