This summer, the district is focusing its summer school efforts on first-graders, who have seen the biggest academic losses.
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This summer, the district is focusing its summer school efforts on first-graders, who have seen the biggest academic losses.
Kennedy High School twin sisters -- who are advocating for the removal of school resource officers from the school district and for classes to include more Black history, literature and art -- are proud of themselves for speaking up for equity, but say they are ready to leave the “racial trauma” they experienced in Cedar Rapids’ schools behind after they graduated this week.
Paras Bassuk of Iowa City West launched the group to get the voices of youth heard by state legislators
In her valedictory speech Thursday, Kennedy High School graduate Allison Hubbell encouraged her peers to take the disruption caused by the pandemic and use it to explore who they want to become.
Iowa City Superintendent Matt Degner suspects more students to be put in quarantine if they are exposed to COVID-19 and not wearing masks
Iowa City High School students placed second in the National High School Mock Trial Championship this year, and won the state high school competition in Iowa for the first time in the team’s history - their ’biggest achievement’ in high school.
Students who are a part of Washington High School’s green team will continue to care for and water the trees this summer.
A new order was passed in the final hours of the 2021 legislative session and signed into law by Gov. Kim Reynolds just after midnight Thursday morning, mere hours before the next school day was to start
The district is officially registering community partners for the first time to better track how students are benefiting from these partnerships and what other resources might be needed.
In an email to families Tuesday, Superintendent Noreen Bush said With only 13 days left of school, the district is choosing to maintain its mask policy through the end of the school year.
The rally is the first event organized by the new Social Justice Club at Linn-Mar High School, which is for any student who has felt marginalized, including students of color, LGBTQ students and students with disabilities.
After the state public health department issued new guidance late last week, local school districts are discussing revisions to their mask mandates just weeks before reaching the end of the school year.
Following FDA approval of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for 12 to 15 year olds, the Cedar Rapids high schools are offering vaccine clinics to all students Friday.
Iowa BIG students aim to build community relationships with new podcast amid Black Lives Matter movement
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