Three area students have been nominated this year for Iowa High School Individual All-State Speech including North Tama senior Hannah Borah (Expository Address), and Union seniors Laura Rempe (Solo Musical) and Rebekah Dickerson (Acting). This is the first All-State Speech performer nomination ...
The annual Swing Show returned to North Tama High School on March 10 and 11. North Tama’s concert band directed by Channing Halstead, the mixed chorus directed by Terry Shay, and the dance team coached by Dylan Rohlfsen performed an array of pieces with a theme titled “Don’t Stop Me Now: ...
Union High School students cut up the dance floor at Matt Auditorium last week during the school’s spring musical performance of “Footloose.” The show featured junior Joe Bistline (Ren McCormack) and Elle Hookham (Ariel Moore) as the leads in the musical adaptation of Herbert Ross’ 1984 ...
It may have been a Friday in early March, but it was still ‘Friday Night Lights’ for the North Tama Academic Decathlon team on March 4 as they spent their evening under exam lights taking tests of knowledge as part of the two-day State Academic Decathlon competition in Mason City. After ...
Community members within the Union Community School District will have two opportunities to interact with the district's hiring search for its next superintendent of schools. On February 21 the district accepted the resignation of Superintendent Travis Fleshner following the February 16 ...
1. Instructional calendar During the regular meeting of the Union Board of Education on Monday, Feb. 21, the 2022-2023 instructional calendar was approved with the board choosing Option A which included a traditional spring break. Superintendent Travis Fleshner shared Option A received the ...
It was synch or swim week at Union Middle School (UMS) on Monday morning as the final teams – The Goated Grotes, The Orangutans, Gangsta Girls, The Spore Bros, Kourni, Don’t Stop Believing Jimmy, Sisters from Different Misters, and Gettin’ Lippy With It – took to the auditorium stage as ...
1. Facility plan update As part of the regular meeting of the North Tama Board of Education on Monday, February 12, three members of the board including Haley Blaine, David Calderwood, and Doug Dvorak shared details following a facility study Zoom meeting they had the week prior between ...
Some of North Tama Elementary School’s youngest learners received a very special delivery this past week – a more nurturing learning environment. As part of a $25,000 STEM BEST (Businesses Engaging Students and Teachers) grant award the elementary school received in June of last year from ...
The honor roll is based on the 4-point system. A 3.667 GPA is required for the ‘A’ Honor Roll, and a 3.000 GPA is required for the ‘B’ Honor Roll. Junior High Quarter 2 A Honor Roll Isabella Allen Brooke Bradley Brayton Cibula Jordan Dostal Paul Dvorak Kahlia Even Kruiz ...