Tag: Iola High School
INDEPENDENCE — Iola High’s Ellie Kippenberger proved a formidable foe in her first varsity action of the 2020 girls tennis season Thursday. Playing in No. 2 singles action, Kippenberger went 4-0 at the Independence Invitational.…
Blessed with a tireless work ethic and a natural gift for athletics, Joshua Honeycutt scaled to heights most Iolans would never have dreamed possible. The 2007 Iola High School graduate’s stellar professional track and field…
Iola High School welcomes a record number of international students this year. Five students — three from Italy, one from Spain and one from Germany — have arrived in Iola as part of a study…
Henrik Sieh, Germany Henrik Sieh, who lives in a small town in Germany, wants to learn how to play American football. He watched the Kansas City Chiefs play in the Super Bowl in February, although…
Gaia Figus, who lives in Italy on a small Mediterranean island, relies on Google Translate to help her communicate with her host family, the Millers. She types a question into her phone, which translates it…
Veronica Agostini, who is from Italy, surprised her parents with a request to study abroad. They were a little hesitant to allow her to travel to another country to live with strangers for a year,…
Finding a place to play soccer helped Riccardo Barbarossa, a student from Italy, feel at home in Iola. Fortunately, he didn’t need to go any farther than the spacious yard outside the home of his…
Lucia Perez, who lives in Spain, has dreamed of traveling to the U.S. to study since she was 12. She studied English for years to prepare for her trip. “I want to learn a new…
Matt Baumwart didn’t just trade middle school for high school this year, in his transition to become IHS assistant principal and athletic director. He also traded handshakes for temperature checks. Each morning, Baumwart greets students…
LA CYGNE — Iola High’s cross country season had to adapt quickly to start the 2020 season Thursday. With the COVID-19 threat limiting the number of schools able to attend a meet in Garnett, Iola…
