The following is a speech read by Principal Kathie Danielson while inducting Dr. Sandra (Whipple) Spanier into the Hoover High School Alumni Hall of Fame.  Dr. Spanier is only the 21st Hoover alum to receive the honor. The Hoover-Meredith …

If not for armies, there would probably be no marching bands, so it makes sense that Roosevelt High School Band Director Treg Marcellus is both soldier and musician. (It’s hard not to insert an ‘h’ between the ‘c’ …

Last year six schools piloted a districtwide transition to the Schools for Rigor curriculum model. North High School along with Findley, Perkins, Weeks, Howe and Lovejoy elementary schools blazed a trail that leads from traditionally teacher-centric classrooms to …

Des Moines Public Schools and the Houston Independent School District have at least two big things in common. First, both DMPS and HISD belong to the Council of the Great City Schools, an organization that brings together 68 of nation’s …

On Saturday morning more than 500 people headed off to work in Des Moines for a special once-a-year volunteer job: helping students stay on the path to graduate high school. The 9th annual Graduation Walk was held on Saturday, …