Inside the Jacobson Building at the Iowa State Fairgrounds, 106 Des Moines Public Schools students are sitting forward on their chairs, feet planted on the floor, with posture any mother would be proud to witness. “I want to …
Congratulations to 10 DMPS students who earned All-State nominations at the Iowa High School Speech Association state individual contest on March 15th at Glenwood, IA! They’re among the cream of the crop skimmed from the thousands of students who …
It took about a dozen people, a scaffold and a crane to lower the district’s 18,000 pound printer out of a fourth story window at Central Campus. Carroll Fetters got a little choked up. The exit of the …
We’re so proud of the Des Moines chapter of the Future Farmers of America! Several Des Moines Public Schools students returned from the South Central District Convention with amazing news! Spencer Stoebner (Hoover) and Melissa Garcia (East) were …
A large, tough-looking penguin in a hat and scarf will watch over gym class at Perkins Elementary. The painting is work of AmeriCorps members Julie Stone and Andy Mickunas, who spent much of the day Friday on a …
