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Kennedy Torch

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Kennedy Torch

Spirit Stick Competition Is Back

Spirit Stick Competition Is Back

Nolyn Melsha, Writer March 25, 2022

On March 25, 2022, Kennedy students get the chance to compete in a school dodgeball tournament, an event for all grades to enjoy.   The tournament will be in the main gym from 6 to 8 p.m.  This...

Lauren Sempf performs on stage with Happiness, Inc.

Happiness Inc. Heads to Nashville

Sonja Woerner, Writer March 11, 2022

Kennedy’s varsity show choir Happiness Inc. is heading to Nashville to compete for the 2022 national title. They will compete at the Grand Ole Opry on March 25 at 1:45 p.m. This puts Happiness as the...

Happiness Inc.'s show choir performance from 2021, with everyone wearing a mask.

COVID-19 on Stage

Cael Cummins, Writer January 28, 2022

Show choir is one of Kennedy’s most beloved extracurricular activities. The rhythm, vocals, and dancing mix to create a wonderful performance opportunity for students. But what happens when over half...

Kennedy Marching Band Begins Competitions

Kennedy Marching Band Begins Competitions

Jersey Bilyeu, Writer, Photographer September 27, 2021

At Linn-Mar High School last Saturday, 14 marching bands met to compete for gold. Prairie High School took first place and Kennedy High School placed 3rd behind them. The Color Guard won 2nd place overall,...

Competitors in the boys’ 3200 meter race run past partially-empty stands at Drake Stadium in Des Moines.

Kennedy Competes at the Drake Relays

Noah Hargrafen, Writer April 30, 2021

The weekend of April 24, Kennedy High School athletes participated at the Drake Relays for track and field. Kennedy had three athletes qualify: Brenden Linde, jr., in the high jump, Brody Lovell, sr.,...

The Kennedy Varsity Dance Team performing their pom routine at Prairie's Stack the Stands.

It’s a Team Thing

Nolyn Melsha, Writer November 5, 2019

Competing with the Kennedy Varsity Dance Team is an honor that freshman Grace Braden dreams about. She is currently on the team, but only as an alternate for competitions. However, being a team is not...

Happiness Inc. performing at Prairie Premiere Show Choir Invitational. Photo provided by Craig Peterson.

Insider’s guide to show choir

Elizabeth Barrett, Writer February 1, 2017

Show choir can seem -- to any outsiders to the extracurricular -- like a weird and cult-like activity. Choir kids race down the hallways of school singing, the yellow jackets blind the school on days...

Dance team in their pom uniforms

Dance team season comes to an end

Madeline Jamrok, Photo Editor January 11, 2017

Power. Unity. Passion. “These three words are the words we have lived by throughout the season,” Ashlynn Greer, so., said. The dance team has had a very accomplishing year, finishing up 2nd...

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