After a round of Veterans Day events broke out across the district late last week, the patriotic fever continued this morning with an observance at Studebaker Elementary School where 31 vets were fed and feted. “We want your …
While larger, more urban school districts across the nation have seen a decline in student enrollment in recent years, Des Moines Public Schools continues to buck that trend with a third straight year of triple-digit enrollment increases. Preliminary numbers …
Things are looking up these days at Wright Elementary School, both figuratively and now literally, after the installation of a student-created mural this morning that represents the capstone of “Big Arts Week” at the school. Okay, the drop …
It’s not all problem-solving and brainstorming over at the think tanks known as Central Academy and Central Campus. Every Thursday there’s karaoke in the Central Campus Commons and whatever academic tension may hang in the morning air is …
It’s that time of year, when some of the glow from the bright lights of Broadway shines on to our high schools in Des Moines. First it was North’s production of Urinetown: The Musical followed by Hoover’s presentation …
