Preschool Registration TODAY, CFHS Parent Meetings + MORE #TigerPride

Preschool registration for the 2023-2024 school year will open at Noon (CST) on Friday, January 27, 2023.

The CF Preschool Program is funded by the Statewide-Voluntary Preschool Grant and Head Start dollars. Children that live within the Cedar Falls Schools’ boundaries and will be age 4 by September 15 of that school year, are eligible to participate in the program.

The tuition is free to all that participate. The district follows a "first come, first served" policy. Questions about the preschool program may be directed to the Administration Office at 319-553-2422.

Congratulations to the Holmes Junior High and Cedar Falls High School students who participated in the regional Poetry Out Loud competition on January 22 at the Hearst Center for the Arts! CFHS senior Hannah Batterson tied for first place and advanced to the State Competition with senior Ella Hertz and sophomore Chandler Taylor taking first and second runner-up!

CFHS & Holmes Students Named Finalists in Iowa State Bar Association Competition

Holmes 9th graders Eleanor Smith, Isabela Hafermann, and Lydia Rusley-Hanesford - teacher Kevin Kuker, Sriya Kalala - teacher Kyle Engdahl, Param Sampat - teacher Jeremiah Longnecker and Sai Pranav Kota - teacher Jeremiah Longnecker were named finalists in the "Know Your Constitution” Project

Eighty-six finalists were selected from the more than 500 students across the State of Iowa who participated. These finalists were honored at an Awards Luncheon in Des Moines on January 20, 2023. The “Know Your Constitution” Project is designed to enrich students’ understanding and appreciation of the Constitution. The students participating in the project were required to familiarize themselves with Constitution-related issues and then an essay and quiz were completed by each participating student. This year’s essay topic involved Constitutional questions concerning student free speech off campus and subsequent school suspension. The question is modeled after recent cases before the United State Supreme Court.

The Know Your Constitution program is sponsored by The Iowa State Bar Association, with additional funding from the Iowa State Bar Foundation and IOLTA.

Students from Aldrich Elementary, Holmes Junior High, the high school, and board members from the Cedar Falls Schools Foundation participated in the Pack the Dome Event at UNI - the single largest volunteer event in the Cedar Valley. The volunteers packed bags of food for the Northeast Iowa Food Bank in support of its BackPack Program. The event was part of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service.