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COVID-19 changed high school forever for Class of `21, other students

The Class of `21 has taken COVID-19's brunt when it comes to education but also traditions and rites of passage. But students interviewed for a new IowaWatch high school journalism project showed plenty of pain in all grades this past year.

By Hanah Kitamoto/IowaWatch, Kailey Gee/IowaWatch, Krisha Kapoor/IowaWatch, Alex Carlon/IowaWatch, Maddy Smith/IowaWatch and Misha Canin/IowaWatch

/ 26 Apr 2021

COVID-19 changed high school forever for Class of `21, other students

Grades, friends, competition: They stress our high schoolers more than you might think

Looking back, Jazsime Vanpelt wishes she could have done her freshman and sophomore years differently. Checking her grades multiple times a day, loading too many extracurriculars onto her schedule and

By Jesse Hausknecht-Brown, Natalie Dunlap, Marta Leira, Kailey Gee/IowaWatch and Alex Carlon/IowaWatch

/ 17 Apr 2020

Grades, friends, competition: They stress our high schoolers more than you might think

College-bound but feeling pressure about it in high school

The word “college” stresses many high school students, whether or not their resume has enough activities on it, if they have a high enough ACT score, the change of living

By Shoshanna Hemley and Alex Carlon/IowaWatch

/ 17 Apr 2020

COVID-19 changed high school forever for Class of `21, other students

Grades, friends, competition: They stress our high schoolers more than you might think

College-bound but feeling pressure about it in high school

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