Lucky Lobster Finds a Home at Central Marine Biology
Ho-hum, just another day at Central Campus, this last one of the 2018-19 school year. No sooner had we gotten the lowdown on the arrival of a donated Boeing 727 jet engine at Central’s Aviation Technology Academy on County …
A Powerful New Teaching Tool Arrives at Central Aviation
Friday marks the last day of classes for DMPS high schools, but first thing Friday morning the Central Campus aviation technology and maintenance program took delivery of a rather large teaching tool for next year. FedEx donated a …
Hoover Students First Five to Earn Iowa Seal of Biliteracy
Five Hoover High School students became the first at Des Moines Public Schools to earn an award created a year ago by the Iowa legislature. The Iowa Seal of Biliteracy is an award given by a school district …
Middle Schoolers Compete in U.S. Academic Pentathlon
Fifteen DMPS middle school students gathered at Lincoln High School earlier this month to compete remotely in the U.S. Academic Pentathlon National Competition. Like their high school Academic Decathlon counterparts, middle schoolers from Brody, McCombs and Merrill spent …