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Take a ‘walk in the woods’ at this elementary school

Rockstar Teachers Janice Holst

A fifth-grade teacher’s hobby has transformed the hallways, with a carved woodland creature at nearly every classroom door...

District gets good start on long-term strategic planning

Sparta Janice Holst

Following community input, leaders begin prioritizing improvement plans for school district...

School events ‘go live’ thanks to pair of juniors

Sparta Janice Holst

Thanks to the innovation and initiative of two high school computer students, others can now take a class in producing live-feed video...

District named to AP honor roll for second time

Sparta Janice Holst

Sparta Area Schools has been named to the ninth Annual AP ® District Honor Roll. The district is one of only 373 in the U.S. and Canada named by the College Board to the honor roll...

A recipe for celebrating hometown memories

Sparta Janice Holst

Elementary students honor former Sparta students with hometown greetings and goodies for the holidays...

School resource officer wants to make personal connections

Sparta Student Showcase School News Network

A student’s article about the school’s new resource officer, which originally appeared in the school news publication, 'Bell Ringer'...

Students flock to teaching cadet program, but remain unsure about education careers

Sparta Janice Holst

Teacher cadet program places high school students in classrooms to learn hands on skills, in Sparta...

Construction of new middle school gets under way

Sparta Janice Holst

The groundbreaking celebration for a new middle school included participation by fourth-, fifth- and sixth-graders, who will be the first users of the new building when it opens in 2020...

Digging in at a farm made for learning

Rockford Janice Holst

A two-year pilot program has students from Rockford and Sparta schools spending multiple days at Plainsong Farm, which offers environmental education sessions...

Laughter, gratitude, memories and art featured at reunion with retired art teacher

Sparta Janice Holst

A retired Sparta art teacher hosts a reunion for reminiscing and allowing former students to pick up artwork she has saved through the years...

First-graders try on new donated backpacks

Sparta Janice Holst

Officials from AT&T were on hand to distribute over 200 backpacks to Sparta district students...

New Sparta superintendent: ‘Put me in, coach, I am ready to play’

Meet Your Administrators Janice Holst

The first question Pete Bush was asked by the student panel during the superintendent interview process was how he would decide on closing school for snow days. That, he said, is an important question, because it deals with school safety...

Don’t want to lose your smartness? Catch Books on the Run

Sparta Janice Holst

Books on the Run, in its third year in Sparta, makes 20-minute stops throughout the district’s community every two weeks. Other stops this year included the Ida Red Apartments, Sparta Townhouses, Glenwood Estates and Dietrich Farms...

Retiring Superintendent Gordie Nickels moving from district duties to his family, church

Sparta Janice Holst

Superintendent Gordie Nickels will move on from Sparta at the end of June, having announced his retirement in April. The school board has hired Pete Bush of Coloma Community Schools as his successor...

New schools chief seen as ‘incredible fit’ for district

Sparta Janice Holst

Pete Bush, who has served the last four years as superintendent of Coloma Community Schools, will replace retiring Sparta Superintendent Gordie Nickels...

‘Awesomely different’

Sparta Janice Holst

Local mom’s mission is to make sure students understand being different is just fine...

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