Five of Kennedy’s eight large-group speech groups qualified for and attended the All-State Festival in Ames on Saturday, Feb. 22.  The musical theater group was non-performing, but the short film,...

Kennedy’s Speech group competed at districts in Monticello on Saturday, Jan. 25. All Kennedy groups received the highest possible rating and will move on to the state competition to compete for a spot...

The Kennedy speech teams started their season on Jan. 20 at districts at Monticello High School. With all teams rating one and moving on to state, the groups prepared for what was ahead of them. “It’s...

Kennedy’s Speech Night is back after three years, run by Sophie Steffensmeier, Cael Joens and Ashton Nanke. It will take place on Feb. 28 at 6 p.m. in the Kennedy Black Box. Throughout this night of...

All six Kennedy speech teams are going to state after qualifying in the Jan. 21 district competition at Vinton Shellsburg. Improv teams, ensemble acting and short film are going to compete at state...

High school speech has suffered many hindrances during the 2020-2021 school year due to COVID-19, but that hasn’t stopped the Kennedy High School Speech program from excelling. 10 of the school's 12...

Kennedy speech is starting the 2020-2021 season with new directors, individual contests and masks for all. Kennedy graduates and speech alumni Grant Barton and Caleb Marner are ready for their second...

Not every graduate wishes to come back to their highschool and work with former teachers and new students. For Caleb Marner, this isn’t the case. Marner studied theatre in Chicago for a year after...