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College Community News- Prairie Fest Raises $50,000 May 16, 2012The Prairie School Foundation would like to extend our thanks to everyone that attended and contributed to Prairie Fest 2012. […]
- Million T-Shirt March May 15, 2012The Million T-Shirt March Against Bullying is designed to raise awareness about our schools’ bullying prevention efforts and also take part in the nation’s largest and most ambitious anti-bullying rally ever. […]
- Café la Prairie May 15, 2012The Prairie Point student-run restaurant Café la Prairie is open May 23-24th. This café is organized and run by Prairie Point 9th grade Business and Family and Consumer Science students. […]
- Attention Prairie Athletes May 10, 2012Prairie athletics and the Prairie Booster Club are proud to, once again, offer elite training opportunities for our 7th-12th grade athletes. […]
- Point Students Reach Out May 3, 2012Students celebrated volunteerism by using their time and talents in the communities of Cedar Rapids, Ely, and Walford. […]
- New Dietary Guidelines May 3, 2012New USDA Dietary Guidelines requiring schools nationwide to adjust the way they run their Nutrition Programs. College Community Schools Nutrition Program will begin requiring students to take a serving of fruit or a serving of vegetables at lunch beginning in the month of May 2012. […]
- Digital Literacy Q & A III May 3, 2012Laptop s for Students in Grades 9-12 Next Fall […]
- Prairie Fest Raises $50,000 May 16, 2012
- Your Voice
- Young and ResponsibleXavier sophomore Ben Valentine has started a “Young and Responsible” initiative at Xavier High School where he promotes responsible decisions with custom designed wristbands. Today, Ben talked about the initiative with the students at Regis Middle School and he will … Continue reading → […]Jessica Schneider / Xavier High School
- 4th Avenue Jazz Company ResultsResults from the 4th Avenue Jazz Company try-outs were posted today in the main foyer. Some students rejoiced upon reading the results, while others turned away sobbing. The list is as follows: Girls: Liliana Coelho Kellee Darner Taylor Dengler Taylor … Continue reading → […]TheLittleHawk.com
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- Latest headlines from Iowa Higher Education
- Iowa City man sues UI, regents over mold in rental house May 16, 2012
- Coe College students quiz Culver on leadership May 14, 2012
- Djalali to start as UI liberal arts dean in August May 14, 2012
- Karl Rove, Dee Dee Myers to speak at Cornell May 11, 2012
- Kirkwood board approves 3.9 percent tuition increase May 11, 2012
Tag Archives: College Community school district
Parents to recommend new school for Prairie
A community advisory group will present its recommendation for College Community School District to build a new elementary school during a special board meeting Monday, Jan. 30, 2011. The group, made up of parents from around the district, will present a … Continue reading
Exercising the brain: Prairie teachers test physical activity’s influence on student learning
CEDAR RAPIDS — Teaching a room of 12-year-olds right after lunch is a daunting task. After 10 years of teaching, Prairie Creek Intermediate School literacy teacher Raney Kinsey-Thomas knows how difficult it is to reach her students during the post-lunch … Continue reading
Superintendent recommends citizen’s committee for new elementary school
College Community School District is assembling a citizen’s committee to advise the district on a new elementary school it hopes to open in 2014. The committee would help make some of the decisions prior to calling for an election to fund the … Continue reading
About 40 percent of local school bus drivers have at least one traffic ticket
More than 40 percent of school bus drivers in the corridor’s four largest school districts have at least one traffic violation since 2000, according to a Gazette and KCRG-TV9 investigation. A Cedar Rapids school bus driver was charged Sept. 21 … Continue reading
Prairie G2 students share two months of work at Exhibition Night
CEDAR RAPIDS — High school student projects typically have a limited audience; usually just the teacher and the student. Prairie High School’s Global Generation program wants to change that. The 100-student school within a school for 10th graders had its … Continue reading
College Community board passes IASB rebuke
CEDAR RAPIDS — Members of the College Community School Board met in June 2010 to discuss how they were unhappy with controversy at the statewide Iowa Association of School Boards. One year later, and the story hasn’t changed much. The board unanimously … Continue reading
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College Community school board to consider IASB rebuke
School board members at College Community schools will consider sending a formal message of disapproval toward the Iowa Association of school boards at a special meeting Wednesday, June 29, 2011, at 5:30 p.m. The only item on the agenda for … Continue reading
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College Community debates dropping out of state school board association.
School board members at College Community School District are not happy with recent developments at the Iowa Association of School Boards and are considering dropping their membership. The IASB has been racked with controversy following allegations of misuse of public … Continue reading
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New playground coming to Prairie Creek
Board meeting currently ongoing. Several items not voted on yet. Will update momentarily The College Community School board unanimously awarded a $192,000 bid to MBA Inc. to build a new playground at Prairie Creek Intermediate School during its Monday, June … Continue reading
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College Community approves teacher pay
The College Community School Board unanimously approved a new agreement Wednesday, June 8, 2011, with the district educator’s association for the 2011-2012 school year. The new agreement includes an increase of 3.43 percent in teacher pay. The base salary rate … Continue reading
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College Community on interruptible power due to heat
I just received this notice from College Community schools that they will be curtailing their power usage today due to the heat. Due to the heat, College Community Schools is on interruptible power status starting at 1:00 pm today, June … Continue reading
Prairie to hold special board meeting Wednesday
College Community School District is having a special board meeting Wednesday, June 8, 2011 at 5 p.m. in the district’s Educational Services Center at Prairie High School. The only item on the agenda for the meeting is the ratification of … Continue reading
Courtly duties: Iowa Supreme Court brings road version to Cedar Rapids
CEDAR RAPIDS — Iowa Supreme Court Justice Thomas Waterman estimates it has been about 10 years since the last time the court convened somewhere besides its Des Moines courtroom. The justices seem intent on making up for lost time. In … Continue reading
Iowa Supreme Court to hear oral arguments at College Community
The Iowa Supreme Court will be at the College Community school district campus Thursday, May 19, 2011, evening to hear oral arguments for two cases. The arguments will be held in the district’s concert hall, which is adjacent to Prairie … Continue reading
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College Community recruits for school-within-a-school at Prairie High
CEDAR RAPIDS —What should high schools do when, on average, only about 30 percent of their students are graduating from college in four years? At College Community, the answer is to change the game. The school district is introducing a … Continue reading