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Grant introduces healthy eating education via indoor tower gardens

Sparta Janice Holst

Sharing healthy eating principles with students is easier when the veggies are grown right in the classroom, thanks to a grant from the Sparta Education Foundation...

Sparta superintendent surprises district with retirement announcement

Sparta Janice Holst

The Sparta Board of Education voted 7-0 to approve Superintendent Gordie Nickels’ request for retirement, and expressed appreciation for his service

Imagination, hard work turn 3,000 plastic straws into amazing lion head

Sparta Janice Holst

Art teacher of over 30 years wowed by student art piece made from plastic straws

Spanish-language countries subject of middle school fair

Sparta Janice Holst

The annual Study Abroad Fair is the culmination of a unit in which each seventh- and eighth-grader chooses a Spanish-speaking country to study in-depth

Switching to specialty classes boosts teaching energy

Sparta Janice Holst

A move by veteran fourth-grade teachers from the classroom to specialty fields changed the Appleview atmosphere

Students take action, lend voices to honor Florida school victims and plead for violence to end

Multi Districts School News Network

The number 17 served as a marker not only for moments of silence in honor of those killed, but for students’ thoughts on how to make schools safer and kinder

Sparta kindergartners learn by building animal habitats

Sparta Janice Holst

Do you ever wonder what would happen if a room full of kindergartens were officially zookeepers? Read to find out.

Banner Business Teaches Students Career Skills

Sparta Janice Holst

When senior Melissa Bare started her last few high school classes, it seemed more like she was already on the job. After honing her skills...

Tying Shoes, Zipping Coats, Giving Hugs: ‘Grandpa Dale’ Does it All

Sparta Janice Holst

Dale Allers has three grandchildren, but more than 500 children from ages 5 through 15 who call him grandpa. Allers has worked in same two...

A Perfect Picture of Learning

Sparta Janice Holst

“It is not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.” These words from Henry David Thoreau sum up why middle school...

Finding the Right Fit

Caledonia Janice Holst

How do you turn a would-be class clown into a productive student? How do you motivate a fifth-grader who just doesn't fit in or...

Special Honor for Special Program

Sparta Janice Holst

Sparta has been named a National Unified Champion School for its dedication to establishing relationships between Special Olympics athletes and their peers without disabilities. Only...

Education on Trial

Sparta Janice Holst

Sometimes students learn best by trial. And in a recent unit on suspense, Leah Sajdak's eighth -grade language arts classroom took that concept very...

Student Suspense Story Excerpts

Sparta Student Showcase School News Network

Leah Sajdek’s eighth -grade language arts classroom studied concepts involved in suspense writing, and found their 'inner Poe'

Dads of Great Students Group Expanding

Four years ago, when Todd Yemc was laid off, he went "to work" volunteering every single day in his kindergarten daughter's classroom. Ridgeview's principal, Maryalyce...

Fred Thorne: 47 Years of Service to Children

Multi Districts Ron Koehler

Fred Thorne gave all but 30 of his 77 years to the children of Sparta and Kent County as a quietly competent and humble...

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