News
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COVID-19 impacts holiday travel decisions
Holidays; days full of celebration spent with beloved friends and family. While Thanksgiving and Christmas are approaching quickly, so is the increase of COVID cases....
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Entrepreneurship classes launch student-run businesses
The entrepreneurship classes have started a class company to raise money for local businesses. The second period entrepreneurship class has chosen the name Big Cat...
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Students report lower grades due to COVID exposures and quarantine
Sophomore Kylie Ryen has missed four weeks of school this year due to being in contact with a COVID-infected student or family member. Her familiarity...
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Local businesses offer COVID safe pickup options
During a quarantine, dining at your favorite restaurants is getting more dangerous every day, but some have made changes to keep business during this pandemic....
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Music classes release virtual concerts due to COVID
The musical extracurriculars including orchestra, band and chorus are looking very different this year compared to previous years, and COVID has led to the technological...
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2020 elections having students stressed out
Throughout the week of Nov. 2, multiple conversation topics drifted towards the election, rather than schoolwork. Classroom discussions generally shifted to politics at least once...
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Orchestra students utilize online resources for COVID safe performances
Tuning up in orchestra this year has taken a little longer than year’s past. “To be honest, this year has been tough. Half of the...
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Global competency roundtable sparks conversation about lack of diversity in teaching staff
Signs with handwritten messages are held high above the heads of protestors as they flood Cedar Falls main street, chanting out, “No justice, No peace.”...
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Choir students accepted for All State through virtual auditions
After months of planning and rearranging, the Iowa All-State Music Festival was canceled, leaving high school musicians wondering what that meant for the audition process...
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New waterloo skatepark receives positive feedback from skaters
A thrilling drop into the bowl, followed by a smooth ride down to the ramps. At the new Waterloo Skatepark anyone and everyone is welcome. ...
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Phone ban or same old rule? How does Iowa’s new law look inside Cedar Falls classrooms
If you step into a classroom at Cedar Falls High School these days—or really, any classroom in Iowa—you might think you accidentally walked into a library… or a witness...
