It’s customary for the Hoover/Roosevelt rivalry to decide supremacy in Metro Conference boys’ basketball (it even has its own Facebook page!) and this year is no exception. Going into Friday night’s matchup at the Hoover gym the Riders …
Sure, it’s unseasonably warm this week, but it’s still January; the “bleak midwinter” that inspires poetry gloomy as this morning’s dawn. So the timing was perfect for a community sing-along like the one this afternoon at Willard Elementary …
In a special meeting tonight, the Des Moines School Board unanimously approved a motion to not hold school on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (January 21) and Presidents’ Day (February 18). These days were originally scheduled as no-school …
The Roosevelt Debate program sent a young and somewhat inexperienced team to IHSSA State Debate this past weekend, and walked away with a state runner-up title in one of the closest tournaments in state debate history. The team results: …
The Iowa Department of Education today released the statewide enrollment report for the 2012-13 school year, which showed an overall increase in student enrollment for the first time since 1996. Des Moines Public Schools played a big role …
