Monday afternoon at Garton Elementary School a dozen or so 9-11 year-old Wildcats filed from the gym into a classroom and grabbed a snack before shifting into the high gear of their 21st Century afterschool program. At the front …
Roosevelt Boys’ Cross Country Coach Steve Brown has been named a finalist for Coach of the Year honors by the National Federation of State High School Associations. If Brown adds the NFHS award, it will be the crowning …
It’s been quite a year on the stage at North High School. In September the President of the United States dropped in and last weekend performances of Peter Pan wowed audiences. Those events were fun, exciting, and in …
Yesterday students at Wright Elementary School hopped buses to the Civic Center for a special matinee performance of Rules at Play. It’s part of the Applause Series, an educational branch of Des Moines Performing Arts. The show was …
As if producing a musical from scratch in about eight weeks wasn’t daunting enough under the best of circumstances. Last spring the backstage rigging in the auditorium at Roosevelt High School was slated for replacement. The project was …
