All posts by Amanda Harwood
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Siblings return to Haiti
In early April, as many Cedar Falls students were just getting back into the swing of things after Spring Break, senior Anna Love and sophomore...
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School safety discussion continues
Since the recent tragedies and growing number of school shootings and violence, many schools have been strengthening options to keep people safe. From local governments...
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English department offers three classes for college credit
Options include speech, composition and literature With the school year coming to a close, most CF students think they have their schedules for next year...
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Some colleges question AP credit
Students spend multiple semesters of their high school experience studying vigorously for AP exams. AP exams are an inexpensive way to obtain college credit in...
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Sounds of Hope: CF student eager to participate despite physical limitations
In a high school where many students have grown up together since Kindergarten or even before, the hallways are filled with familiar faces, smiles and...
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Changes in study hall options hope to help raise CF students’ grades
While students enjoy sleeping in on Tuesday mornings and sipping at their warm Starbucks lattes, teachers and administrators have been working to try to increase...
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Students, specialist suggest school lunch improvements
Cedar Falls High School, along with the rest of America is going crazy over healthy eating. One of the things the government is doing to...
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Jell-O event leaves bad taste in many mouths
Tongues hanging, students screaming, Jell-O splattering and high school girls taking each other’s shirts off. That was the scene at Birdsall Park on the night...
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Moving Forward
School lunches, classrooms, late starts, parking. These issues have one thing in common: they affect students. Students have a lot to say about these issues...
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Teens tackle election issues
It’s that time of year, Americans fighting, yelling and angrily sharing facebook photos and quotes about politics. Just about everyone has an opinion, but not...
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Speech teams prepare for virtual contests
A computer screen might not be the typical medium for a high school speech contest; but it’s one that will be used this season. As contests grow closer, speech...
