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Junior highs change requirements for art, music
Starting next year at Peet and Holmes Junior High’s, choir, orchestra, band and art will not be required classes for seventh graders to take. Principal...
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Arts community shining light on diversity
“There’s a light in the darkness of everybody’s life.” This lyric from “Rocky Horror Show” rang true after the last dress rehearsal on Jan. 19....
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Millions of marchers use weekend event to ensure their voices, political issues will not be marginalized
“Show me what a democracy looks like!” one woman shouts. “This is what a democracy looks like!” a crowd of over 75,000 passionate people who...
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Dozens of students taking advantage of free tuition for university courses
Post-Secondary Enrollment Options (PSEO) are options for juniors and seniors with acceptable ACT/SAT and or GPA. Freshmen and sophomores can take the classes if they...
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Making the Grade: Three high school courses piloting standards-based assessments
This year marks the second year of Cedar Falls High School’s plan to transition from percent based grading to learning based grading. The school is...
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FTC robotics places 13th at Rockwell Collins competition
With fear in their eyes, FTC robotics team 6420 watched as their robot’s main power core blew out last Saturday. It was the league championship...
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‘Know Your Constitution’ takes 10 Cedar Falls finalists
The Cedar Falls schools have been attending the “Know Your Constitution” conference for many years. Kevin Kuker, U.S. history teacher at Holmes Junior High, has...
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Brown finds STEM job in China
Coach and teacher Joe Brown has been teaching in the Cedar Falls School District for seven years, and he recently announced that he will be...
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Flaherty interrupts retirement to teach oral communication
Retirement: a time when folks move onto a new chapter in their lives, finally giving up work for some fun and relaxation. No one deserved...
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Wiechmann leaves math for new career program
Cedar Falls High School students are in for an experience of a lifetime and the chance to make connections with local professionals while gaining college...
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Umemezie earns 10th National Youth Poet Laureate title
Three hundred people sit in a crowded room. In front of them, sits a stage with four young faces alongside the host of the event. One by one each...
