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RIVERSIDE
Pay for substitute teachers in Highland Community Schools will be going up $5 a day in the 2024-25 school year.
The Highland School Board approved an increase in daily rates for …
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By Paul D. Bowker |
7/15/24 12:24 AM
RIVERSIDE
Locker-room improvements and a new multi-purpose center at Highland High School, along with additional classrooms at Highland Elementary, will be in the hands of voters in November.
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By Paul D. Bowker |
5/25/24 08:52 PM
RIVERSIDE
Highland celebrated the class of 2024 with a graduation ceremony on Sunday, May 19.
After the graduates took their seat, different ones were honored due to different levels …
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By TJ Rhodes |
5/24/24 08:00 AM
RIVERSIDE
Highland hosted their prom on Saturday, April 20. Students lined the halls for a professional photo shoot before walking the stage for the Grand March beginning at 7:30 p.m.
Some …
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4/26/24 08:00 AM
RIVERSIDE
The first day of school in Highland’s new four-day week will be August 23 for the 2024-25 school year.
The school year will end May 28, two days after Memorial Day.
The …
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By Paul D. Bowker |
4/13/24 01:01 AM
RIVERSIDE
Autumn Moyer, who has worked in human resources at several Eastern Iowa school districts, has been appointed as the new Secretary and Business Manager for the Highland School Board.
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By Paul D. Bowker |
3/30/24 12:42 AM
RIVERSIDE
A public hearing for the Highland Community Schools property tax levy covering Fiscal Year 2025 will be held March 25.
The proposed tax rate is $13 per $1,000 of property, which …
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By Paul D. Bowker |
3/16/24 09:49 PM
RIVERSIDE
The Highland School Board is on the lookout for 100 signatures.
A petition, with those signatures, is the first step toward getting a bond referendum on the November 2024 ballot …
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By Paul D. Bowker |
3/1/24 07:07 PM
MOUNT VERNON
The Highland Huskie individual speech team competed on Saturday, Feb. 24 at Mount Vernon High School for the district individual speech contest. The day was long but fruitful for …
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By Brendan Schnoebelen |
2/28/24 08:00 AM
RIVERSIDE
Students in the Highland Community Schools district will move into a four-day school week, beginning next August.
The School Board approved the change at its regularly scheduled …
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By Paul D. Bowker |
2/16/24 06:29 PM
RIVERSIDE
The Highland FFA Chapter has been established for over seven years now with close to 40 members. The chapter has gained great knowledge over the years and as well gained a new advisor …
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By Emma Cole |
2/14/24 02:28 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 …
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By Cheryl Allen |
2/14/24 08:00 AM
Highland held their final Facilities Advisory Committee meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 24. It was the best-attended meeting of the five that were held. We had 29 people there to finalize a plan to take …
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By Superintendent Ken Crawford |
2/7/24 08:00 AM
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 …
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1/31/24 08:00 AM
RIVERSIDE
Highland Community Schools are rolling toward a decision on adopting a four-day school week for the 2024-25 school year.
After delivering a presentation that lasted nearly two …
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By Paul D. Bowker |
1/27/24 11:59 PM
IOWA CITY
It was quite the successful day for the Highland Huskie speech team at the district large group speech competition on the campus of Iowa City Liberty High School, as both performances …
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By Brendan Schnoebelen |
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 …
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By Cheryl Allen |
1/17/24 08:00 AM
RIVERSIDE
The idea of a four-day school week isn’t new, but the districts that have adopted such have been in a clear minority. However, with post-COVID changes in the workforce, in addition to …
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By Cheryl Allen |
1/10/24 08:00 AM
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 …
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By Cheryl Allen |
1/3/24 08:00 AM
U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a combat veteran and a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, announced the Iowa students she is nominating to U.S. Service Academies on Dec. 19.
“As a …
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12/27/23 08:00 AM
