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Our baseball team will play at home TOMORROW night (July 10) in the Substate Semifinal against Pella at 7:00 PM.
Online ticketing only again; here is the link:
https://www.iahsaa.org/tickets/
The gates will open at 5:45 PM and with an expected large crowd, please reminder that both ends of Panther Drive are able to access the field.
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Our softball and baseball teams will have playoff games at home this week! Since they are postseason games, no activity tickets/passes can be accepted and there will be online ticketing only.
Softball will host Fort Madison tonight (Thursday, July 6) at 7:00 PM. Here is the link to buy tickets:
https://www.gobound.com/ia/schools/knoxville/tickets
Baseball will host Oskaloosa tomorrow, Friday, July 7 at 7:00 PM. Here is the link to buy tickets:
https://www.iahsaa.org/tickets/
A reminder of the IGHSAU and IHSAA spectator policy for postseason events that strictly prohibits artificial noisemakers - including air horns, cowbells, fireworks, and other artificial noisemakers. Anyone with these items will be ejected from the contest.
Go Panthers!
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Congratulations to the Knoxville Boys Golf team on qualifying for the State Golf Meet for a third consecutive year this afternoon!!
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Are you traveling to Pella for tomorrow's State Qualifying Meet?? If so, get your tickets here: https://www.iahsaa.org/tickets/ Tickets must be purchased ahead of time, so get them bought early!
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It’s Scholarship Night at KHS! Join us from 7:00 to 9:00pm in the Knoxville Performing Arts Center. We invite you to celebrate these incredible young scholars with us!
Live Stream: https://youtube.com/live/SUXWf09Dxcc
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We are very proud to make a donation in the amount of $26,900.46 to the Knoxville Hospital & Clinics Foundation from our Panthers vs. Cancer event this year! Here is Matt & Megan Ritchhart presenting the check to Kevin Kincaid - CEO, Knoxville Hospital & Clinics.
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April is National Internship Awareness Month! These experiences can help students learn about various career opportunities and prepare for life beyond graduation.
Interested in an internship? Speak with a guidance counselor!
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Who's ready for a week full of Panther Activities?!? 🐾🐾 Let's get out and support our students! Have a great week!
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Knoxville Panther Fans near and far!! 🗓 Mark these dates down!! Here are the Homecoming dates for the next two school years!
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KCSD will dismiss at 1:00 PM today due to predicted severe storms with high winds and potential tornadoes.
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Congratulations to our high school Mock Trial team as they qualified for STATE today!!! They will compete next Monday and Tuesday at the State Tournament in Des Moines!!
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Registration for the 2023-2024 school year is now open! Visit https://www.knoxville.k12.ia.us/page/enrollment-registration to start your registration!
#KCSDPride #IChooseKnoxville
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KHS Students!! Who's ready for Prom?!?! Get your tickets today so you are ready for this year's Prom! We can't wait to have a great night with everyone!
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We have some important reminders about our KCSD students’ schedules this week:
➡️ Students will be dismissed two hours early (1:25 PM) on Wednesday, March 8, and Thursday, March 9 for parent-teacher conferences.
➡️ No school on Friday, March 10 as we begin Spring Break (March 13-17).
Please plan accordingly!
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Our Individual Events Speech students participated in District Contest this weekend in Marshalltown! Congratulations to Emily Humeston and Kylie Moore as they qualified for State in Acting, Interpretive Reading Poetry, and Story Telling!! They will perform in Eldridge on March 11!!!
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PANTHER PARK CHANGE
Bus 4
Effective Monday, Feb 27, 2023 Bus 4 will make TWO stops in the afternoon dropping off students.
- West, Middle School, High School students will be dropped off approximately at 3:35 p.m.
- Northstar students will be dropped off approximately at 3:50 p.m.
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Congratulations to head girls basketball coach Matt Ritchhart on being selected the IGCA Class 4A Southeast District Coach of the Year!
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Knoxville schools will be closed on Friday, February 17, 2023.
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Knoxville schools will be closed on Thursday, February 16, 2023 due to weather.
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Who is ready for some Postseason Panther events?!?!
Ticketing for the following events will be ONLINE ONLY:
- Boys Swimming - State Meet on Fri., Feb. 10 & Sat, Feb. 11 at Iowa City
- Boys Wrestling - Districts on Sat., Feb. 11 at Huxley
- Girls Bowling - State Qualifying Meet on Mon., Feb. 13 at Pella
- Boys Bowling - State Qualifying Meet on Tue., Feb. 14 at Pella
- Boys Basketball - Substate Quarterfinal on Mon., Feb. 20 at TBD
Tickets for the above events can be purchased here: https://www.iahsaa.org/tickets/
For Regional Girls Basketball - Regional Quarterfinal on Wed., February 15th vs. Newton - tickets can be purchased here (when the link becomes active): https://www.gobound.com/ia/ighsau/girlsbasketball/2022-23/knoxville/v
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