Thanks to a grant from Prairie Meadows, the halls at Meredith Middle School are alive with the sound of music, fresh from the packing crates. In total, the grant funded 205 new instruments around the district, including 78 for the …

DMPS joined four other regional urban school districts (Omaha, Minneapolis, Chicago and Detroit) on Thursday to participate in the 4th annual Midwest Menu Day promoted by the Focus Midwest Learning Lab which seeks to leverage purchasing power to improve …

Roger Vivier was a French fashion designer who gave the world stiletto heels. “To wear dreams on one’s feet is to begin to give reality to one’s dreams,” he once said. Well, the styles were different but the …

Des Moines Public Schools is pleased to offer free Basic English Literacy classes for adults. The classes are provided by the English Language Learner program at DMPS, and will cover the following topics: Pre-literacy class: alphabet, numbers, time and days, …