School-Oriented Clubs

March 6, 2023

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ennedy has always had a reputation for having a welcoming, enthusiastic student body with school spirit to spare. Since its opening, Kennedy has left a lasting positive impression on the Cedar Rapids community with clubs that worked to make others feel excited and appreciated.

Pep Club members paint signs to hang around the school for spirit week. (Kennedy 1968 Yearbook)

While today we know about Key Club and Kinder Kennedy, we used to have a different set of groups. Responsible for community volunteering was the Community Action Club, assisting with anything from Cedar Rapids businesses in need of manual labor or busy work to raking the lawns of elderly people. 

Welcoming students to Kennedy fell to the Courtesy Club. The goal of the Courtesy Club was to make all feel included in Kennedy culture. The Courtesy Club organized a student welcome day at the beginning of the year and met after school with the special needs students during the rest of the year.

The final school-oriented club was Pep Club. The Pep Club was in charge of getting the student body excited and raising school spirit. The group would hang posters around the school for different events, come up with spirit days and cheer with the early Kennedy Pom Poms.

Kennedy has made an effort throughout its years to make others feel welcome, old clubs evolving into what the student body knows today. Kennedy’s positive reputation is not new, established in 1967 along with the school itself.

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