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Biology teachers adding ioponic systems to classes
The biology department has recently received an Ioponics system from Dr. Michael Bechtel as part of the Iowa Governor’s STEM Scale Up Program. Bechtel is...
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PE teacher recovering from bike accident
PE teacher Paul Elser is recovering from a bicycle accident, which resulted in him tearing the ligaments that hold the clavicle to his shoulder. On...
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Volunteer club pitching in to cleaning parking lot trash
Garbage has been a problem for years at the high school, and this year is no exception. “It’s very severe. There’s garbage everywhere,” sophomore Suzane...
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Boys Scouts add new badge for Eagle Scouts
Boy Scouts is taking one of the first major steps to a future equal world. The Diversity, Equity and Inclusion merit badge is a new...
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Food Bank still seeking volunteers
Volunteering in your community is extremely important, especially since the COVID virus started to distance communities. The Northeast Iowa Food Bank located in Waterloo thrives...
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As new associate principal, Benitez aims to ‘influence the minds that will change the world’
Associate Principal Rafael Benitez has joined the high school staff to replace Associate Principal Dana Deines, who retired last year. Prior to his job here,...
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Peet Echoes program builds companionship amongst students
On Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays after school from 3-4:30, students grades seven through nine at Peet Junior High meet in the library to participate in...
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Some students still wrestling with transition from virtual schooling
For some, adapting to a school environment long forgotten is no easy task, with many students not being in a physical school for close to...
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West Nile case on the rise
In 1937 in Uganda, a woman caught a mosquito virus while in the West Nile side of Uganda. Now, 84 years later, the virus is...
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Media staff navigating sea of Chromebook questions
Since the first day of school, there has been a never ending line of kids trekking to the library to get help with their Chromebooks....
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Phone ban or same old rule? How does Iowa’s new law look inside Cedar Falls classrooms
If you step into a classroom at Cedar Falls High School these days—or really, any classroom in Iowa—you might think you accidentally walked into a library… or a witness...
