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He mixes melodies, scratches records, creates digital music

Cedar Springs Cris Greer

Cedar Springs junior and DJ Martin Yakes plans for a career in music...

Artist speaks out against hate in competition

Cedar Springs Cris Greer

Four art students won top honors out of 127 competitors at the third-annual Cedar Springs High School Art Competition...

Students strive for Seal of Biliteracy to enhance life, job skills

Cedar Springs Cris Greer

First class of Cedar Springs students prepares for Seal of Biliteracy test...

Gear Up students find easier transition to high school

Cedar Springs Cris Greer

Overhauled Gear Up program helps 60 freshmen transition from middle school to high school...

Living in cars, campers, motels and ‘doubled-up,’ homeless students struggle to succeed

Homeless, with Homework Erin Albanese

Schools -- urban, suburban and rural -- are seeing increased numbers of homeless students and fewer options for housing because of high rents and scarce vacancies...

‘We didn’t notice they’re gone’

Homeless, with Homework Charles Honey

A West Side resident with two children in Grand Rapids Public Schools, Jim Davis worries about the families who can’t afford to live in that booming area and the impact on schools...

‘My students will change the world’

Cedar Springs Cris Greer

Cedar View’s Madeline Pekrul is teaching her fifth graders about career readiness this year in a pilot program...

Donated CPR training kit helps students learn to save lives

Cedar Springs Cris Greer

Eighth graders are learning life-saving skills with help from Festida Foods, which donated an American Heart Association CPR kit...

Five districts win tax approvals, one weathers defeat

Multi Districts School News Network

Five Kent ISD school districts are breathing easier following voter approval of tax requests in Tuesday's election, but one, Cedar Springs, is weighing options after its proposed bond issue was defeated...

Six districts in Kent ISD asking for funding on Tuesday ballot

Multi Districts Charles Honey

Five school districts in Kent ISD have tax requests on the election ballot next Tuesday, Nov. 5. Here is a breakdown of what they’re asking for...

Three-year strategic plan focuses on creating ‘a community of learners’

Cedar Springs Cris Greer

As part of creating a three-year strategic plan at Cedar Springs Public Schools, every teacher got a boarding pass to FLIGHT Plan 1.0 - designed to bring the entire community together...

From coconuts to mindfulness to learning outside, super pair teams up to guide Young 5s

Cedar Springs Cris Greer

The duo plans all their curriculum and activities together so their students get the same experiences. Being flexible and planning with each other is key, they say...

Bond proposal addresses space needs, grade configuration

Cedar Springs Cris Greer

Cedar Springs’ $81 million bond would address space needs, fund new school for eighth and ninth graders

District adds child life specialist to robust mental health team

Cedar Springs Janice Holst

Cedar Springs mental health team grows with specialists trained to teach children how to process feelings before taking action...

Listening to stories: not just for elementary kids

Northview Morgan Jarema

Read-alouds are pretty much a daily standard in elementary schools. But in middle school? Not as much. SNN visited classrooms in two districts where students are all ears for them...

Students speak, district listens

Cedar Springs Janice Holst

As the district gets closer to completing a new strategic plan, administrators turn their ears to the voices of students...

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Teacher’s latest book focuses on motivation in education

Former principal returns to read, substitute teach at his old school

Fifth-grader publishes book, sequel to come

A decade in, teaching is still all about relationships

Young readers follow the recipe for perfect pound cake

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