The Student News Source Of Kennedy High School

Kennedy Torch

The Student News Source Of Kennedy High School

Kennedy Torch

The Student News Source Of Kennedy High School

Kennedy Torch

Minecraft streamers brought together players of different races, languages and sexual orientations.

The Sides to MCYT

Natalie Ruggeri, Writer July 9, 2021

The popularity of the Minecraft YouTuber community (MCYT) has spiked with teenagers. They give youth a healthy environment to connect through common interests no matter their background. However, there...

Trending TV Shows

Trending TV Shows

Elizabeth Hawkes, Writer July 2, 2021

Entertainment plays a big part in teenagers’ lives. What you watch affects your state of mind, helps you cope with hard times and builds your character. Television teaches us life lessons. In 2017,...

Playing video games helped connect people through the COVID-19 pandemic.

Gaming Apart: Together

Noah Hargrafen, Writer June 25, 2021

There was a time not too long ago when teens playing video games was discouraged. Last summer, when it was not safe to spend time with friends in person, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, video games were...

Kennedy Theater on Stage

Kennedy Theater on Stage

Jordyn Cory, Photographer May 15, 2021

The main cast of Clue is smaller than usual.

Get Clued In With Kennedy Theatre

Dylan Sines, Writer/Photographer April 22, 2021

After a year-long hiatus, the Kennedy High School theatre department reopens to the tune of ‘Clue,’ a board-game-based murder-mystery play produced by Kennedy students. It emulates the classic board...

Jossalyn Sheeley, so., holds the final pose of Dont Stop Me Now.

Kennedy Show Choir Auditions Begin for Next Year

Jasmine Hite, Writer April 9, 2021

Kennedy High School is now taking auditions for next year’s show choirs. Students who want to join have to submit  vocal and dance audition videos to a website provided by the choir directors. For...

Barton and Marner wearing their masks, prepared to lead the younger generation of Kennedy Speech into victory.

Speech Under the Direction of Alumni

Molly Martin, Writer February 3, 2021

Kennedy speech is starting the 2020-2021 season with new directors, individual contests and masks for all. Kennedy graduates and speech alumni Grant Barton and Caleb Marner are ready for their second...

Show Choir Back Under the Spotlight

Show Choir Back Under the Spotlight

Dylan Sines, Photographer February 3, 2021

Old Class, New Medium

Old Class, New Medium

Anabel Bradley, Writer January 13, 2021

In an art classroom with long flat tables, students envision great sculptures in their heads. Nothing holds them back. The classroom has plenty of space and materials for a project of this magnitude. Unfortunately,...

Zoey Olson, sr., at show choir dance practice.

Show Choir Under the Lights of COVID-19

Grace Niemuth and Jasmine Hite October 30, 2020

Group choir is one of the most dangerous activities to do during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an article from the Los Angeles Times. The Cedar Rapids Community School District has struggled to find...

Dragon Dance team practice before the Academic awards assembly.

Embracing Culture with Dragon Dance

Mathew WorthingtonBarnes, Advertisement Manager March 10, 2020

At Kennedy High School there is a little-known club called “Dragon Dance”. Dragon dance is one of the ways Chinese culture celebrates different holidays, like Chinese new year. Chinese New Year is...

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