Almost everyone at Kennedy knows who our beloved mascot Kenny the Cougar is, but do we really know the backstory of why Kenny was brought to Kennedy? In the late 1960’s, the student body had voted...

Fifty-five years ago, in the age of the dinosaurs, the very first John F. Kennedy High School was opened in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. After crowning themselves as them “Cougars,” administration thought bringing...

Senior Samantha Bennett is the Kenny the Cougar mascot. “It was the first day of school and my grandparents asked if I was going to be doing anything new since I was a senior and I jokingly told them...