Mid-Prairie school administrators are working on plans to offer distance learning opportunities for students while district buildings are closed.
Superintendent Mark Schneider told the school …
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Local school districts are finding ways to get meals to their students while district buildings are shut down.
This week, Mid-Prairie, Highland and Lone Tree school districts started lunch pickup …
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By Jim Johnson and James Jennings |
3/26/20 11:42 AM
On Feb. 28, the Mid-Prairie FFA chapter held the 21st annual FFA Ag Obstacle assembly at the high school.
The FFA officers shared information about the chapter and events throughout the …
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Like many other entities, local school districts are scrambling with how to deal with the outbreak of the new coronavirus.
On Monday night, the Mid-Prairie School Board voted to postpone an …
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March Mammal Madness has overcome classes at Mid-Prairie Middle School.
Students are given time in class to fill out their brackets.
No, this has nothing to do with the NCAA basketball …
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Several area Future Problem Solving teams placed among the top teams at the FPS Regional Competition held in Iowa City on Jan. 10.
Teams of three or four students applied the six-step Future …
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On Feb. 24, the Mid-Prairie school board approved a 2020-21 school calendar that includes a spring break.
However, Superintendent Mark Schneider said he plans to conduct a survey after this …
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Several Mid-Prairie High School performers earned Division 1 rankings at IHSSA District Individual Events Speech Contest at Pekin High School on Feb. 29.
Students earning a Division 1 rating and …
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Mid-Prairie Superintendent Mark Schneider donned a hair net last week and went to work in the high school cafeteria as part of a program where administrators sub for workers who take personal days.
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At the behest of the school board two weeks ago, Mid-Prairie administrators met to discuss their facilities’ needs.
What they came back with Monday night was a list of projects totaling …
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Students from three area schools performed at IHSSA State Large Group Speech Contest at Washington High School in Cedar Rapids on Saturday.
On Monday afternoon, it was announced that three groups …
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Five Mid-Prairie students competed at the Knights of Columbus district spelling bee held at Clear Creek-Amana on Jan. 28, and for the first time in Spelling Club history, every speller finished in …
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The Mid-Prairie Middle School tenor saxophone trio of (from left) seventh-grader Lilly Miller, eighth-grader Madison Davidson and seventh-grader Niveah Gutierrez perform for the Mid-Prairie school …
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Like any other district, the Mid-Prairie school district has a list of facilities wants and needs that far exceed its budget.
At the Jan. 27 school board meeting, board members heard an hour-long …
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Laela Waddell, a 16-year-old Mid-Prairie High School junior from Wellman, was born with three major congenital issues, with the biggest challenge being bilateral microtia.
Bilateral microtia is a …
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On Jan. 27, the Mid-Prairie school board honored six Mid-Prairie staffers who all announced their retirement at the end of this school year. Shown are (front row from left) Rose Schrock (24 years of …
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