Opportunity came knocking for teenagers from all over the district on Wednesday at East High School. The 4th annual Youth Opportunity Career Fair, sponsored jointly by DMPS and the United Way, drew 40 organizations offering everything from holiday volunteer …
Congratulations to Phil Roeder, Director of Communications and Public Affairs for Des Moines Public Schools, who was named 2016 Communicator of the Year by the Iowa School Public Relations Association (ISPRA) at the group’s annual awards banquet last …
Every day at Findley Elementary starts in the gym where students chant out their graduation year (from college, not high school!) in spirited, peppy unison, grade by grade. It’s a great tone-setter. It would be worth doing if …
ACT Day: it’s becoming an annual tradition at Des Moines Public Schools as the day when hundreds of high school juniors take – free of charge – the ACT college entrance exam. This year that day falls on …
Congratulations to Central Campus film students Abdul Mokhtar (Hoover), Rachel Chow (Johnston), Brock Stillmunks (Roosevelt), Helena Gruensteidl (Roosevelt), and Finn Pilcher (Roosevelt). All five student filmmakers had their work presented at the Cedar Rapids Independent Film Festival this …
