She got a 36 on her ACT, she’s seventh in her class out of 411 students as of last year, but she got rejected from Yale.
Senior Joyce Li’s first choice for college was Stanford University, but after...
Her drive came from within and her grit developed from playing with her cousins - all boys.
“Sports are just in me,” Larrimore said.
Sports also helped Larrimore adjust to a big school from her...
Junior Carson Uthe’s birthday is on Christmas Day. It's very important to him to celebrate his birthday and Christmas on the same day.
“My family has always made an effort to keep my birthday and...
We may know her as a singer and actress, but another skill of senior Ferin Bergen’s has been brought into light recently -- her ability to do makeup.
“I’ve always kind of been interested in makeup...
Needing a break from her "Swiss life," Justine Carrel decided to sign up for an adventure in October of 2016.
"I prepared myself for ten months, I was so ready to leave everything," Carrel said.
Carrel...
"It made me want to be like the upperclassmen there who weren't afraid to be themselves," Brenna Hartse, jr., said.
She had just walked into Kennedy High School as a freshman and already was looking...
Lizzy Dennis, Arts and Culture Editor
• November 1, 2017
Some Kennedy alumni move on to bigger and better things in their future and become very successful. Geoffery Dyck is one of those people. He had the unique opportunity to serve as an intern to the Secretary...
Senior Shane Wonase started taking pictures when he was 13 years old. His favorite picture he has taken so far was in Colorado and it was on a hill with a car coming down. He loves it so much because...
Roberta Prats, a foreign exchange student from Valencia, Spain wanted to live in America to meet new people, learn more about the culture, and have an experience of what America is like.
Cedar Rapids,...
As you know Kennedy’s Homecoming queen and king are seniors Ellie Grovert and James Tolly. It was a surprise to both Grovert and Tolly that they were going to be crowned the queen and king.
“I was...
One of the most common injuries in sports nowadays are concussions, not only in athletes but in coaches too. Kennedy volleyball assistant coach of 21 years, and math teacher of 23 years, Tim Johnson, developed...
