Fairy tale fundraiser
Elianna Novitch
December 9, 2014
Eager children and parents lined up outside of Kennedy on Saturday as they waited for the doors to be opened to the Once Upon A Time breakfast fundraiser being put on by the drama department. "We've held a princess breakfast as a fundraiser for the drama department for the past three years," Maggie...
Students attempt to break Guiness world record
Lead writer Hadley Rittgers, assisted by Rowan Bergen, Writer
September 27, 2014
The largest game of duck duck goose in the world, so far consists of 2,135 people. Kennedy is aiming to break that record tonight at the Kennedy vs. Linn-Mar game. It will be from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. between the sophomore and varsity games at the Kingston Stadium track. The Guiness Book of World Records reports that the largest game of duck, duck, goose involved 2...
Cougar Closet open for Homecoming
Emily Sass
September 19, 2014
Many students either can’t afford a homecoming dress or don’t know where to look. At Kennedy, a program called Cougar Closet is in place to help people find a dress to wear. “Cougar Closet is a program that lets people who either can’t afford something like a dress or if they just rip their...
Person with weapons arrested near Kennedy
Ethan Divis
April 23, 2014
Today, an arrest was made outside of Kennedy High school. A call was placed this morning to police about a suspicious person at the Oakland Church of the Nazarene. Police responded to the call and found a man with knives on him. He was placed into custody and transported to Linn County Jail. This...
McKnight steps down
Ethan Divis
April 10, 2014
Girls’ varsity head coach Andrew McKnight will step down as the head girls’ soccer coach. McKnight has recently been hired by the Iowa City Police Department. McKnight started the process to get hired back in 2012 of March and the process will finally be complete this April. He will coach his...
Kennedy receives threat
Ethan Divis
April 9, 2014
Kennedy High School has been placed on heightened security for the rest of the week after the Cedar Rapids Police Department received a potential threat towards the school. Kennedy students and parents we’re made aware of this via phone message from Principal Jason Kline last night. Here is his statement. Kennedy...
10 Pieces of Advice to Remember When Packing for Vacation
EliannaNovitch16
March 20, 2014
Students and staff of Kennedy anxiously wait for the bell to ring on Friday and for spring break to begin. Some plan to travel while others are staying home. Kennedy’s spring break lasts from March 24 to March 29. Classes resume on Monday March 31. No matter what your plans are for spring break,...
Kennedy pulls upset, off to state for first time since 2008
Ethan Divis
March 10, 2014
Before the season started, the amount of people that would have picked Kennedy to go to state would have been slim. With good reason too, Kennedy finished last season at 11-10, losing to inner city rival Washington in a substate semifinal game. Then their coach left and this team appeared to be left...
Raise the Roof, behind the scenes
EliannaNovitch16
March 4, 2014
The crowd at Kennedy’s annual show choir competition, Raise the Roof, enjoyed performances from different show choirs from around the area, the real performance however was the work done behind the scenes to put on the competition. Students a part of all the show choirs of Kennedy helped set up...
Specialization in sports
Ethan Divis
February 14, 2014
Specialization has become more common amongst athletes in today’s world. Athletes are now being pushed to focus on one sport instead of participating in multiple sports. Strength and conditioning coach Tim Lewis is strongly against this. He is so against specialization in fact, it was one of the reasons that he resigned as head football coach. “Football used to ...
Academic Decathlon team prepares for state
Alli Nemecek
February 10, 2014
The United States Academic Decathlon team at Kennedy consists of nine people, and they are preparing for the State Competition March 7 and 8 after placing third at the Regional Competition. Kennedy’s Academic Decathlon team, coached by Deb Snook, meets every Sunday afternoon to study and go over the ...
