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The Student News Source Of Kennedy High School

Kennedy Torch

The Student News Source Of Kennedy High School

Kennedy Torch

Jared Wacker directs the Wind Symphony.

Music Prevails

Elise Hrabik, Writer May 7, 2021

“We kept the music going,” Lesley Fleer, director of the Kennedy band said. The band concert began at 5 p.m. on May 4, in the Kennedy High School auditorium. With help from Justin Schaeffer,...

As staff and students return back to the building for the first time since last March, they are asked to maintain the suggested six feet distance as a way to stay safe and sanitary.

Safe, Sound and Sanitized

Jasmine Hite, Writer January 19, 2021

Students and staff have been unable to access the Kennedy High School building since last March due to COVID-19 and the derecho. After extensive building repairs, Kennedy is now prepared to reopen its...

Teachers Adapting to Online

Teachers Adapting to Online

Claire Beaman, Writer January 5, 2021

Cedar Rapids High schools have been forced into remote learning since the beginning of the school year. Due to a rise in COVID-19 cases, middle schools and elementary schools switched to online learning...

Kennedy High School Teachers often find themselves teaching to a seemingly empty  remote classroom as students tend to keep their cameras off

A View of the Alphabet

Jasmine Hite, Writer December 14, 2020

COVID-19 has created multiple challenges for the Cedar Rapids community school district. After cutting the 2019-2020 school year short, teachers, administrators and students hoped that a sense of normalcy...

Derecho winds caused the roof to fall in around the school.

Derecho Uncovers More Problems

Jordyn Cory and Samuel Miranda November 20, 2020

Repair crews at Kennedy High School found asbestos in room 251 on Oct. 5, halting all arrangements for students and staff to re-enter the building. The repair teams found a material that they thought...

Jefferson High School and several other buildings within the CRCSD sustained  heavy damage causing students to move their learning online for this 2020 school year

Jefferson and Washington High School Reopening November 16

Joel Dillman, Writer November 9, 2020

Jefferson and Washington High School will reopen for in-person classes Nov. 16, 2020. This will be the first in-person school day in over seven months for high school students in the Cedar Rapids Community...

Kennedy High School facilities damaged by the Derecho Aug. 10. The gymnasium was hit especially hard.

What’s Going on with Homecoming?

Claire Beaman, Writer October 28, 2020

This year the dance will not be held in October. Is there still a possibility of a homecoming dance this school year? Jason Kline, principal of Kennedy High School, said that it would not be possible...

The Kennedy High School Auditorium under renovations due to extensive damage from the storm.

Restoring Kennedy After Derecho Storm Damage

Elise Hrabik, Photo Editor October 23, 2020

Kennedy High School was hit the hardest of the Cedar Rapids Schools during the derecho this summer. On August 10, 140 mph winds were hurled across parts of Iowa and the surrounding states resulting in...

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