West Side Band Festival and East Side Band Roundup Planned
The third annual West Side Band Festival opens 7:30 p.m. Thursday in Jefferson High auditorium with the West Side Junior High Honor Band Jefferson High School Symphony Band and Jefferson Jazz Band. An East Side Band Roundup follows at Washington High School gym the same evening. Tickets at the door are 1.50 for adults and 1.00 for students.
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Jefferson High School
Jefferson
Wilson
Roosevelt
Jefferson Symphony
Jefferson Jazz Band
Paragon
Washington High School
East Side
Adams
Arthur
Erskine
Garfield
Grant Wood
Johnson
Kenwood
Polk
Squaw Creek
Jerry Parr
Franklin
Bob Sadilek
McKinley
Jim Wright
Washington
Jefferson High hosts state Solo and Ensemble Contest
The event draws 1 068 students from 16 schools to compete in music and arts statewide. Finalists include Tony Montgomery of Hiawatha and six area seventh and eighth graders set to represent Grant Wood Area Education Agency at the State Spelling Bee in Des Moines. He and peers Kevin Bell Chauncey Dixon Laura McGrane Heather Neubauer and Maria Ries were among top finishers in Kirkwood Community College sponsored event.
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Tony Montgomery
Cleo
Kathig Montgomery
Daws Road
Hiawatha
Simpatico
Negus
Kirkwood
Grant Wood
Des Moines
Kevin Bell
Gene
Marilyn Bell
English Boulevard
Marion
Chauncey Dixon
Charles and
Gloria Dixon
Clive Drive
Laura McGrane
Joseph
Barb McGrane
A Ave
Heather Neubauer
Allyn
Garcia Neubauer
Amana
Maria Ries
Merle
Shirley Ries
Iowa City
The
Kirkwood Community College
Grant Wood Area Education Agency
Des Moines Register
Energy manager to lead school energy audits in Iowa
Paul Ryan will run nearly 50 walk through energy audits in area school buildings as part of the two year funded Project SAVE program. The 18 participating systems include Alburnett Amana Cedar Rapids Center Point Central City Clear Creek English Valleys Highland Iowa City Linn Mar Lone Tree Midland Norway Olin Solon Vinton Washington and West Branch. All have committed matching funds.
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Grant Wood Area
English Valleys
Highland
Iowa City
Linn-Mar
Lone Tree
Midland
Norway
Olin
Solon
Vinton
Washington
West Branch
Jefferson area students to tour New York City
Thirty five students from Jefferson Washington Alburnett and Center Point high schools depart by bus from the Roosevelt Hotel Saturday morning for a trip to New York City. Sponsored by the Linn County chapter of the United Nations Association the group will visit the United Nations and historic sites in Gettysburg Philadelphia. Part of the cost is paid by the students with the rest subsidized by the Linn County chapter.
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Jefferson, Washington
Alburnett
Center Point
Roosevelt Hotel
New York City
Linn County
United Nations Association
United Nations
New York
Gettysburg
Philadelphia
Stastny Named Iowa Art Educator of the Year
Stastny, art consultant for the Grant Wood Area Education Agency, has been chosen as the 1983 Iowa Art Educator of the Year by the National Art Education Association. He will receive the award Saturday at the national convention in Detroit Michigan. Stastny, based at 215 Highland Drive NW, has worked with Grant Wood since 1975 and has promoted cooperative art education across Iowa's elementary schools, high schools, and universities. He helped develop state guidelines for art education and serves this year as a state coordinator.
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Kimm Stastny
Grant Wood Area Education Agency
Iowa
National Art Education Association
Detroit
Mich
Stastny
Highland Drive
Grant Wood
Seven area students named Youth of the Year nominees
Seven high school students nominated by their principals will be cited by the Exchange Club Thursday at Stouffer's for district and national Youth of the Year honors and scholarships. Jefferson High School is noted by Highwire Magazine for housing the city wide Educational Dance Theater led by Kathleen McNamara.
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Exchange Club
Karl Davis
Hazel Drive
Washington High School
Lisa Jo Becker
Atkins, Jefferson High School
Robin Dye
Hollywood Blvd
Kennedy High School
Ronald Rutgers
25Th Ave
Marion
Linn-Mar High School
Todd Twachtman
14Th St
Marion High School
Karen Charipar
First Ave
LaSalle High School
Pat Hesselman
Norman Drive
Regis High School
Stouffer's
Jefferson High School
Highwire Magazine
Lowell
Mass
Jefferson
Kathleen McNamara
McNamara
Highwire
Gazette Education Page Submissions Due Tuesday
Typed news releases for The Gazette education page must be submitted by 10 a.m. Tuesday to Kurt Rogahn at The Gazette Box 511 Cedar Rapids 52406.
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the Gazette
Kurt Rogahn
Cedar Rapids
Kennedy High principal Michael Clover resigns after decade at helm
Michael Clover, Kennedy High School principal since 1970s, resigns his post and seeks a transfer within the Cedar Rapids Community School District. The March 1 resignation takes effect June 30 with no replacement named. Clover cites a desire for change after 10 years at Kennedy.
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Michael Clover
Kennedy High School
Cedar Rapids
Clover
Kennedy
Fingerprinting program for children at Cedar Rapids malls
The Cedar Rapids PTA and City Council launch Operation Fingerprint at Lindale and Westdale malls this Saturday from 10 to 5, with Explorer Post 107 and police training. The program, aimed at identifying missing children, allows any child over age three to be fingerprinted with parental consent.
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Lindale
Westdale
Cedar Rapids
Parent-Teacher Association
PTA
City Council
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