All posts by Amna Haider
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International Club speaker shares harrowing tale of quest for freedom
By: Amna Haider A weary, 12-year-old boy steps out of a crammed bus somewhere in West Africa. He gazes around at a once familiar city,...
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Senior learns teaching first hand
By: Amna Haider Senior Paige Canfield has always liked the idea of becoming a teacher. “I was really interested in teaching, and I wanted to...
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Senior splits adventures with both Boy, Girl scouts
By: Amna Haider Senior Sam Hanson is a Girl Scout and an Adventure Scout. “I started Girl Scouts when I was in the first grade....
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Creative Ticket: Senior explores new paths in art
By: Amna Haider As a little girl, senior Joe Fry would get into all kinds of mischief. Her punishment? To draw. “I started early. My...
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With a Click of a Button: Senior magnifies small worlds
By: Amna Haider Artist of the Week -Ambrosia Sanders The crunch of gravel sounds as senior Ambrosia Sanders ambles along the track behind the school....
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Cedar Falls adds three to list of PSAT Semifinalists
By: Amna Haider Seniors Sarah Gao, Merlin MacGillivray and Sam Ponnada have recently earned designation as Semifinalist in the PSAT. Last spring over 1.5 million...
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Senior exploring possibilities opening through artistic word
By: Amna Haider Ink bleeds from the tip of a pen. Conversations evaporate. Senior Meredith Brich sighs in uneasy frustration, capping her fine-tipped pen. She...
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New international club joins list of groups
By: Amna Haider The screen goes black. Someone in the back of the room flicks the lights on, earning groans from a few of the...
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Colleges returning to using standardized testing for admissions
Standardized testing has long been debated over. Now with many colleges after the pandemic requiring SAT scores again to apply, many students struggle to rise above their scores. These...
