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The Student News Source Of Kennedy High School

Kennedy Torch

The Student News Source Of Kennedy High School

Kennedy Torch

The CRCSD implements home-based learning days for severe weather. During predicted snow days, students must complete work teachers assign them at home on their district-issued device.

CRCSD Pilots Home-based Learning Days

Emma Rood, Writer January 14, 2026

The Cedar Rapids Community School District (CRCSD)  has announced they are piloting two home-based learning days during the 2025-2026 school year. New legislation signed into Iowa Law during the pandemic...

Many Kennedy students continue to use Edgenuity for online courses.

The Horrors of Online PE

Rowan Hesford, Writer February 13, 2023

Online PE—something a majority of students are familiar with. Whether it was during the pandemic or as a part of their regular schedules, it’s inescapable. Students have used it as a way to opt out...

Students often feel overwhelmed by the amount of school work they receive.

Students’ Mental Health Matters

Natalie Ruggeri, Writer June 4, 2021

53% of Iowa youth did not receive treatment for Major Depressive Episodes (MDE) in 2020 according to Mental Health America (MHA). Now, in June 2021, that number has likely increased after students discovered...

Students are beginning to take their Advanced Placement exams.

2021 Advanced Placement Testing Has Begun

Anabel Bradley, Writer May 7, 2021

May is here, and the Advanced Placement (AP) tests have begun. With a delayed school start date and new remote learning, AP classes have been challenging to many. For the 2021 AP tests, students were...

Students wait for their teacher to start the Google Meet.

Still Here, Teach

Jasmine Hite, Writer February 9, 2021

We are still here. Before COVID-19 and the derecho, teachers were not prepared to teach online. Trained for in-person classes where they could interact with and monitor students directly, Kennedy High...

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...

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...

Plans Change Again Due to COVID Numbers

Plans Change Again Due to COVID Numbers

Elise Hrabik, Photo Editor December 9, 2020

All classes in the Cedar Rapids Community School District have shifted to required remote learning as of Nov. 12. All extra-curricular activities have been paused. The Cedar Rapids School District now...

All CRCSD students will be moving to remote learning on Nov. 12 due to the continued threat of COVID-19

CRCSD Returning to Remote Learning

Joel Dillman, Writer November 11, 2020

Students attending in-person classes in the Cedar Rapids Community School District will switch to remote learning Thursday, Nov. 12. This applies to all students regardless of grade level. The return...

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