A top tier season

Top Golfer in the State of Iowa

Kennedy Junior Reid Hall made headlines with his win at the Iowa State Golf Tournament last weekend at Elmcrest Country Club. He became Kennedy’s first state golf champion with a final score of 141. This was Reid’s third time attending the State Golf Tournament, as he qualified in both his freshman and sophomore years as well, however, it was his first time taking home a win. His favorite part of the meet was having all of his friends come out to support and cheer him on.

Reid has been golfing since he was a child, starting out in summer associations, and spending the off season practicing at simulators to keep his skills up. He loves the amount of skill required to be successful, and plans to play golf his senior year at Kennedy as well.

Reid’s advice for others who would like to become a successful golfer, “Practice, practice and trust the process."

Community events

Join us for Arthur/Garfield Input Sessions happening next week!

With a new elementary school coming,

CRCSD wants your input on what school

design elements are important to you.

Tuesday, October 18th - 4-8pm

School Conference

Garfield Elementary School- Gym

1201 Maplewood Drive NE

Cedar Rapids, IA 52402

Join us for Maple Grove Elementary's Open House

Save the date as CRCSD's newest elementary school will open its doors to the community.

On Thursday, October 27th, from 4:30 - 6:30pm we invite the community to see what is inside of our newest elementary school, Maple Grove. The official ribbon cutting program will take place at 4:30pm.

"Maple Grove is an impressive building to enter, with a gorgeous, park-like setting," said Nick Duffy, principal at Maple Grove. "I am so excited for our community to see the newest CRCSD building and see how effective design for collaboration drives instruction and student connection forward."

Students will be leading tours of the new structure and giving a personal account for how the new space is helping them become Future Ready learners.

One last shot on a stellar career

One final shot, a long-time CRCSD fixture is starting a new chapter

After 51 years of starting track and field as well as cross country competitions in the Cedar Rapids Community School District, Jim Patterson put away his starter's pistol for the final time Monday evening.

Jim is a familiar face around CRCSD, as his career began at Grant Wood Elementary in 1966 as a Physical Education teacher. In 1967, he moved to the newly-opened Coolidge Elementary, where he taught for the next 35 years until his retirement. While at Coolidge, Jim was a referee at football games and a starter at track meets.

“I love being around students and watching them compete,” said Patterson.

His final cross-country meet was October 10th at the 7th/8th Grade Cross Country Championship at Cherry Hill Park.

CRCSD sends out its appreciation for Jim’s years of service.

See more images here

We want to hear from you!

We all live by the school calendar, right? CRCSD is working on the upcoming school calendar and wants your input! Please take the five-question survey to provide your opinions and ideas.

Calendar survey

CRCSD High School Coach Spotlight

Willis Harte

Washington Men's Cross Country

Willis has been coaching at Washington since 2006, where he also teaches Russian and Algebra. "I love working with the guys, seeing them go from new runners to experienced athletes. Our team slogan is run for fun and personal best." Willis ran cross country himself in both high school and college, and got his love of coaching from his grandfather, who was also a coach.

Cheer on the Washington Men's Cross Country team at their next meet vs. Dubuque Senior on Wednesday, October 19, at 4:00 pm at Dubuque's Soccer Complex.

Matt Hilby

Jefferson Men's Cross Country

Matt has been the head coach at his alma mater for 9 years, and was a volunteer assistant coach for 3 years before that. After graduating from Jefferson, Matt ran cross country at Mt. Mercy. He teaches Business Education at Jefferson, and has also been coaching baseball since 2005. About his enjoyment of coaching cross country, he says, "I love that it's a sport that anyone can do."

Photo Galleries

This week all students from Cedar River Academy explored Matthew 25's Cultivating Hope Urban Farm.

Farmer Matt shared with students the importance of the urban farm, where vegetables are grown, sold, and made into food to be shared. He also stressed the importance of having the farm in close proximity to the neighborhood it serves.

Students explored the greenhouse, looked at vegetables and then got to taste swiss chard and grapes!

Check out the tour photos.

A Cedar Rapids favorite is kicking off it's 71st season. Children's theatre of Cedar Rapids, Playtime Poppy is presenting The Stinky Cheese Man and other fairly stupid tales with theatre students from Jefferson High School.

The show is taking place in the Jefferson auditorium. You can catch the action this weekend, with show times on Friday, Oct. 14 at 5:00 pm and 7:30 pm, then on Saturday, Oct. 15 at 11:00 am and 2:00 pm. You can purchase tickets here.

See images f rom th e Jefferson production.

Important Reminders