Members of the DMPS Community Legislative Action Team spent February 21 at the Iowa State Capitol. At a time when public education is under-funded, and even under attack, by too many elected officials, this delegation of parents, students, …
Fans flock by the tens of thousands to Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City on football Saturdays in the fall. The Hawkeye marching band entertains them during pregame, halftime and postgame shows with traditional selections like the Iowa fight …
ACT Day: it’s 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 Tuesday, …
With more than 33,000 students born in a hundred different nations, Des Moines Public Schools prides itself on being not only Iowa’s largest provider of education, but also its most diverse. That diversity was reflected in a different …
