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Many Kennedy students will continue school during the summer.
Summer School is Saving Students’ GPA
Mrs. Gibney Holds A Personalized Graduation For Her Students
Mrs. Gibney Holds A Personalized Graduation For Her Students
Photos: Rock & Roll Returns With Symphonic Rock
Photos: Rock & Roll Returns With Symphonic Rock
Students focusing on their work in Beckers room.
High School: Movies vs. Reality
Beall working with a student in his geometry class.
Beall Graduates With the Class of 2022
Molly Joyner serves the ball over the net at a varsity volleyball game.
Molly Joyner: Finding Success in Many Places
Miles Wilson runs at track meet.
Miles Wilson: Running His Way into the Record Book
Kennedy Track Heads to State
Kennedy Track Heads to State
Kennedy Track at State Qualifiers
Kennedy Track at State Qualifiers
Kennedy Girls Golf Team Competed On May 11
Kennedy Girls Golf Team Competed On May 11
Students should not have to be scared when they walk into school.
Enough is Enough.
Author James Belding works silently in the Torch classroom.
Being the Quiet Kid
Questions are being raised about the right way to go about abortions.
Is Abortion a Moral Question?
Students focusing on their work in Beckers room.
High School: Movies vs. Reality
Students wond if they should take AP World of AP Euro.
AP World vs. AP Euro
Agriculture Club created a garden near the Kennedy track.
Join Our Clubs!
Kennedy lunch staff posing for a group photo.
Kennedy’s Unsung Heroes
Thank You Torch Seniors!
Thank You Torch Seniors!
AP classes are just a small part of a high school students concerns.
How Do AP Classes Actually Affect Your Future?
Editorial Cartoon: Now What?
Editorial Cartoon: Now What?
Molly Joyner serves the ball over the net at a varsity volleyball game.
Molly Joyner: Finding Success in Many Places
Dan Carolin (in the middle) and his squad pose in their Hawaiian shirts.
Dan Carolin: Human Connection Through Language
Brian Stubblefield shows off one of the hand-made electric cars in Barry Wilson’s classroom.
Speeding Through Senior Year
Wilsee Kollie shares her art created to honor the volume of Black hair.
Representing With the Rainbow
Miles Wilson runs at track meet.
Miles Wilson: Running His Way into the Record Book
Student Art Showcase
Student Art Showcase
Headlights in Deer
Headlights in Deer
Im Not Exactly Sad
I’m Not Exactly Sad
The Waves of Reminiscence
The Waves of Reminiscence
One for Sorrow
One for Sorrow
Torch Banquet
Torch Banquet
Mrs. Gibney Holds A Personalized Graduation For Her Students
Mrs. Gibney Holds A Personalized Graduation For Her Students
Photos: Anything But A Backpack Day
Photos: Anything But A Backpack Day
Photos: Rock & Roll Returns With Symphonic Rock
Photos: Rock & Roll Returns With Symphonic Rock
Photos: Grand March and Prom
Photos: Grand March and Prom
The student news site of John F. Kennedy High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Kennedy Torch
The student news site of John F. Kennedy High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Kennedy Torch
Ellie Wilkes works behind the scenes of Kennedys 2022 production of Matilda.

The Whirlwind Life of Boring Ellie

Jersey Bilyeu, Writer
May 23, 2022
Photos: Kennedy Theater Presents Matilda

Photos: Kennedy Theater Presents “Matilda”

Merideth Langton and Abby Bunker
April 23, 2022
Junior Joslyn Sheeley practicing choreography for Matilda.

“Matilda”:‌ ‌Making‌ ‌Magic‌ ‌in‌ ‌the‌ ‌Kennedy‌ ‌Theatre‌

Sonja Woerner, Writer
January 27, 2022
Photos: Kennedy Theater Presents Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer

Photos: Kennedy Theater Presents “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer”

Merideth Langton, Photographer
December 16, 2021
Betsy Marlow playing her role as Anna center stage.

If we Could Freeze Time….

Nolyn Melsha, Mandy Weiss
December 12, 2019

Torch Talks – The Folks From Frozen

Joel Dillman, Samuel Miranda, and Joey Young
December 6, 2019
The cast of frozen at the play preview.

This Week’s Forecast: Frozen Jr.

Jasmine Hite, Writer
December 5, 2019
The Urinetown promotional posters.

Urinetown?

Jami Martin-Trainor, Writer
April 26, 2019
Senior James Tolly as Sammy.

The Wedding Singer: Seniors’ Last Musical

Josh Sheeley, Writer
April 23, 2018
Junior Mallory McGuire.

The Wedding Singer Photo Gallery

Jamison Prull, Photo Editor
April 20, 2018
Noah Loehr as Glen Gulia.

‘The Wedding Singer’ Opens This Week

Alyssa Friedley, Writer
April 18, 2018
Heathers The Musical: Preview

“Heathers” The Musical: Preview

Leeanne Mehring-Cruz, Feature Editor
September 9, 2017
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