Kirkwood Community College’s student jazz vocalists take the stage this spring, presenting music from many well-known composers. The RSVP and Jazz Transit groups will perform on Friday, April 26, at 7:30 p.m., in Ballantyne Auditorium. The dozen tunes in the program reflect popular songs ranging from a 1600s traditional tune, to 1940s jazz, to artists [...]
continue »Editor’s note: Here is your chance to tell your story about your your school. If you’d like to join The Gazette’s growing list of high school contributors, contact J.R. Ogden at jr.ogden@thegazette.com By Kourtney Kraus, Monticello junior MONTICELLO – Monticello’s Business Professional of America is on point this year. Many BPA participants qualified for state [...]
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The following is a guest column by Les Etschedit, Director of the Environmental Services Department, Mercy Medical Center-Cedar Rapids. CEDAR RAPIDS – Earth Day is April 22 – a great occasion to re-examine what steps we’ve taken in our community to treat our environment with a little more TLC through recycling and other programs. At [...]
continue »Editor’s note: Here is your chance to tell your story about your your school. If you’d like to join The Gazette’s growing list of high school contributors, contact J.R. Ogden at jr.ogden@thegazette.com By Shania DeShaw, Monticello junior MONTICELLO – Every day millions of people post where they are or what they are doing on some [...]
continue »Editor’s note: Here is your chance to tell your story about your your school. If you’d like to join The Gazette’s growing list of high school contributors, contact J.R. Ogden at jr.ogden@thegazette.com By Faith Brehm, Monticello senior MONTICELLO – It was the day I had been waiting and training for since November. The day of [...]
continue »K-8 kids and their families are invited to join iExploreSTEM (www.iExploreSTEM) for an exciting FREE afternoon of hands-on science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). The event will be held at the McKinley Middle School Grounds from 1-5 PM on June 9 in Cedar Rapids. Steve Goodall Principal of McKinley Middle School and Mrs. Iowa International [...]
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A Grammy Award-winning saxophonist will showcase his talents at Kirkwood’s Jazz Fest ‘13. Eric Marienthal is the headlining act at this year’s performance with the CR Jazz Big Band and Kirkwood Jazz Ensemble. The concert is Saturday, April 20, at 7:30 p.m., in Ballantyne Auditorium. Kirkwood Instrumental Jazz Music Director Timothy Feldkamp will lead the [...]
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Renee Firestone was 20 years old when she was imprisoned at Auschwitz-Berkenau, the infamous German death camp during World War II. Firestone, her father and her brother were her family’s only survivors. Firestone will speak at Kirkwood Community College as part of its annual Holocaust educational forums. She will speak at 11 a.m., Tuesday, April [...]
continue »Xavier High School will send 15 students to a state math competition to be held in Iowa City on Saturday April 20, 2013. The students include: Ben Biggins, Grace Busse, Sarah Chicchelly, Noah Hagen, Grant Hunt, David Kirpes, Matthew Kirpes, Megan Korbel, Edward Krouse, James Krouse, Lucy Liu, Daniel Pape, Jacob Schmitt, Alex Tietz, and [...]
continue »On Thursday, April 18, Xavier High School will welcome Renee Firestone, an 89-year old Holocaust survivor, who will address the junior class, painting a picture for the audience of the struggles that Jewish people faced while in Auschwitz. Firestone was forced into the infamous Auschwitz concentration camp when she was just 16 years old, where [...]
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