Last fall, we reported on a yearlong Reading Challenge that was launching at McKinley Elementary School. Well, reading’s become such a rage that it’s led to an expansion of the school library. Tuesday morning, McKinley was the site …

Five DMPS teachers – Erin Budreau, Alison Hoeman, Maria Howard, Patrick Lewis, and Michael Marckett – received Educator of the Year awards from the Rotary Club of Des Moines. The Educator of the Year awards are made possible through …

Jessica Dinh graduated from North High School in 2002. She became a nurse, married and started a family. In 2016, her son played on a Johnston baseball team that made it all the way to the Little League …

Talk about East Side Pride! This morning the Scarlet Nation gathered in the East High School auditorium to learn that 84 seniors were being awarded more than $180,000 in scholarships by the East High School Alumni Foundation. The scholarships …