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 …

When the eastside feeder schools began arriving at East High School this morning for a sneak preview performance of Disney’s Beauty & the Beast it was immediately clear that the audience was in the mood. As school buses …

Enrollment trends continue to be positive at Des Moines Public Schools. In fact, unlike many larger, more urban school districts across the country, DMPS has seen enrollment go up six of the past seven years, with an increase …

Apples and schools go way back. A stands for lots of things but in alphabetic training for youngsters the traditional citation is APPLE. And a longstanding gesture of appreciation to a teacher by a grateful student has been …