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Holmes principal recaps lessons of first year
Holmes Junior High is a school of High academic achievements and inclusiveness, so when Jeremy Jones, first year principal for Holmes Junior High took his...
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Peet pops concert concludes season
The last band, more commonly known as the pops concert, is the Peet band’s chance to play more well known pieces from movies or television...
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Final Notes: Seniors reflect on years of CF musical inspiration
With school wrapping up and winding down, the Cedar Falls music programs prepare for and perform their final concerts of the school year. Orchestra performed...
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Student election set for next week
In seven words or less, candidates shared what they hoped to deliver to Cedar Falls High School should they win in the upcoming election. Arlo...
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Life Blood
At the blood drive in the music rooms on Friday, May 12, seniors Sarah Hoy and Hunter Hadlock were among the donors who raised 68...
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Rocket club finishes fifth at Nationals in Washington
By Rachel Schmid This past weekend the CFHS S.T.A.R.S. made the journey to Washington, D.C., to compete in the Team America Rocketry Challenge (TARC), hosted...
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ELP teacher leaving teaching to spend more time with her one-year-old son
Karen Newcomb, Holmes Junior High ELP teacher, is done teetering over what she wants to do. She has made up her mind and is confident...
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FCS teacher will miss watching students define themselves, build lifelong skills
Maxine Barrows is the soon to retire family and consumer science head teacher for Holmes Junior High. Barrows has been teaching for a total of...
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Social studies, driver ed teacher taught students not just what, but how to learn
Jay Goulden is a retiring teacher for Holmes Junior High who is on his 34th year of teaching; 15th at Holmes. He teaches in the...
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Special ed teacher anticpates tackling delayed dreams
After 42 years of teaching, including 33 year at Cedar Falls High School, special education teacher Pat Trampel is moving on to new things, though...
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Blackhawk Children’s Theater auditions for Beetlejuice Jr. open Oct. 30, Nov. 1
Standing center stage, audience roaring, spotlights shine in the performers’ eyes after they finish a song they spent almost nine weeks working to perfect. After the show, their castmates...
