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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
- Young and Responsible
- 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
Lessons to learn in San Diego
Natural light covers every surface of the hallway at High Tech High in San Diego through the transparent ceiling as an entourage of teachers, administrators and school board members from College Community Schools in Cedar Rapids walks through Tuesday, May … Continue reading
New principal for Prairie View Elementary
College Community Announces the Appointment of Rhoda Harris as Prairie View Elementary Principal College Community Schools announces the appointment of Rhoda Harris as the new Principal at Prairie View Elementary pending Board approval. Harris, a native of Eastern Iowa, succeeds … Continue reading
Tech-minded teachers gather in Des Moines
DES MOINES — Lisbon School District is just finishing its first year of giving a laptop to every six through 12 grade student in the district, but they’re already serving as an example. Teachers and administrators from across the state … Continue reading
Construction class students cut their teeth on community projects
CEDAR RAPIDS — A notice went out in January on prairiepride.org offering assistance to anyone in the College Community School District with small woodworking or construction projects. A few days later, the requests came pouring in. Teacher Dan Lough’s Beginning … Continue reading
College Community unanimously certifies budget
Updated at 8:20 p.m. School board members at College Community schools unanimously approved the district’s $74 million 2011-2012 budget Monday, April 11, 2011. No members of the public commented on the budget, which lowers the tax rate from $17.20 to … Continue reading
College Community Schools prepare for budget hearing; reduced state aid
Updated at 10:05 p.m. School board members at College Community School District are preparing for the worst in their $74 million 2011-2012 budget. The board adopted a proposed budget Monday, March 21, 2011, evening that took into account no increase … Continue reading
More Prairie meeting details
Yesterday, I posted the agenda for the upcoming College Community school board meeting, but you can actually get a lot more information than what’s on the agenda by looking at it on their website. There are links there to the … Continue reading
Prairie meetings next week
Prairie has two public meetings early next week: the regular school board meeting on Monday, March 21, 2011, at 5:30 p.m., and the teacher quality committee meeting Tuesday, March 22, 2011, from 4 to 6 p.m. Click “Continue Reading” for … Continue reading
Snapshots: Prairie Creek students use pictorial project to familiarize themselves with local neighborhoods, photography
ELY — Walker Halapua, 10, has lived in Ely his whole life, but he never had looked closely at the side of the Post Office building on the corner of Main and Dows street before the morning of Wednesday, March … Continue reading
The word is out: Teens pledge to close the book on the “R-word”
CEDAR RAPIDS — Many of the students leaving the Prairie High School cafeteria Wednesday, March 2, 2010, wore stickers with the words “I pledged to spread the word to end the word” printed on them. “The word,” also called the … Continue reading
Prairie picks new elementary curriculum coordinator
I just received a press release that College Community School District is promoting learning strategist Bill Poock to the position of Elementary Curriculum Coordinator to replace Karen Thorpe who is retiring at the end of the year. I’ve sent in … Continue reading
UPDATED: Prairie Edge Four Oaks campus lockdown over
Updated at 12:55 p.m. There was a brief lockdown around noon Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011, at the Four Oaks facility at 5400 Kirkwood Blvd. SW that contains Prairie Edge School, the alternative high school for College Community Schools. The incident … Continue reading
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Concluded: College Community budget waiting on Des Moines
Updated at 8:45 p.m. CEDAR RAPIDS — The budget picture for College Community School District is mired in uncertainty thanks to politicking at the Legislature. A report on the upcoming budget process delivered to the board by business director James … Continue reading
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All school public measures pass
It looked a little dicey due to the weather, but all four public measures on the ballot yesterday passed by a margin of 60 percent or more, the according to unofficial results. Linn-Mar and College Community schools each had tax … Continue reading
Linn-Mar and College Community add satellite voting to basketball game tonight
Basketball fans attending tonight’s match at Prairie High School versus Linn-Mar will also have a chance to weigh-in on a school election, no matter which team they’re rooting for. The two districts have arranged for satellite voting tonight at Prairie … Continue reading