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 […]
Congratulations to Joan Nikkel on receiving the 2018 Leighton State Bank Teacher of the Year Award! Leighton State Bank requests nominations for teachers in Pella and the surrounding communities who deserve to be recognized for their outstanding commitment and passion. Riley Sorheim, an eighth grade student at Pella Middle School, submitted a letter nominating middle […]
Pella Community School District board members pictured from left: Gregg Gustafson, Lisa Jansen, Joan Corbin, Timothy Tripp, Gary Coppock May is School Board Recognition Month and a great opportunity for communities to honor the more than 2,000 school board members who are locally elected in Iowa. Board members volunteer countless hours of their personal time […]
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 […]
Pella High School AcaPella and Bravo show choirs competed at the West Branch High School competition on Saturday, January 13. AcaPella won the varsity division with a moving performance of Revolution, ending the day as Class 3A Grand Champions after the evening’s finals competition. In addition, AcaPella won caption awards for best costumes, stage crew, […]
The High School Madrigal group performed at the Mall of America in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Saturday, December 16. The group, lead by vocal director Michelle Chaplin, has performed at several locations this holiday season including Pella’s tree lighting ceremony, Tour of Homes, Jefferson Place and Rotary Club. Their last performance will be Friday, December 22 […]