All posts tagged "Sarah Kreck"
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Hi-Line staff debates cereal
Frickin’ Corn Pops … the reason wars started on the Hi-Line staff. Cereal is a constantly debated topic and sometimes you can just be wrong...
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Follow these tips to terrific holiday lights
There is no short supply of twinkling lights and festive blowups this holiday season. Everywhere and everyone seems to have the joy and is willing...
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Students embracing Christmas traditions
For Cedar Falls, winter is a season filled with slushy snow and frozen windows, but what is happening behind those windows? There are a lot...
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As Thanksgiving nears, Americans should dig deeply into its history
Thanksgiving is a day celebrated by many and rejected by others. The story taught in American elementary schools is that the settlers and Native Americans...
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In case you missed them, revisit these Halloween scares
Before Halloween, I went on a mission to find some of the best Halloween decorations I could find in the Cedar Valley. Now that Halloween...
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The Other Side of the Sky opens up adventure worth taking
If you love fantasy, you will love this book. The Other Side of the Sky by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner builds an incredible world...
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English teachers express concern over increased national trends for book bans
Between July of 2021 and June of 2022, PEN America reported over 2,500 instances of banned books which included 1,648 individual books, and English teachers...
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Monk Kidd’s The Secret Life of Bees creates worthwhile emotional trip
If you love a beautiful story about found family and healing hearts, then The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd is a book...
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The Sun and Her Flowers offers both emotional poems as well as artwork
The Sun and Her Flowers is a poetry book by Rupi Kaur. Kaur explains the heartbreak and healing of life in the form of a...
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Homecoming dance has stayed mostly consistent over years
Music pounding, lights flashing, feet aching from formal shoes, sparkling dresses with suits and ties. Themed costumes, casual T-shirts and tennis shoes. Depending on who...
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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...
