Students get taste of life in newsroom
Johnson Elementary pupils spend a week writing editing and designing their own school newspaper with help from The Gazette staff and community volunteers. The unit, part of Project Partnership with the Junior League of Cedar Rapids, aims to show how a newspaper is produced and why clear wording matters.
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Johnson Elementary
The
Gazette
Junior League of
Cedar Rapids
Johnson
Erskine Eagle Express
Hiawatha Cougar Cub Chronicle
Pierce Panther Press
Cleveland Courier
This Gazette
Tom Fruehling
Bob Denney
Jerry Elsen
Bill Dunn
Suzanne Barnes
Mary Orth
Joan Murrin
Oline Stigers
Mark Dukes
Dave Rasdal
Stigers
NIE
Glenn Oldorf
Pierce School
Oldorf
Orth
Mary Campbell
Fourth Ave. SE
Cleveland
William Brousard
Grover’s Gazette
Wanda Morrow
Taft Junior High Music Event and Focus on Cedar Rapids Schools
Taft Junior High bands and string orchestra perform at 7 p.m. Thursday with retirements honored for Peter Haug after 28 years. Soloists include Heather Merrick and Horn players Andrew Boysen and Lars Blomberg. admission is free for students and $1 for adults. A cable Focus on the Cedar Rapids Schools episode airs on Channel 10 at 10 a.m., 4 p.m., and 7 p.m. featuring multiple school activities from Noelridge to Jefferson and Washington high schools.
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Taft
Peter Haug
Heather Merrick
Hanover Road
Kent Kennan
Andrew Boysen
Lars Blomberg
Morris Ave
G.F. Handel
Roger Fedelleck
Cedar Rapids
Noelridge
Harding Junior High
van Buren School
Jackson School
Nixon School
Jefferson, Kennedy
Washington
Kennedy High School
Roosevelt Junior High Orchestras and Melodrama at Greene Square Park
The Roosevelt Junior High eighth and ninth grade orchestra performs at noon Friday in Greene Square Park with a rain date Tuesday. They stage the melodrama Innocence Triumphs about a villain and a doctor who coerce a girl into a beauty contest.
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Roosevelt Junior High
Greene Square Park
Cedar Rapids senior earns Coe Alumni Senior Award
Kirk Youngberg, son of Mr and Mrs Alvin J Youngberg of Cedar Rapids, receives the Coe College Alumni Association Senior Award for academic excellence leadership and campus service. He graduated summa cum laude, majored in economics and accounting, held multiple student leadership roles, joined Sigma Nu Sachem and other honors societies, and earned Richter and Rockwell Collins scholarships along with several departmental awards.
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Kirk Youngberg
Alvin J. Youngberg
Second Ave
Cedar Rapids
Coe College Alumni Association
Youngberg
Coe
Coe Sunday
Murray Hall
Sigma Nu
Sachem
Senate
Greene Hall
The
Cosmos
Acorn
Phi Eta Sigma
Phi Kappa Phi
Richter
Rockwell-Collins
Wall Street Journal
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Kurt Rogahn
Sarette
Roosevelt
Lynn Henecke
Jim Jenkins
Bob Barnes
Cedar Rapids Christian School
Lucille Myhre
Steve Kahler
Route 1
Palo
Uni-Dome
Cedar Falls
Gregory Machacek
Kent Drive
St. John’s University
Minnesota
Amy DeWeese
Norman Drive
Marycrest College
Davenport
the Gazette
C.R
Poe
Allett
Action Bac
Saxony
Congolen
Onshio
nFlor Supreme
Werner
Vic
the Sherwin-Wi
Reg. Price
RIM
Glass
Savesa
Wagner
Sherwin-Williams
MasterCar
K-Mart Shopping Center
Collins Rd
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