News
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Student-led math club gears up with new adviser
The math club has started up again, meeting on Tuesdays in room 54 during power hour. The club plans to focus on preparing for competitions...
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Ninth graders registering for high school classes
Ninth graders at Holmes Junior High began scheduling for their high school classes on Feb. 1. How did 9th graders choose which classes they want...
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Jazz bands perform together at high school
Jazz bands from the junior highs and high school performed on Monday, Feb. 4 at the high school auditorium. Directors Eric Lins, Ben Byersdorfer and...
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Holmes bands perform
Holmes Junior High had its winter band concert on Jan. 31 in the Holmes gym. The seventh grade band, eighth grade band, ninth grade band...
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Counselors tout course, career planning benefits of Xello
As the end of the school year approaches, so does graduation and scheduling for next year’s classes. In this time counselors try to urge students...
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Drama club holds fundraisers for new mics
The drama club will be holding a bake sale fundraiser in the Tiger’s Den on Feb. 7 and 8. The sale will be open from...
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Deadline for class speaker applications approaches on Thursday
The senior class of 2023 is getting down to the wire with preparations for graduation. As the honorary tradition continues of having a senior speaker...
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Choir pops concert will feature Broadway songs
The pops concert is a talent-show-like choir concert that allows choir students the ability to sing solo or in a group without the rest of...
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Students assist in community food assistance effort on MLK Day
Students and community members got together at the UNI Dome on Jan. 16 to pack meals for children facing food insecurity in the Cedar Valley. ...
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Holmes freshmen begin swimming unit
The swimming unit at the two junior high schools began the week of Jan. 17-20, and it lead to mixed feelings for those participating. “Before...
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30 students square off in Holmes chess tournament
Thirty Holmes Junior High students recently squared off in a chess tournament in ninth-grade science teacher Maria Hoekstra’s classroom during Tiger Time. The winner was seventh-grader Alexander Fuchtman who...
