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It takes courage to sign up for Creative Writing, and even more courage to publish something for the public eye. Creative Writing was a new class to Pella High School in the spring of 2014, and since then, the class has grown to 55 students! These three sections have created a literary magazine to highlight […]

Pella Community School District Needs Assessment Survey Each school district in Iowa conducts a district needs assessment survey every five years to help determine the direction of the school system. The Pella Community School District recently conducted an online assessment that had 823 respondents. These individuals represented high school students, K-12 parents, parents of preschool […]

Agricultural teacher Jacob Bowers, along with Industrial Tech teacher Mark Goodrich, recently purchased four large drones and twelve small ones. The drones, or quadcopters, were purchased with the Carl Perkin’s grant, which provides money for Career Technical Education programs such as Ag, Industrial Tech, and FCS. The drones will be used for educating students about […]

The Iowa Department of Education has announced a series of February public forums and a statewide survey following a state panel’s recommendation to get public feedback on the Next Generation Science Standards. These are a set of learning expectations in science for students in kindergarten through high school. The Next Generation Science Standards were developed […]

The Pella Community Schools are proud to announce state teacher of the year awards for two staff members: Joe Burch has been named as the 2014 Elementary Physical Education Teacher of the Year for the state of Iowa by the Iowa Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance. IAHPERD has also named Amy Belding […]