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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
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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