603 students in the Cedar Rapids Community School District were identified as homeless during the 2015-2016 school year. That is almost 4% of the total number of students enrolled in the district for the...
The 2016-2017 school year brings many changes to Kennedy High School, among them the addition of a seventh period in the regular school day. While students may choose to take a full seven-class day, countless...
UPDATE: Dr. Grant is currently dressed in Kennedy cougar green and gold.
The coat drive was a success and Kennedy alone raised over 650 coats. Combined with Washington, we collected nearly 1200 coats...
Kennedy has continued its longstanding tradition of academic excellence after being named to Newsweek’s Top High Schools for 2016 and listed in the top 500 out of over 15,000 high schools from across...
Teacher Dana Melone won the Social Studies Teacher of the Year award from the Iowa Council for the Social Studies. She will will be presented with the award at a luncheon in October and will featured in...
The 42nd Street construction has taken a toll on daily trips to Wendy's for juniors and seniors. People living in the construction have had a gravel driveway onto a road almost made of orange cones for...
On May 17th, a representative from Simpson College, located in Indianola, spoke to Kennedy students about two valuable scholarship opportunities known as the George Washington Carver Scholarship and...
AP Capstone is a new class that came to Kennedy last fall and will continue next year.
Currently, the course is offered in 334 high schools across the county and even at a few schools internationally....
Bruce Springsteen, Pearl Jam, Maroon 5, Cirque du Soleil, Mumford and Sons, and composer Stephen Schwartz are just some of the many artists and performers that have canceled their shows in North Carolina....
On May 18, two women from St. Lukes came to give some eye-awakening facts.
They had videos to watch to see how serious driving unsafe is, to see that families still struggle from losing a member that...
As the 2015-2016 school year comes to a close for the seniors there are many important dates and times to be reminded of. Seniors will end the year this Wednesday, May 25. The rest of the district finishes...
While most people don’t get the opportunity to play sports with their older siblings, the girls varsity soccer team has many sets of sisters who get to play along side each other.
Alissa Waterhouse,...
