Within the last month, all of the buzz on social media sites has been about the “ALS Ice Bucket Challenge”. Before this many people did not know what ALS was. ALS is more commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s...
As Torch reported this June (http://bit.ly/1zZeD5N) students at Kennedy High School will be experiencing changes in gym requirements.
There are two major changes in the requirements; the first being...
The comic drama Picasso at the Lapin Agile is coming to the Kennedy Auditorium October 2, 3, and 4. The play takes place in 1904 at a bar where Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso cross paths. The play takes...
The first few steps in fundraising for the 2015 senior project are underway and the seniors are slowly chipping away at the goal of raising $16,000. The project will be helping Habitat for Humanities,...
The juniors claimed the spirit stick on Friday, Aug. 29 at Kennedy High School’s first pep assembly of the 2014-2015 school year. The Cougars have a pep assembly three times a year at the beginning of...
Who knew what an impact some ice water and a bucket could make? The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge has become a viral spectacle that has raised more than $50 million and global awareness for Lou Gehrig’s disease.
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Stacy Haynes-Moore
I'm happy to have my teaching home at Kennedy and work with curious, funny, outstanding students in language arts and journalism. I am a member of the Journalism Education Association...
During the next couple years, Kennedy will be instituting some changes in its scheduling system and requirements. Specifically, the requirements for gym will be different starting next year, and Kennedy...
The Kennedy baseball team swept No. 2 Iowa City West with a score of 1-0 for both games on Monday, June 2.
Not only was the night a celebration of wins but it was also a celebration of a very well deserving...
“The project starts now," senior class president Fatima Elsheikh said. "Our job now is to fundraise throughout the summer and we will raise money all the way up to next May."
As prom season is wrapping up, the Torch took a look at what Kennedy students enjoyed about their prom. This year, Kennedy’s prom was different then it has been in recent years.
“We just started...
