One of the fieldtrips at last summer’s inaugural construction camp for girls was to the construction site of the Kum & Go corporate headquarters. Thursday, this year’s cohort of campers returned to tour the (practically) finished product, a …
Yes, school IS out for the summer, but major things are happening behind the scenes, districtwide. This week it’s the Leadership Institute, a three-day workshop at the Iowa Events Center, and lest anyone draw the inference that it’s …
Bleak weather couldn’t rain on a special event Friday at King Elementary School. In fact, it may have enhanced at least one element of it. Iowa State University chose King as the site for a workshop entitled Changing …
June is Immigrant Heritage Month, and Des Moines Public Schools has joined state and local governments across the country in approving a resolution to make the recognition official. The School Board unanimously approved the resolution below at their meeting …
This week’s look at the work of the School Board focuses on a resolution directed at the governing bodies of interscholastic high school sports in Iowa. After its presentation and discussion at the June 4 meeting, the Board …
