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College Community News- Transportation News February 21, 2012We will continue with our long standing policy of not allowing students to ride a bus other than their own assigned bus. […]
- Superintendent Finalists Selected February 21, 2012The College Community School Board has selected its two finalists for the position of Superintendent of Schools. […]
- Superintendent Search Update February 20, 2012Candidates on Campus This Week […]
- College Community Joins Social Networks February 16, 2012Follow us on Twitter, find us on Facebook or watch us on YouTube. […]
- April 3 Vote Brochure Available February 15, 2012The informational brochure on the April 3, 2012 bond issue is now complete and posted online. […]
- Prairie Hawks Preschool Program February 8, 2012Information on Prairie Hawks Preschool 2012-2013 program. […]
- Prairie Fest 2012 February 1, 2012In 2012, the Foundation celebrates 30 years of service to the College Community School District. In that spirit, wear your school pride on your sleeve! Wear your old letter jackets, football jerseys, cheerleader uniforms, or your favorite Black and Orange apparel in the closet. […]
- Transportation News February 21, 2012
- Your Voice
- The Dance For HumanityThis past Saturday, February 19th, the Interact clubs from both City and West High came together to host the annual ‘Dance for Humanity.’ Here’s a slideshow of photographs from the event. Photos by Eli Shepherd for The Little Hawk. Continue … Continue reading → […]TheLittleHawk.com
- Clutch Free Throw Shooting Advances Little HawksPoint guard for The Little Hawks, Jeremy Johnson. Photo by Tristan Spears In the rubber match between the two teams, City was able to uncharacteristically make their free throws to live another day in the IAHSAA Playoffs and beat Cedar … Continue reading → […]TheLittleHawk.com
- The Dance For Humanity
- Latest headlines from Iowa Higher Education
- Kirkwood, faculty group open contract negotiations February 22, 2012
- N.I.C.C. Students Tout Federal Tuition Programs February 21, 2012
- Iowa’s Regent Admission Index doesn’t use race as a factor February 21, 2012
- Luther’s President Torgerson to step down in 2013 February 21, 2012
- ISU’s Provost Betsy Hoffman to step down within year February 20, 2012
Category Archives: Solon
Solon students tinker in New Zealand snail genetics
Updated 12/16 to fix misspelling SOLON — There is a snail in New Zealand with species that reproduce both sexually and asexually. University of Iowa scientists and graduate students are interested in these snails, as their DNA could offer important information … Continue reading
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The science of plummetting: Solon students drop flour bag from airplane for class experiment
SOLON — A small plane descended toward a corn field three miles south of Solon on the morning of Friday, Dec. 9, 2011, as a group of teenagers watched from below and readied their cameras. The plane passed over the … Continue reading
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Coming soon to a library near you! Book trailers increase students’ interest in reading
SOLON – The music is eerie, the words forbidding. “Thirteen years ago, a plane appeared out of nowhere … no pilot, no crew. The only passengers were 36 babies.” It sounds like the introduction to television’s next “Lost,” but it’s … Continue reading
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Tagged book trailers, QR codes, Solon High School, Solon Middle School
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Grilling for science: Solon High School students participate in ethical taste-test
SOLON — The students had two hamburger sliders on their plate. Both came from animals who were the same age and weight. However, one cow was cornfed, the other grass-fed. “This is a taste-test,” Shawn Cornally said. “Which one tastes … Continue reading
Station to station: Eastern Iowa schools connect through web video
By Meredith Hines-Dochterman and Patrick Hogan About 40 fourth-through-sixth-graders sit in rows facing a wall filled with the projected screen of a computer desktop in the Lincoln Elementary Media Center in Iowa City. At the same time, across town at the … Continue reading
Skype in schools
I visited Lakeview Elementary School in Solon today for an article I’m working on about Skype in schools. Teacher-Librarian Kathy Kaldenberg was leading a group of students in a Skype video chat session with a parochial school in Omaha, Nebraska. … Continue reading
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Tagged Lakeview Elementary, Skype, Solon, Solon school district, video
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Kirkwood education centers planned for high school students in Johnson, Linn and Washington counties
Tanner Fellinger’s class recently finished a big project for the Monticello Fire Department by mapping all of the fire hydrants in the city. But Fellinger and his classmates didn’t walk around town marking locations by hand, and the class wasn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Anamosa, Cedar Rapids, Clear Creek-Amana, College Community, education, Iowa City, Linn-Mar, Marion, Solon, Springville
Tagged Cedar Rapids school district, Dave Benson, Iowa City school district, Jones Regional Education Center, Kirkwood Community College, Monticello, STEM, Stephen Murley, Washington School District
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Solon students create MacBeth rap music video
Here’s one way to learn your Shakespeare. A group of tenth grade language arts students at Solon High School created this video rapping through the plot of Macbeth. [HTML1]
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Solon school dismisses early due to power outage
According to a message sent on the the district’s official Twitter account, Lakeview Elementary School in Solon will dismiss at 10:30 a.m. today due to a power outage. The middle and high school will still dismiss at their regular times.
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Solon Senior’s Family Calls ‘Homecoming King’ a Blessing
SOLON – Amid the thousands and thousands of people at the Williamsburg-Solon football game, senior Josh Klein was unlike many of his classmates. Klein, 18, watched the game on a blanket with his parents. On Thursday, Klein was named ‘Homecoming … Continue reading