Throughout her years at Kennedy, senior Jersey Bilyeu has become one of the most involved people at Kennedy. She started in band and dance until freshman year when she quit dance. "I danced for 11...

After COVID-19 engulfed the world, the Midwest derecho followed closely behind. The Kennedy High School student newspaper, The Torch, struggled to produce meaningful content in the months afterward. They...

Torch media and Profile Yearbook students headed off to Chicago for a three-day national journalism conference and to take in some of the sights of the big city. More than 6,000 high school journalists...

While I’m spent many moments at Kennedy, here are some of my favorites from my four years. Freshmen Year: Running Cross Country Starting XC the summer before my freshman year introduced me to the...

Click the below images and page forward with the arrows to to view the latest print issue. All our newsmagazines are archived at the website Issuu.com/KennedyTorch. Torch media publishes its printed student...

  On Oct. 26, Kennedy journalism students from Profile yearbook and Torch media went to the Iowa High School Press Association's Fall Conference. It was held at the Iowa Memorial Union on the...

You can pick up your May, 24 2017 Kennedy Torch newsmagazine in the front foyer, IMC, and outside Room 70. The newsmagazine has additional stories, photos, and school coverage, all produced and created...

You can pick up your Kennedy Torch newsmagazine in the front foyer, IMC, and outside Room 70. The newsmagazine has additional stories, photos, and school coverage, all produced and created by our student...

Quill and Scroll International Honorary Society for High School Journalists has awarded the Gallup award to the 2013-14 Kennedy Torch. This is a very prestigious award that was given to only 26 newspapers...

Kennedy Torch students earned 13 state awards in the 2014 Spring Newspaper Contest of the Iowa High School Press Association. The Kennedy journalism students received certificates and will also be...