Two Des Moines football standouts – Kendell Jackson of Roosevelt and Will McElvain of Lincoln – have been selected to play in the 2018 Iowa Shrine All-Star Football Classic. The game will be played Saturday, July 21, 2018 …
The annual district art fair is coming up next month but a couple of 5th graders at Walnut Street School couldn’t wait so they went elsewhere to draw some attention to their work – all the way to Russia! …
February is Black History Month across the country and there is a living, breathing bit of it right here at Jackson Elementary School that’s especially important to note in an educational context. Third grader Cayson Blanchard is the grandson of …
Try to imagine a household of eight ranging from infant to age 20. How would they manage? Impossible, right? Unless there was a heap of willingness to work hard coupled with a strong network of support. Tuesday at …
The following statement is from Superintendent Tom Ahart in response to yesterday’s tragic mass murder of students in Broward County, Florida: Across Des Moines Public Schools, our hearts are heavy as we stand with the Broward County community in the …
