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Congratulations to the Pella HS Boys Soccer team! Class 2A State Champions! Photo from KNIA/KRLS

Congratulations to HS Girls Tennis for an outstanding season! Photo from KNIA/KRLS

The girls track team is the 2018 Class 3A State Champions Congratulations! Photo from KNIA-KRLS State Track Meet Final Results

Creative Writing is a junior and senior English elective class, in which students explore several genres throughout the semester. These genres include spoken word, flash fiction, poetry, narrative, short story, and even the graphic novel. These students have selected pieces from the semester to impact an audience outside of their own classrooms. Enjoy these pieces […]

Eric Nelson has been selected to receive the 2018 Iowa Bandmasters Association Outstanding Administrator Award. The Iowa Bandmasters Association selects administrators who exhibit leadership traits supporting the growth and success of band programs, students, directors, and school communities. Pella High School band director Dameon Place nominated Eric for the award stating in his letter that: […]

Freshman Kaelie DeHeer has been dreaming of a service dog for 5 years. Her family applied to go through the process of getting a dog 4 years ago with an organization, but saw little progress being made. Last summer, they choose to try again with a different company, Domesti-PUPS. They found out about this company […]

Jay McKinstrey has been selected by the Pella Area Community Economic Alliance (PACE) to receive this year’s Community Spotlight Award. This is one of three Pella Impact Awards given annually by PACE Alliance. Honorees are selected based on their overall impact to the quality of life in Pella; including partnerships and collaboration, innovative programs and […]

The Iowa High School Music Association State Jazz Contest was held at the Pella High School Saturday, January 27th. Area jazz bands from Oskaloosa, North Mahaska, Pleasantville, PCM, Grinnell, EBF, Knoxville, and the three Pella HS Jazz Bands preformed throughout the day. Pella Jazz 1 and Jazz 2 (PM) received Division I “Superior” ratings and […]

Pella High School’s special education department recently received $7,962.00 from the Knights of Columbus. The Knights of Columbus is a Christian organization started in 1882 by a Catholic priest to raise money for single mothers who lost their husbands. Since then, nearly two million Catholic men around the world are part of the Knights of […]