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Volume 53 Edition 19
Carnelley pursues new career as counselor in North Carolina
This year, several CFHS teachers and staff have announced that this year will be their last at Cedar Falls. Among these is Principal Dr. Rich Powers who announced that he will be leaving at the end of the year to pursue a superintendent position at Bondurant-Farrar, a district down by Des Moines. Another faculty member who will be joining the list of departing teachers is counselor Josh Carnelley. Carnelley will be leaving after seven years to move to the Wilmington area of North Carolina with his wife and two children. Since the beginning of his marriage with his wife of 13 years, they have considered living on the coast in North Carolina during retirement. However, Carnelley said, “After visiting the state twice these last two years and really digging into more opportunities the state
offers for all of us, we decided to take the adventure now and jump in with both feet.” Prior to working at Cedar Falls High School, Carnelley worked as a school counselor at Independence High School and Rockwell CityLytton High School. Before that, he worked as a substitute teacher for Cedar Falls, Waterloo and Janesville schools while working on his masters degree in school counseling. Although he is changing states, Carnelley plans to stay in the education field as a school counselor and hopes to coach track, golf or football as well. Carnelley has great enthusiasm for his new life in North Carolina. Work-wise, he is excited to “continue to work with students as a counselor, mentor and coach” and “help wayward youngsters get back on course, get
CFHS principal Dr. Rich Powers has taken a superintendent position for the 2014-2015 school year in Bondurrant-Farrar, a district a few miles from downtown Des Moines. Powers said his decision to go to Bondurrant-Farrar was simply because it was a great opportunity. “It’s the fastest growing school district, percentage-wise, in the state,” Powers said. Powers said the growth is a challenge, one that he willingly accepts. He described the principal and superintendent positions as plates spinning: “There are always projects going simultaneously,” Powers said. He also said he enjoys the opportunity to impact students in different ways, as he can do in both the principal and superintendent positions.
Cedar Falls High School, “There are a lot of great peoas well as the district, is curple here,” he said. “It’s not a rently undergoing a lot of one person organization.” transitions. He also H o w e v e r, credited Powers is the staff not worwith helpried about ing to crehow his ate “more absence of a shared will affect vision,” his those tranproudest sitions. He accomplishrecalled ment here that when at the high he came school. to Cedar “The enFalls eight tire staff years ago, has been the district the reason was unthings have d e rg o i n g Rich Powers will be superintendent m o v e d at Bondurrant-Farrar next year. transitions forward,” then, too. “It’s just the natuPowers said. He credited the ral cycle,” Powers said. excellent staff plan for trainPowers also looked to the ing with the Chromebooks, excellent staff at the school.
through a rough spell or find a is counseling or coaching. Cartrue vocation in life.” nelley fully appreciates the stuAs for his personal life, he dents and committees he gets is especially to work excited to with, as experience well as the the outdoors. responsibili“Whether we ties he has. are hiking or He said that skiing up in “every day the mounis different, tains on the and this west side of has been the state, an excellent golfing or enposition to joying all the have.” ocean has to In fact, offer, it will be Carnelley a new experihas a long ence for all of list of things us, which will that he will Josh Carnelley will move to North be great,” Carolina at the end of the school year. miss about Carnelley said. the high school. He will miss Although Carnelley looks bringing his children to the forward to the move, he adschool to hang out with him mits that it was an incredibly while he works or for school tough decision to make. He activities. Carnelley also said truly loves his job at Cedar he will miss several aspects of Falls High School, whether he athletics at the high school,
whether it be working out with other coaches or working with his throwers for track and field. Most of all, however, he said that he will miss the great relationships he has with his students, athletes and colleagues, which he claims made his decision to leave difficult. “I have been fortunate to work in such a great place in which my family and myself were so welcomed upon our arrival. We are very thankful to have had all the support that the Cedar Falls community has offered us,” Carnelley said. As a final word of advice for CFHS students, Carnelley said, “Don’t be afraid of an adventure, always find time to give back, stay optimistic, cool heads prevail and take time to listen to thosePhoto with good adSubmitted vice.” By Editor-in-Chief Mallory
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Principal looking forward to new job as superintendent in growing district noting that Cedar Falls High School has continually hired great teachers. Another proud accomplishment is the increase in college classes offered at the high school. Powers said that when he arrived at Cedar Falls, there were only 15 AP and college level classes. Next year, after his nine years here, there will be 30. Furthermore, nearly 80 percent of CFHS students have taken at least one AP or college level class when they graduate. Although Powers will not be here in the fall, he is still thinking about the district’s well-being. “I hope next September the community supports the request to build a new high school,” Powers said. “It is absolutely needed, and our staff and students deserve that.” Indicated by his high praise and fond memories, Powers
will clearly miss Cedar Falls High School and the Cedar Falls community. “Without a doubt, I have many lifelong friends here, both staff and students. That will be the greatest challenge.” However, Powers is very excited for many aspects of Bondurant-Farrar. He acknowledged that it is a great opportunity professionally, as well as a great place for his children to attend. The district has a brand new 1:1 high school that his daughter will be able to attend very soon. “I think it’s a very close-knit, highly supportive community, not very different from Cedar Falls in that regard,” Powers said.
By Editor-in-Chief Ellen
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