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The Student News Source Of Kennedy High School

Kennedy Torch

The Student News Source Of Kennedy High School

Kennedy Torch

School Resource Officer Aaron Leisinger in Officer Hansels office in front of a board full of messages left by students for Hansel.

New School Resource Officer

Jayden Bisson, Staff Writer August 31, 2015

While many of the students and teachers here at Kennedy have noticed that the school's resource officer, Officer Charity, is no longer protecting the halls, relatively few have had the opportunity to...

School Board Voting

School Board Voting

Xander Riley, Editor-in-Chief August 25, 2015

UPDATE: The election results are in and the winners are: Mary Meisterling (District 1) Rafael Jacobo (District 4) Kristin Janssen (At-Large) John Laverty (At-Large)   Early voting...

Honoring Herk

Honoring Herk

Gabby Olejniczak July 25, 2015

The name Herkelman cannot be spoken at Kennedy without heads being turned or stories being shared about how Coach Herkelman has impacted someone's life during his time with them at Kennedy; whether it...

Equality earned for all

Equality earned for all

Gabby Olejniczak July 5, 2015

Last Friday started the same as any other day for many people. Everybody went about their normal routines. No one could have ever imagined that this day would go down in history for transforming the way...

Photo from Flickr Creative Commons.

Gay marriage bans declared unconstitutional

June 26, 2015

In a 5-4 decision, the US Supreme Court ruled today that same sex marriage is legal in all 50 states. Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, Gibsburg, Breyer, and Kennedy voted in favor of gay marriage. Gay...

Parking policy remains the same for next year

Parking policy remains the same for next year

June 7, 2015

“The hills get icy and I slid down one once,” Claire Hauser, so., said about the Lovely Lane parking lot. Hauser has parked at Lovely Lane this whole year. Hauser has found a quick way around the...

SMART Lunch Next Year

Joey Riley, Writer June 4, 2015

In the year of 2014-2015, Kennedy High School started doing an 80 minute Lunch called SMART Lunch with the intention of making lunch more helpful to students. For some students, it has been known to work....

The first market this summer is set to be on June 6 and it will run from 7:30 a.m. until noon.

Story behind the Downtown Farmers Market

Abby Donovan, Web Board June 4, 2015

For Jill Wilkins, the Event Planner for the Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance planning the Downtown Farmers’ Market is a yearlong process. They begin accepting vendor applications in January and it...

Election results for class officers

Election results for class officers

Elianna Novitch June 3, 2015

The results are in for the class officers of the 2015-16 school year. Check out both the student government officers and the newly elected class officers below. Senior class officers  President-...

NHS leaders shared the idea for the senior project to the senior class today. It was met with a positive response and interest from students.

Looking forward: the 2016 senior class project

Elianna Novitch June 2, 2015

Changes are coming for both the community and the senior class project. Starting with the 2016 senior class, National Honors Society will be in charge of leading the senior class project. “It’s...

Class of 2015 graduates

Luke Martin, Writer & Photographer May 29, 2015

Kennedy seniors officially graduated last night at the Double Tree Center in downtown Cedar Rapids. Families gathered in the stands to see their young adults walk across the stage in Kennedy's green...

Seniors choose Kirkwood

Seniors choose Kirkwood

Hannah Bruns, Writer May 29, 2015

The number of Kennedy graduates attending Kirkwood Community College nearly doubles each year. Some students are now switching from the typical “big university” experience and choosing community college...

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