How well do you know your Constitution? Probably not as well some of these current and former Holmes Jr. High students. On Monday, January 13th, five Cedar Falls Schools students traversed the cold weather to West Des Moines to participate in the Know Your Constitution Program, sponsored by the State Bar Association. Students were tasked with completing a multiple choice quiz, and students in grades 9-12 were also challenged to write a short essay on the U.S. Constitution. Winning entries [...]

Holmes Jr. High Teachers and Staff were granted the opportunity to promote literacy in the Cedar Valley and wear some comfier clothes at the same time! Teachers donated $5 to wear jeans on Friday, January 10th. Proceeds will go to Readers Today, Leaders Tomorrow, a student organization at the University of Northern Iowa. Readers Today, Leaders Tomorrow began in 2018 when a young student at UNI learned that students who do not have access to age-appropriate reading material tend to do worse [...]

Congratulations, Ashley Cardamone (Holmes Junior High in Cedar Falls) and Elizabeth Mastalio (Mid City High School in Davenport)! These Panthers earned the Yager Exemplary Teaching Recognition Award for exemplary K-12 teaching. #DiscoverUNI

What is an algorithm? We learned just that today in computer science.

A great day at the NEIBA honor band Saturday. All ten students from Holmes were in the top three chairs for their section and five were first chair in their band. Three students: Cian W, Taylor J and Kristen E were selected to the All Iowa band that performs in May. Congrats!