After leading a national effort last year to increase student attendance, East High School is one of a half-dozen schools to be featured in a new film project titled Undroppable. The Undroppable project is both a documentary and …
More than 1,700 students graduated from Des Moines high schools in May. Our DMPS-TV crews were there to capture each and every one of the eight commencement ceremonies held for our proud senior class. Whether you were there …
There’s no debating the fact that the Roosevelt High School debate team ended the 2011-12 season once again as one of the top teams in the nation. At the recent National Forensics League national tournament in Indianapolis, Roosevelt …
If mathematicians were vegetation then Central Academy would be a hothouse. Again this spring, indeed throughout this year, Central Academy students sprouted up at or near the top in local, regional and national math competitions in impressive numbers (pun intended). …
The Des Moines School Board annually approves compensation packages for the district’s various employee groups, some of which are collectively bargained in negotiations that can be contentious at times. But the agreement between DMPS and its teachers unveiled …
