It was almost 5:00 PM on Monday and Findley Elementary School was virtually empty except for custodians making their rounds and tidying up the residues of a full day of learning. Then, one by one, the last class …

Students at the Downtown School recently raised almost $10,000 for the American Heart Association.  They were given small “Lifesaver Pups” with heart healthy messages as an incentive to raise certain amounts or use online fundraising.  The students were very …

The Meredith-Hoover complex in northwest Des Moines is rich in diversity on a daily basis. Students found their ways there from some 35 different nations of birth. One day every year Hoover High School makes it a point …

While the daily announcements droned over the intercom Wednesday morning at East High School a passionate posse of volunteers was assembling in the auditorium. The announcements were routine stuff: cheerleading and soccer tryouts; congratulations to qualifiers for the …

This article is part of a series of reports on how support from the Wallace Foundation is making a difference at Des Moines Public Schools. In June 2014, DMPS was awarded a substantial grant by the Wallace Foundation to improve teaching …