Finally! With the last day of classes at the Downtown School on June 19th all 60+ of the DMPS buildings are officially closed – sort of. The continuous calendar schools will reopen in less than three weeks. And …

Lily Nellans was in Kansas last week and will soon be on her way to the forensic equivalent of Oz. The record-setting Roosevelt High School debater made her third straight appearance in the finals at the NSDA National …

The East High School journalism class is meeting to brainstorm ideas to fill their newspaper, The Scroll. Though advisor Natalie Niemeyer will admit that the idea of printing the news is outdated. Social media is the newer, faster …

Last year the mantra was “All Gas, No Brakes” and the East High baseball team rode it all the way to the semifinals of the state tournament before the tank ran dry. With the engine of that team …

The last Des Moines Public Schools school to dismiss for the summer did so this week, officially beginning the district’s summer break.The Downtown School operates on an alternative calendar, ending the year on June 19. The school’s fall session …