Articles Tagged: Cedar Rapids Community School District

The school’s film club writes, acts, directs and edits film as a part of after school program

Four equity coaches -- a new position in the district -- are working with administrators to create more inclusive spaces that produce more equitable outcomes and experiences for students and staff

Green teams are interactive, educational programs in Cedar Rapids schools that empower students and staff to help the environment through waste reduction, energy and water conservation, and environmental education.

Save CR Heritage launches petition to add closure of Garfield Elementary to the Cedar Rapids school board agenda in May

West Willow Elementary students and staff are finding their stride in the first new school building in the Cedar Rapids Community School District to be built in nearly 20 years.

Advocates for the program say the closure will create challenges for teen parents trying to finish high school.

Hours of practice lead dedicated scholars to championships

District setting aside extra money to cover costs in proposed $317 million budget

For example: “14 Under 14” recipient Dafne Gonzalez, 8, a third-grader at Hoover Community School, translates for a Spanish-speaking peer in her classroom.

Sixty percent of K-5 graders met reading benchmarks for their grade level during the winter of 2021-22.

Fourteen Cedar Rapids youth under the age of 14 will be honored on Wednesday at the Cedar Rapids Public Library’s Whipple Auditorium. Cedar Rapids Community School District teachers nominated students who create positive change and inspire others. Honorees exemplify positive leadership qualities like good citizenship, problem-solving, empathy, kindness, and perseverance.

Arthur and Garfield elementary schools, two of the oldest school buildings in the Cedar Rapids Community School District, both opened in 1915.

District officials continue to encourage indoor mask use for all teachers, staff, students, and visitors to our schools, regardless of vaccination status.

Truman Early Childhood Center to offer full-day preschool and before and after school care this fall.

Fewer students overall are being charged and more continue to be diverted from arrest in the Cedar Rapids Community School District after changes were made to its school resource officer program last year. But more Black students are being arrested than white students.