What better to think and talk about at school in snowy weather than gardening? Not to mention $5,000 grants! Three student ambassadors from the Iowa State University College of Engineering were at Cowles Montessori and brought a big (in …
So it snowed on the way to school this morning and it was snowing again by the time school let out this afternoon. Plus, the word is out that Dowling Catholic – East’s first-round opponent in the girls’ state …
Hundreds of students from Des Moines and throughout central Iowa gathered at East High School on Saturday for the Iowa High School Speech Association’s district contest. Students who scored a “I” at the district level are eligible to …
Everyone knows the image of a mad scientist. Some brilliant but misguided old guy in a castle laboratory plotting world domination, laughing diabolically all the way. And then there are glad scientists. Tuesday night there were lots of …
Who better than someone who can rhapsodize about undies and nose-picking to get grade-schoolers interested in reading and writing poetry? Veteran kids’ author Kenn Nesbitt is making the rounds of DMPS schools this week doing just that like …
