Last week it was All-State musicians and State cross country competitors. This week, it’s qualifiers for the Iowa Girls State Swimming and Diving Meet coming up on Friday and Saturday in Marshalltown. Both Lincoln and Roosevelt qualified in …

Professional development pandemonium reigned right after lunch on Thursday at Cattell Elementary School. Bedlam broke out in the cafeteria, where the school’s staff was halfway through Day One of a two-day timeout for some intense PD as Cattell …

The Midwest School Social Work Council has named Kevin West of Des Moines Public Schools the 2018 Iowa School Social Worker of the Year. The award honors one practitioner from each of the 11 states in the region …

2018-19 marks the centennial year for Windsor Elementary School, and that calls for some special celebration – and decoration! Current students are painting a mural on a retaining wall that borders a parking lot at the school. Fourth and …

Sixteen DMPS student-musicians emerged from Iowa High School Music Association auditions last weekend as selectees for the annual Iowa All-State Music Festival, November 15-17 at Iowa State University in Ames. Nearly 5,000 students auditioned. Congratulations to our DMPS All-Staters! …