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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

Powered by Parents Janice Holst
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...

Funky Friday Drumline Gets Students Moving & Learning

Sparta Janice Holst
What do you get when elementary students are given a laundry basket, a big plastic ball and a couple of sticks? At Ridgeview Elementary,...

Reading Well Predicts Student Success

Sparta Janice Holst
Ten-year-old Erika Bradford knows how important it is to find ways to make reading easier. "I think the reason kids don't like any subject is...

New School Year Brings Cool Stuff

Sparta Janice Holst
Trying out the new "giant fidget spinner" and logging on to a personal computer were just two of the exciting changes Appleview Elementary students...

Students, Community Team Up to Protect Nash Creek

Sparta Dianne Carroll Burdick
Students from throughout the area and Sparta community members recently worked together to protect Nash Creek from erosion and pollution, culminating a long-term project...

District Makeover, Spartan Style

Sparta School News Network
Ground has been broken on various district improvements, including a new athletic complex and secure building entrances, all funded by a bond issue approved...

Creativity to Spare

Multi Districts School News Network
Sparta Lanes in downtown Sparta got a bit of a makeover recently with help from some local high school students. The alley is home to...

Undaunted by Disease, Staying the Course

Grads with Grit School News Network
Standing in a hall of Sparta High School, Steven Sevarns wore a smile that might suggest he wasn't headed to class that day. He...

Principal: Teachers are ‘Doing Everything’ for Students

Sparta School News Network
A pair of first-grade teachers at Ridgeview Elementary recently told two visiting Michigan legislators about the stresses of teaching under strained budgets, and the...

Fun for the Taking, but You Have to Earn It

Sparta School News Network
A shakeup of the school day at Sparta Middle School has opened up new opportunities for students to reap rewards for good behavior and...

New Funds Would Go to Classroom, Early College, Arts

Sparta School News Network
On May 2, voters in the Kent ISD region will be asked to approve a 0.9 mill tax for local school districts, generating $211...

Lab Brings Farming, Ecology Lessons to Students

Sparta School News Network
Crowded inside a mobile science lab outside Appleview Elementary, fourth-graders discovered how farmers use science to maintain clean water. Dropping purple food coloring from a...

‘They Learn by Music’

Sparta School News Network
A drum beat echoes down the halls of Sparta's Appleview Elementary. The source: a boisterous bunch of musicians keeping a beat and dancing to the...

Bowls Full of Giving

Sparta School News Network
Second-grader Noah Leija stood at the countertop with a utensil in his hand, eyeing a smooth, round slab of clay. A student next to...
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