“I was trying not to cry. Her dad was trying not to freak out,” mom Ashley Huebner said. “I’m like, I can’t let her see that I’m upset. So they took the bed out of the room, I walked with her down the hall, and the next thing I know the doors were there. And then they took her.”
Students and staff at the alternative high school all pitch in to make all the food for the feast
From city planning to baking, here are a few of the jobs high school students are exploring in Cedar Rapids’ new project-based learning school.
What began as a class project to explore the lives and impact of women from Waterloo, became a published book that has sold out and is being reprinted.
Students in a project-based learning program called Venture Academics researched, engaged community in naming Coopers Creek.
Also, Cedar Rapids is planning a $5.1 million reconstruction project for a portion of 42nd Street NE
Just months ahead of opening its new $525.6 million hospital in North Liberty, University of Iowa Health Care is ramping up hiring for the 469,000-square-foot campus — promoting “innovative opportunities” across a range of disciplines in the new state-of-the-art facility.
Iowa’s top high school musicians from across the state to perform Saturday in Ames
At least eight states have such bans, which proponents say prevent students from being distracted during school instruction time and also help address concerns about students’ mental health.
Current eighth graders will be the first in a new Cedar Rapids schools program launching next fall that aims to prepare students for the workforce, military or college
Almost 60 students at Cedar River Academy — an elementary school in Cedar Rapids — will be reassigned to other district schools next month to address staffing shortages and “ensure a quality education for all students.”
A safe place for kids is becoming increasingly important as state legislatures have introduced and implemented a record number of anti-LGBTQ policies, says center’s director Lori Ampey
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