45 results total, viewing 1 - 20
LONE TREE
The Lone Tree FFA chapter is exploding on the popular social media app TikTok, with over 2 million views and counting, thanks to the Lone Tree FFA Drive Your Tractor to School Day. The …
more
By TJ Rhodes |
4/12/24 08:00 AM
LONE TREE
Although contracts have yet to be signed for the 2024-25 school year, Lone Tree teachers should expect raises in the near future, thanks to Iowa legislation that increased teacher …
more
By TJ Rhodes |
4/12/24 08:00 AM
LONE TREE
Lone Tree high school English teacher Tanya McCarty hosted an end-of-year speech and drama award show on Saturday, April 6, to award the students who excelled in speech and drama …
more
By TJ Rhodes |
4/12/24 08:00 AM
HILLS
Joining a new school district remains on the table for Hills after they lost their elementary just a week ago.
State Senator Dawn Driscoll, State Representative Heather Hora and Lone …
more
By TJ Rhodes |
4/5/24 07:31 PM
LONE TREE
The Lone Tree Community School District’s calendar has been finalized, and it attempts to find equal balance between the four and five-day calendar debate.
How does it …
more
By TJ Rhodes |
4/5/24 08:00 AM
LONE TREE
Nothing is set in stone, but the Lone Tree school district has a good jump on their summer projects list.
Superintendent Tyler Hotz introduced a refined summer project list at the …
more
By TJ Rhodes |
3/15/24 08:00 AM
LONE TREE
The verdict is in: Lone Tree will not adapt a four-day school calendar.
Instead, at their regular meeting Feb. 21, the school board approved an alternate five-day calendar that …
more
By TJ Rhodes |
2/28/24 08:00 AM
LONE TREE
The Lone Tree FFA Chapter, under the direction of their new Advisor and Agriculture Education teacher, Mr. Payton Lorack, is off to a busy start. The 23/24 Chapter has 49 active …
more
2/14/24 02:15 PM
LONE TREE
The Lone Tree school board held a workshop meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 7. This meeting followed the final two public forums about a four-day schedule and is the final discussion on the …
more
By TJ Rhodes |
2/14/24 12:00 PM
WASHINGTON
It’s hard to know if Gov. Kim Reynolds knew she was igniting a firestorm when she proposed overhauling Iowa’s Area Education Agencies (AEA) in her Condition of the State address a …
more
By Cheryl Allen |
2/14/24 08:00 AM
LONE TREE
On Monday, Feb. 5, Lone Tree families gathered in the school cafeteria to discuss converting to a four-day school week. This was the third and final public forum on the topic.
The …
more
By TJ Rhodes |
2/7/24 12:00 PM
LONE TREE
The Lone Tree Community School District hosted their second public forum discussing the four-day school week at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 27. The two-hour long forum was more productive …
more
By TJ Rhodes |
1/31/24 12:00 PM
Kirkwood Washington County Regional Center is excited to announce an upcoming event aimed at providing valuable information to current 8th – 11th grade high school students and their parents about …
more
1/31/24 08:00 AM
Lone Tree
In a December district update video, Lone Tree Superintendent Tyler Hotz announced that just under two-thirds of parents support a change to a 4-day school week, with “somewhat” and …
more
By TJ Rhodes |
1/24/24 08:00 AM
IOWA CITY
Without a close role model to recommend it, military service may not be considered by high schoolers as an option these days. That’s a missed opportunity that some may have found …
more
By Cheryl Allen |
1/17/24 08:00 AM
Lone Tree
At the first Lone Tree school board meeting of 2024, the board met with the Esports team alongside parents for a boisterous public comment which lasted longer than the allotted 30 …
more
By TJ Rhodes |
1/10/24 12:44 PM
KALONA We may live in small towns where the pace of life is more relaxed, but that doesn’t mean that nothing happens. We are always in motion, tearing down the old, building the new, and …
more
By Cheryl Allen |
1/3/24 08:00 AM
LONE TREE
In a night where the Lone Tree School Board moved through a lot, they were first greeted by the Tiny Techies, a group of second graders from Brittney Dvorsky’s class. The three …
more
By TJ Rhodes |
12/27/23 12:00 PM
LONE TREE
Dropping Mondays or Fridays from the school week in the next academic year is a proposal under consideration at Lone Tree.
The Lone Tree school board met on Wednesday, Dec. …
more
By TJ Rhodes |
12/13/23 01:58 PM
This fall, Hills Bank donated $6,986.71 to Highland Community School District, Mid-Prairie Community School District, Lone Tree Community School District, and Hillcrest Academy as part of the …
more
12/6/23 08:00 AM