News High School

Show choir competed at Dallas Center Grimes on Saturday, Jan. 21.  Acapella placed 1st in 3A and 2nd overall.  Jarod Martens won best soloist.  Bravo won 1st in Prep and 5th overall.  

Acapella and Bravo competed at West Branch on Saturday, Jan.14.  Bravo placed 2nd in Prep. and 6th in Finals.  Acapella placed 2nd in 3A and 1st in Finals.

Senior Ashton Messor broke the wrestling record of 59 varsity career pins on Dec. 3 at the Montezuma Invitational. He now holds the record at 62 and counting with most of the season still left. The previous record was held by Brent Smith who wrestled from 2006 – 2010.  See an interview with Messor on […]

On Saturday, January 7, Acapella placed 1st in 3A and were 2nd runner-up overall at the Des Moines Christian Illumination competition.  Bravo placed 1st in Prep Division.

Three times a month Mr. Bowers, the agriculture education teacher, opens up the welding shop for a work night. The group is called Ag Mechanics, and it has attracted a following from the agriculture and industrial technology departments. “Ag Mechanics was started because a few years ago I was constantly having kids stop by and […]

On December 9, the Pella High School Jazz 1 group traveled to Winterset High School for the South Central Iowa Band Association Jazz Festival. The jazz band performed their 3-piece set and finished in first place beating out Dallas Center-Grimes, Gilbert, and host-school Winterset. Winterset and the Pella Jazz 1 both qualified for the Iowa […]

Speech teachers Ashlee Whittington and Suzi Jones have decided to put on Scooby Doo for one of their Reader’s Theaters. They will be performing the first episode of the popular cartoon, “What a Night for a Knight!” This episode begins with an archeologist bringing a suit of armor to a museum. He disappears and the […]

Sixteen students from Mrs. Hones’ biology and honors biology classes attended a microbiology workshop at Iowa State University on Friday, November 11. Throughout the workshop, students received hands-on training and experience with minuscule samples in a modern laboratory facility. Some events from the day included isolating their own DNA and analyzing bacteria. Pella High juniors […]

THREE-PEAT! The Pella Dutch won their 41st consecutive game to clinch a 3rd straight State Championship at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls. Pelladium.com Photo Gallery  CONGRATULATIONS ON ANOTHER OUTSTANDING SEASON

The Pella High School has many high performing students achieving notable accomplishments. Athletics: The swim team had success with Lindsey Blommers qualifiying for state and placing 5th in the  in the 100 breaststroke. The cross country girls and boys teams also had another fantastic season. Both teams advanced to the state meet; the girls team finished 2nd overall, […]