Prairie Backpack
College Community School District’s “green” approach to distributing information from school sponsored activities and non-profit organizations.
Events
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Spring Soccer & Flag Football with Swisher Youth Sports
- Location
- Castek Park - Swisher
- Cost
- $30-$40
- RSVP
- Feb 28, 2026
- Organization
- Swisher Youth Sports
- Contact
- Brittany B.
- info@swisheriasports.org
- Phone
- (319) 857-4539
Information
At Swisher Youth Sports, we are a recreational non-profit organization dedicated to creating a fun, positive, and supportive environment for young athletes of all skill levels.
Spring Soccer includes one weekday practice and one Saturday game each week for a total of six weeks.
Flag Football includes one practice per week, one game per week, and six weeks of games and scrimmages.
All Swisher Youth Sports teams are coached by parent volunteers who are passionate about helping our athletes learn, grow, and build confidence. With registration, each participant will receive either a personalized jersey or a league t-shirt, depending on enrollment.
Our goal is to teach the fundamentals of each sport, introduce game strategies, encourage proper sportsmanship, promote healthy competition, and most importantly — HAVE FUN!
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Prairie Soccer Club Youth Soccer Spring 2026 League
- Location
- Kirkwood lower soccer field (directly across 76th Ave. from the Kirkwood Hotel).
- Audience
- Kids in grades pre-kindergarten through 6th grade.
- Cost
- $60 for pre-K/Kindergarten and $75 for 1st grade through 4th grade.
- RSVP
- Mar 28, 2026
- Organization
- Prairie Soccer Club
- Contact
- Steven Robertson
- Phone
- (319) 533-0589
Information
Prairie Soccer Club’s Spring 2026 youth soccer league is for kids ages 4-12 that want to learn soccer skills and learn to use those skills in weekly games. The league is for 8 weeks and each week the kids will have a 30-minute soccer skills session followed by a game. The games will be 3v3 or 4v4 based on the ages of the kids. The league begins April 12 and ends June 7.
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Prairie Poms Varsity, Junior Varsity, and Junior High Tryout Signup!
- Location
- Prairie HS South Gym
- Audience
- High School, Middle School, 6th Grade
- RSVP
- Feb 22, 2026
- Organization
- Prairie Poms
- Contact
- Prairie Poms
- Phone
- (319) 551-4089
Information
Register for our 2026-2027 Prairie Poms Teams! Our Varsity team competes locally, regionally, and nationally. Our Junior Varsity and Junior High teams will compete locally and regionally. We are looking for students with a passion for dance and the willingness to work hard and be part of something GREAT! Our season begins in the Summer once school has ended and goes through Winter with breaks in between. Varsity and Junior Varsity perform on the sidelines at all Varsity home football games and Varsity performs at 2 halftimes. Junior High will join HS teams on the track for the Homecoming game. This is a great opportunity to be competitive in dance through your school and represent Prairie with pride! Register today to get your information packet.
Tryout Meeting – February 26th
Clinics – March 2nd and 3rd
Tryouts – March 5th -
Prairie Poms Dance Clinic
- Location
- Prairie Point
- Audience
- Elementary, Intermediate, Middle School
- Cost
- $40
- RSVP
- Feb 08, 2026
- Organization
- Prairie Poms
- Contact
- Sarah Auman
- Phone
- (319) 551-4089
Information
Join us for our youth dance clinic this February!
AK – 8th grade are welcome!
$40 clinic fee – includes a clinic t-shirt, 1 dance routine choreographed by a Prairie Pom, and 1 ticket to the showcase on Thursday, February 19th.
AK-5th grade – you will learn a dance taught by multiple Prairie Pom dancers and learn how to spirit and shine on that stage!
NEW this year 6th-8th graders! Interested in joining Prairie Junior High Poms? A special clinic and technique class will be taught by Varsity Coaches, Sarah and Mady. Dancers will also perform a pom routine the night of showcase! -
Ely Youth Baseball
- Location
- Ely City Park - 1635 Hillcrest Street
- Audience
- Elementary and Intermediate students
- Cost
- $75 for Ely residents. $80 for non-Ely residents.
- RSVP
- Mar 01, 2026
- Organization
- Ely Parks and Recreation
- Contact
- Callie Stulz-O'Brien
- callie@elyiowa.com
- Phone
- (319) 848-4103
Information
Sign up for Ely’s Youth Baseball program today! Pre-K – 5th Grade boys and girls. Program runs April – June.
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Ely Spring Soccer
- Location
- Ely City Park - 1635 Hillcrest Street
- Audience
- Pre-K and Kindergarten students
- Cost
- $35
- RSVP
- Mar 01, 2026
- Organization
- Ely Parks and Recreation
- Contact
- Callie Stulz-O'Brien
- callie@elyiowa.com
- Phone
- (319) 848-4103
Information
Sign up for Ely’s 4 & 5-year-old Spring Soccer program today! Practices will begin Tuesday, April 7, and meet once a week through Tuesday, May 5, 5:45 – 6:30 PM.
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Kirkwood Jr Dance Clinic
- Location
- Kirkwood Rec Center
- Audience
- Elementary and Middle School students
- Cost
- $40
- RSVP
- Jan 12, 2026
- Organization
- Kirkwood Community College Dance Team
- Contact
- Sarah Byers
- Phone
- (319) 202-1522
Information
The Kirkwood Dance Team is holding a Jr Dance Clinic for ages 3-18 on January 24th 9am-11am. They’ll perform with the dancers during halftime of the 12pm Women’s basketball game that day. The cost is $40 and includes the clinic, t-shirt, hair piece and face tattoo. Join the team for a day of fun!
