Dec. 2015
Volume 91
Issue 4
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CBCSD makes 6th annual AP district honor roll Adriana Ibarra Reporter
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Out of 425 school districts throughout the U.S and Canada, CBCSD is one of eight in Iowa, and one of three in the Metro Area being placed on the 6th Annual AP District Honor Roll. The District Honor Roll credits schools with students who have good AP scores. This year TJ students did well enough on test to put us into this prestigious group. “It feels very good to know that all the hard work that I put into my AP class is being recognized and the success of student is being celebrated,” said AP U.S History teacher Chris Brewer with a smile. For the past two years, the 6th Annual AP District Honor Roll, looks across 34 AP Exams, this includes
limit is in effect,” according to the Iowa Department of Transportation. Those convicted of speeding in a school zone will be given a maximum fine of $250 for each traffic violation and a maximum fine of $500 for each subsequent offense. “If there is no school zone sign designated, then it would just be a regular speeding ticket,” said Wilson Middle School Student Resource Officer Chris Hite. Thomas Jefferson sits on West Broadway, one of the busiest streets in the city. Hite said that some may say the red light cameras on West Broadway are supposed to reduce speeding and accidents. However, the red light
Editor’s Note: Although “Didn’t see the signs” was published in The Signal last month, the story was edited and published again by The Daily Nonpareil. This is the updated and re-edited version. cameras are for catching “It’s scary knowing I could traffic signal offenders. Tickets get hit by a car; I just don’t are issued after running red like the feeling I get in my lights, and not for speeding. stomach when I walk across “For it to be an official Broadway,” he said. zone, it must be marked Thomas Jefferson isn’t alone as such,” Hite said. in lacking a school zone sign: “Unfortunately, no sign, no None of the city’s high schools higher fine.” have one. Monday’s incident at T.J. Abraham Lincoln High was not the school’s first. On School Principal Bridgette April 1, 2014, a car leaving Bellows had noticed that some Thomas Jefferson struck a of her students walk to and student outside the school. from school, and there are a “I don’t feel safe when I few busy intersections that walk across the street when they would have to cross. there are speeding drivers,” However, she was unaware said Thomas Jefferson junior that there were no designated Jordyn Poole. “There needs to school zone signs near the be a sign.” campus. Fellow junior Nick Walters “I believe that the school echoed Jordyn’s feelings, zone designations definitely expressing his concerns about help to slow traffic around the crossing West Broadway. school area which helps to
Hunter Gibson and Brad Krug performing live. Photo by Adriana Ibarra.
Murder’s Bad but Monday can Kill You! Tiana Larsen Reporter
Through December 3rd5th, TJ showcased “Murder’s Bad But Monday Can Kill You”, a comedic murder mystery. With a cast of over ten students and even more crew members, everyone had a part in making sure the
production was a great one. The play was written by Pat Cook about a detective named Harry Monday who goes and checks out a murder at a psychiatric hospital to find out all the witnesses have multiple personalities. The drama department spent ten weeks practicing the play as well as making the
set and gathering costumes. Drama teacher, Ms. Abby Custer, was in charge of the performances and practices. This show is Ms. Custer’s first time directing a show here at TJ, she feels it was a success with all the cast putting all their hard work and filling up almost 300 seats during the matinee. “I thought that the performances on Friday and Saturday went flawlessly,” stated Custer. “I couldn’t have asked for a better cast
Area high school students made aware of personal safety Morgan Barth Reporter
Four high schools in Council Bluffs lack designated school zone signs, and, after a recent incident, students have become more aware about their safety. The most recent accident, which injured a student, will serve as the catalyst to get such signage at Thomas Jefferson High School early next year, according to a state official. A 15-year-old Thomas Jefferson student was hit Monday morning crossing West Broadway. She was walking from Walgreens to the school when she was hit by a turning vehicle. The student was taken to CHI
Health Mercy Hospital, where she was treated and released. “We had a student hit within the crosswalk on 25th Street by a car,” said Chuck May, the school administration manager at T.J. “She left within an ambulance, and her mother was here to talk to her before she left. (She was) able to sit up and help workers get herself into the ambulance.” First responders beat police to the scene of the accident because of the congestion caused in the intersection. A school zone speed limit display “assembly consists of a speed limit sign beacon, school plaque, speed limit sign and “When Flashing” plaque to identify the time periods that the school speed
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world language and culture. The districts being recorded have to increase or maintain performance levels. In the past three years the total number of student taking AP exams has increased from 113 to 144. The total number of exams taken has also increased from 179 to 199. The percentage of exams that are passed increased from 42% to 47%. CBCSD, is the only district in Iowa and Nebraska to have greater than 30% of its students who qualify for free or reduced lunch, who are committed to expanding the availability of AP courses to prepared and motivated students off all backgrounds. Brewer also stated,“It shows that our district is committed to academic excellence and preparing students for their college careers.”
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