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Sticker board allowing CF input on new school
Students entering the school building through the auditorium entrance last week were greeted by a large canvas board, asking students what they would like to see in a new high school. This board asked various questions such as “How bold should the new school design be?”, and allowed students to offer their opinions by placing a red sticker on the response that they agreed with. Principal Jason Wedgebury said it’s all part of the process of generating feedback during the planning process for the new school. “We want all people to be invested in the design of the new building. This is a way for many people to at least participate in the process of offering feedback,” he said. “All staff have a say with a dot. All students have a say with a dot because we know our entire student body is not going to be in a design team.” As Wedgebury stated, there is a second board located in the
Ryan Westhoff Photo Staff and students are able to share their feedback for the new high school on a set of criteria using sticker boards in the main lobby and office. office, with yellow dots giving staff too. time that students have been the opportunity to have their say The board is not the first sought for help in planning the
Most kids at a young age are giggling and playing outside or even going on adventures, but things weren’t the same for sophomore Andrew Morlan as a child. Morlan was born without normal kidney function, and at just fourteen months old, his family made the decision to “better his life.” They decided that Karen Morlan, mother of Abbie, Isaac and Andrew Morlan, was going to donate one of her kidneys. But just when they thought things were going to be good, things took a turn for the worst when Andrew developed a cancer called post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders, which is a type of lymphoma that can be a result of both solid organ transplant and allogeneic bone marrow or stem cell transplants. It is also one of the most common post-transplant cancers. During the process of treating that cancer, his body started to reject his transplant kidney, but then on Aug. 1 of this year, he received his second
kidney donated by his uncle Michael Amerhein. “The first several days are very painful, and I was very sore from the big incision they made on my side to place the kidney,” Morlan said. Morlan said his procedure was unique. “An odd thing that doesn’t happen all the time was that at first, my new kidney was slow to wake up. It took weeks for my new kidney to finally start working.” After his procedure, Morlan was chosen to be a kid captain for the Iowa Hawkeyes. “I think I was chosen because I have had such a variety of health issues that required the attention of so many departments at the U of I’s Children’s Hospital, that they realized how much I have been through and that I would be a good representative of the hospital,” he said. As a kid captain, Morlan got to have a private party on the top floor that overlooks the football stadium, and on the hospital’s website, they have a feature page on his story that
Hawkeyes name sophomore as kid captain at homecoming
new school, however. “Before we went into the summer, we had something called Insight Week. In Insight Week, we had our architects come in and meet with many different people. They met with community members, postsecondary leaders, and had roughly 50 students who participated in a design team,” Wedgebury said. This planning is being lead by a design team that is working to bring in the feedback of all groups concerned. “We’re engaging in a year’s time of planning and preparation. From the time that the bond referendum was passed, the whole goal was to plan and make sure that the plan is what our community wants, what our staff wants, what our students want, feedback from postsecondary education,” Wedgebury said. “There’s a lot of people who want a say because there are a lot of people who voted to make this happen.” By Staff Writer Ryan
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includes a video. He has posters and banners placed around the hospital and on light poles. Morlan has been invited to different interviews, speaking engagements and even dance marathon events where he accepts donation checks on behalf of the hospital. All of his family got tickets to the Iowa Hawkeyes homecoming game, and they even got to tailgate with the president of the University. “I have more energy to be involved with more things. Everything’s just better,” Morlan said. Morlan still has quite a few doctor appointments, but they are more routine check-ups now instead of dealing with the earlier major issues. By Staff Writer Chloe
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Sophomore Andrew Morlan recently earned the kid captain title from the Iowa Hawkeyes after his heroic strides in his facing health issues.
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