The Pella HS Marching Dutch finished another successful competitive season performing “Pinball Wizard”, featuring music from the rock opera “Tommy” by The Who. Starting out the season at the Urbandale Invitational, the band placed 1st in Class 3A and received the highest score over all bands, and received top color guard and drumline awards. The […]
Pella’s yearbook, The Duchess, won 3rd place for 2017 Yearbook of the Year in their class and 10 individual category awards. Claire Corbin, Selena Quangvan, Lindsey Blommers, Paige Meyer, Samantha Boetger, Sadie Beal, Kelly Murphy, Ryan Gustafson, and Bronwyn Metcalf won individual awards.
Peer Art is an adaptive art class that is going into its 3rd year at Pella High. Originally, it was started by former art teacher, Jim Emmert, but now is taught by Julie Stratton. To start off the year, students talked about working with someone who has special needs and learning more about each of […]
In March 2017, four Pella High School students participated in the NASA Space Settlement Design Competition (SSDC). Sarah Van Norden was a member of the winning company and was selected by her teammates to participate in the International Space Settlement Design Competition (ISSDC). The international competition was held at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex […]
Front row: Paighton Bogaards, Ava Rowe, Queen Kara Wichhart, Natalie Henry, Annika Pingel Back row: Reece Schnell, Curtis Ware, King Adam Davis, Keaton Brenizer, Avery Van Zee
Student Council Hosts Food Drive Class Competition Hy-Vee has donated boxes which will be located outside of the competitive gym all week. Food items may be dropped off during the school day this week, or at the Volleyball game on Tuesday, Sept. 19. Each box is labeled for a different class (Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior) […]
On May 18, 19, and 20, the Lady Dutch Track team received the honor of state runner up for the second year in a row. Twenty four members of the team competed. According to Coach Dak Rasmussen, the coaches worked hard to keep the girls on their toes for state. “We don’t wanna work […]