All posts tagged "home"
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Motivational speaker encourages Peet students to follow dreams
Timmy the Dreamer, a motivational speaker, came to Peet on Monday, Oct. 6. He spends his time making other people’s dreams come true and has...
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Science club preparing for upcoming Olympiad
Every Thursday after school, the science club fills with students designing, building, testing and experimenting as they prepare for the Science Olympiad. The club focuses...
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Instructional coach advocates appropriate AI use for school
Movies depict a dystopian future in which AI takes over the world, driving out humans, and controlling everything. In reality, AI is not that powerful....
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Drip With Meaning: Freshman’s journey with jewelry embedded with stories
Holmes freshman Sohpia VanWinkle is considerably well-known for her on-brand and stylish clothing. Winkle takes time each night to set out an elaborate and customized...
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Holmes teachers reflect and pass on Halloween traditions
In 1989, one teacher was dressing up as a pumpkin for her very first Halloween, while another was already deep into trick-or-treating dressed as G.I....
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Battle of the Books: Students kick off year of club reading for competition
Laughter echoes through the library as students flip through pages, quiz each other on plot twists and race to remember which character saved the day....
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Mexican exchange student adjusting to America
When senior Maria Ramirez first came to Cedar Falls, she set out for independence and was determined to push herself out of her comfort zone....
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Fall traditions bring Holmes students closer to family, food, fun
As leaves crunch underfoot and the crisp scent of autumn fills the air, old traditions begin to resurface—gatherings around warm meals, shared stories and the...
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Skates Up! Black Hawks aiming to improve on last year’s Clark Cup runner up finish
The Waterloo Blackhawks season started back up on Sept. 17 with a loss in a 12 round shootout with the Muskegon Lumberjacks in the USHL...
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Counselor offers seniors tips for writing effective college essays
Thrust into a whirlpool of information, lost, tumbling past a sea of deadlines and all the while sinking closer and closer to the unknown void...
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GSA returns to high school
According to a study done by the Trevor Project in 2024, more than one in 10 (12 percent) LGBTQ+ young people in the United States attempted suicide in the...
