It’s been a long summer for the North High baseball team. Tuesday’s doubleheader sweep at the hands of the Ottumwa Bulldogs was the latest case in point. But these are not the Bad News (Polar) Bears. There are …
When last we saw her, Deb Mishak, the DMPS Gifted and Talented Coordinator, was basking in the afterglow of last summer’s first-ever Tech Camp. Last Friday at the closing ceremonies of Tech Camp II it was clear that …
Since June 9, hundreds of DMPS students have been on a world tour without ever leaving the district thanks to a new summer program that’s made believers out of the pleasantly surprised student-tourists. Ambassadors from cultures including China, …
The Rider Cyclers have been a club since Emily Weeks and Zoey Mauck started going on casual rides along the Bill Riley Trail a couple of years ago, often with a destination of a coffee shop or restaurant. …
Look out Philadelphia, Des Moines is coming! Team Des Moines, that is; the half dozen powerhouse poets that will represent DMPS next week at the 17th annual Brave New Voices Youth Poetry Festival. Leah Waughtal, Bao Luong, Russhaun …
