Algona Community School District

Written by Avery Hersom Some people ask, “What is ISASP testing?” ISASP stands for the Iowa Statewide Assessment of Student Progress. It is a comprehensive assessment designed to...

Written by Ryan Haynes The girls’ track team kicked off their outdoor season at the Clear Lake Girls’ Invitational on April 8th. The team finished in first place as a team, comp...

Written by Ben Helmers On Friday, April 11th, the boys had their first meet of April in Humboldt. The Bulldogs placed second overall at the meet, competing against six other team...

Written by Lainey Venteicher The boys’ and girls’ golf teams have both had a full three weeks of practice and were excited to start competing in meets. The girls’ golf team has t...

Written by Caitlin Louscher The Algona schools will have an early dismissal on Thursday, April 17th, at 2:30 and no school on Friday, April 18th, for break. The schools will also...

Written by: Katie Ludwig The Algona and Bishop Garrigan Trapshooting team is not a school-affiliated sport but is supported by the schools. The trapshooting season began on Marc...

Written by: Ben Helmers The boys’ track season has finally started. They have had four indoor meets so far this season. On March 13th they headed to Ames for their first meet. ...

Written by: Ezra Oldenkamp The Model UN team headed to the campus of the University of Northern Iowa to compete on April third and April fourth. Model UN is a hands-on learnin...

Written by: Madison Adams The Algona High School students in science fair had a very successful month. With Regional and State science fairs these past few weeks, the students r...

Written by: Megan McPeak As the year is coming to an end, so are the scholarship deadlines. The Algona Community School Foundation, ACSF, scholarships are due April 4th by 4:00 ...

Written by: Oliiva Thilges On Sunday, March 30th, in the Performing Arts Center, the Algona FFA chapter hosted their 78th annual FFA banquet. Many different awards and degrees we...

Written by: Josie Jennings This year, the Night of Academic Excellence was held on March 25th. The Academic Night of Excellence recognizes freshmen and sophomores with a 3.7 GPA...

Written by: Malyn Davis On Saturday, March 29th, 24 choir events and 45 band events traveled to Clear Lake to compete in one of the eight district sites for a solo/ensemble conte...

Written by: Emma Cecil Superstars is an event that has been going on at AHS since 1985. Superstars this year was held on Wednesday, March 26th. The theme this year was Against Al...

Written by: Ryan Haynes On February 17th, the AHS Jazz Band competed in Clear Lake, earning their ticket to the Jazz Championships in Ames, for the third consecutive year. The AH...

Written by: Lainey Venteicher The AHS girls’ track team is off and running. They have competed in three indoor meets. Their first meet was at Mason City’s indoor invitational on ...

Written by: Caitlin Louscher The AHS FCCLA chapter went down to Cedar Rapids on Sunday, March 23rd, to Tuesday, March 25th, and came back with five silver medals and three bronze...

Written by: Allee Carr The annual AHS pickleball tournament is sponsored by Student Senate. This year it was organized by Abby Lampe and Taylor VanOtterloo. The pickleball tourna...

Written by Jack Limbaugh Algona High School has never had a full week off of school for Spring Break until now! Spring Break started on Monday, March 17th, and ran through March ...

Written by Brennan Kajewski The third term of this academic year is coming to a close. It was pushed back two days and is officially over on the twenty-fifth of March due to the ...