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Des Moines Public Schools
COMMUNITY REPORTDMPSAugust /
September 2014
DMPS Community Report | AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2014
In 2011, barely a thousand
Advanced Placement exams were
taken throughout all of Des MoinesPublic Schools.
Since then, the number of students aimingfor college credit while still in high schoolhas ballooned and DMPS has seen a47% jump in the number of studentswith scores high enough to qualify forthe credit.
We are making amazing, beautifulgains, Hoover High Schools Advanced
Placement Coordinator Jeri Moritz said.I am just thrilled for our students. In 2011, 681 AP exams taken byDMPS students earned a 3, 4 or 5. Tisyear, a total of 1,002 AP exams taken inthe district scored a 3, 4 or 5. In four years
the number of such exam results increaby just over 47%.
Advanced Placement courses arecollege-level classes offered at all fiveDMPS high schools as well as CentralAcademy, the top-rated AP program inIowa. AP exams, administered by theCollege Board at the end of the courseare scored on a scale of 1-5. Many colleand universities will provide credit for passing score of 3 and higher. Our district-wide approach toimproving Advanced Placement in De
Moines involves three steps. Te firsttwo increasing access to courses andincreasing participation have seen gresuccess, said Amber Graeber, AdvancePlacement coordinator for Des Moines
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DMPS SmartPhone App
DMPS WelcomeNew Administra
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BACK
TO
CHOOL
ISSUE
Thanks for reading the
back-to-school issue of
he DMPS Community
Report.
nside youll nd this years
cademic calendar, meet new
istrict leaders, and learn about
what else is new this year, from
lementary school hours to
ur mobile app and more. Best
wishes to all of our students
nd staff for a successful
014-15 school year.
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Public Schools. Te third stepis to increase the number ofstudents who earn top marks onthe AP exams. While we havealready seen big gains in thenumber of AP exams earning a3, 4 or 5, the number andpercentage is only going toincrease as we provide greatersupport to our AP teachersthroughout the district. Beyond the results on anAP exam, many experts pointto the value for students insimply taking the rigorous coursework found in AdvancedPlacement and InternationalBaccalaureate (also offered atDMPS) courses. Te Center forPublic Education notes:
aking an AP/IB coursehas a dramatic effect ona students chance ofpersisting, or continuing,in college, even when astudent fails the end-of-course exam;
Low achieving and low SESstudents who take an AP/IB course were 17% more
likely to persist in four-yearcolleges and 30% morelikely to persist in two-yearcolleges;
Te more of these courses astudent took, the highertheir persistence rates werein college.
DMPS Sees
Encouraging
Gains In AP
Exam Scores
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EXAMS TAKEN
EXAMS SCORING 3/4/5
INCREASE OVER
PREVIOUS YEAR
INCREASE OVER
PREVIOUS YEAR
INCREASE OVER
2011
INCREASE OVER
2011
2011
2012
2013
2014
1,033
1,775
1,998
2,575
681
876
885
1,002
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71.8%
12.6%
28.9%
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28.6%
1.0%
13.2%
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71.8%
93.4%
149.3%
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28.6%
30.0%
47.1%
2011
2012
2013
2014
Fact: more DMPS students are earning top scores on AP exams than ever before.
Forty DMPS students will return to class
this fall with new appreciation for their
science, math and computer classes. They
spent an intense four days at Central
Campus focusing primarily on hands-on
learning opportunities that included 3D
printing, robotics, Google Glass, drones
and GIS. Special guests included a high-
powered roster of local movers and
shakers ranging from Ben Milne, CEO of
Dwolla, to Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds and Suku
Radia, CEO at Bankers Trust. Tech Camp
is a joint effort of DMPS and Tech Journey
Inc., a coalition of community stakeholders.
Summer Tech Camp
Intense, Inspirational
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DMPS Expands No Cost Meal
Program to 35 Schools
Starting in the 2014-2015 school
year, meals will be offered at
no cost to more than half of
Des Moines schools. The U.S.
Department of Agriculture, which
funds the initiative, has deemed
these schools community
eligible based on how many
students qualify for free and
reduced lunches.
Community eligibility ensures morestudents can focus on their studiesand not worry about being hungry,Superintendent Tomas Ahart said.When students are more focusedon learning, outcomes are better foreveryone. DMPS already offers meals atno cost to all 13 schools: CapitolView Elementary School, Carver
Elementary School, EdmundsElementary School, FindleyElementary School, Harding MiddleSchool, Hiatt Middle School, HoweElementary School, King ElementarySchool, Lovejoy Elementary School,McKinley Elementary School,Monroe Elementary School, MoultonExtended Learning Center, andWillard Elementary School.
If you have a musical instrume
taking up space and youd like
give it a second chance to brin
meaning to a childs life, Des
Moines Public Schools and the
DMPS Foundation are hoping
youll stop by.
Te goal is to get an instrument
into the hands of any child whowants to play. So far, more than two dozeninstruments have been donated,ranging from a grand piano toa trumpet that was played in a1950s Rose Bowl marching banKCCI-Vs Steve Karlin broughin his wifes clarinet and IowaCourt of Appeals Judge Maryabor donated her trumpet.
Instrument donations can bemade at 901 Walnut Streetbetween the hours of 8 a.m.and 5 p.m.
Te musical instrument sittinin storage that served you or aloved one so well in high schoolhas a second chance at life.
WANTED:
Musical
Instruments
in MothballsThis year the expanded
program will also include the
following schools:
Brubaker Elementary School
Callanan Middle School
Cattell Elementary School
Garton Elementary School
Hoyt Middle School
Jackson Elementary School Madison Elementary School
McCombs Middle School
McKee Education Center
Meredith Middle School
Mitchell Early Learning Center
Morris Elementary School
North High School
Oak Park Elementary School
Park Avenue Elementary School
River Woods Elementary School
Samuelson Elementary School Scavo High School
Smouse Opportunity School
South Union Elementary School
Stowe Elementary School
Studebaker Elementary School
Weeks Middle School
Windsor Elementary School
Woodlawn Education Center
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special that was to Des Moines PublicSchools, Olson said. Now, nomatter what group I speak in front of,no matter what the composition ofthat group looks like, Im going to feelvery comfortable speaking with themand be successful communicating andconnecting with them, even if Im theonly person who looks like me. Growing up on the Southside,Olson also attended JeffersonElementary and Brody Middle School.In high school, she took advantageof advanced studies available to allDMPS students. I had access to great musicprograms, great sports and academicexcellence at Central Academy andin my own Lincoln High School,Olson said.
But she said some of her favoriteschool memories were created on thesoccer field and in the homes of herclassmates. I would hear just as muchSpanish on the soccer fields as Iwas hearing English, she said. Itwas a unique and powerful experiencefor me to be invited into homesthat were very different from minegrowing up. It was a beautifulcultural exchange. Olson said she will pursue thetitle of Miss America in Septemberwith all of her heart. She encouragethe students to follow theirdreams, too, and capitalize on theadvanced, well-rounded and diverseeducational experience thats offeredin Des Moines.
Miss Iowa:
Challenge
Education Bias
The newly crowned Miss Iowa,
Aly Olson, knows what it feels
like to be exposed to bias andmisconceptions.
She shared an experience withHarding Middle School students inDes Moines last month. I was telling someone I graduatedfrom Lincoln High School in DesMoines and that person replied,You dont look like someone whograduated from Lincoln, Olson said.
Te tall, fit, Caucasian, redheadedSouthsider said she politely replied,What is someone who graduatedfrom Lincoln supposed to look like? Des Moines Public Schools hasbeen labeled many things over theyears that Olson said are simply nottrue. She told the Harding studentsshe studied with talented teachers,and couldnt be more proud of thequality of her academic education.
She said her social education; going toclass with students who were differentfrom each other in race, income andbackground, was just as importantand valuable. Ive gotten to hear experiencesfrom friends at other high schoolsand Ive realized how unique and
Miss Iowa 2014 Aly Olson, a Lincoln High School graduate, says students in other
school districts are missing out.
New Jesse Taylor Center Set to Open
For the second consecutive year Des
Moines Public Schools will open a brand
new facility when the 2014-15 school
year begins. Last year it was the new
Edmunds Elementary. This year its the
Jesse Franklin Taylor Education Center,
built on the site of the old Casady
building on 16th Street.
The Taylor Center is a 45,000 square
foot facility that will house the districts
alternative middle school program, a
preschool and a community center.
Dedication ceremonies are slated for
September 13 but the building will be
open for business when school begins on
August 20.
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DMPS Connects with Parentsvia Smart Phone App
Des Moines Public Schools may
be the largest provider of public
education in Iowa, but now we
can t in the palm of your hand.
Te DMPS mobile app is designedto provide up-to-date and helpfulinformation about the school districtthats at your fingertips anywhereand everywhere. From news updates andannouncements to a calendar ofevents, from a school finder mapto staff directories, from breakfastand lunch menus to athleticschedules, the app provides essentialinformation at the touch of a button.Many features on the app allow youto subscribe to schools, too, and
receive announcements and eventsright on your device. Te Des Moines Public Schoolsmobile app works on Androidphones as well as Apple iPhones andiPads. o download the app simplyvisit the App Store or Google Playand search Des Moines PublicSchools. In addition, while there isnot an app for Windows-basedphones, bookmark https://dmps.parentlink.net/m/on your mobilebrowser to access most of theapps features. Te app is free and highlyrecommended for parents, staffand anyone with an interest in DesMoines Public Schools.
Des Moines Schools TV:Now in HD!
MEDIACOM
12.1 | 812
The districts television station, DMPS-TV, is now in high denition,
adding more quality to the in-depth stories about what our students
and teachers are doing districtwide.
The upgrade is thanks to our partnership with Mediacom,
providing a way to stay connected to education 24/7.
DMPS-TV in HD now airs on Mediacom channel 12.1 and 812.
In addition, DMPS-TV programming can also be viewed on YouTube.
Innite Campus:
A Great Tool for
Parents, Student
Des Moines Public Schools use
Innite Campus as its web-base
student information system.
The service enables students to monito
their class-related information and allow
parents/guardians to keep current with
their childrens academic information. It
even got its own mobile app!
Its a tremendous resource accord
to Margie Neve, the districts Systems
Coordinator for Innite Campus.
At this time the district has over
80% of our parents with a parent porta
account, she said. Innite Campus
is a great tool that can be usedto
communicate about student progress,
for teachers to communicate individual
with parents and students, for students
to track their own progress, submit
assignments online and communicate w
their teachers, and for parents to have
better conversations with student abou
their experiences in school.
Information thats accessible via
Innite Campus includes: District and
school announcements, report cards,
attendance records, assessment scores,student schedules, transportation
information, lunch account balances,
online course request for secondary
school students, immunization records,
teacher newsletters, household
information, emergency contact
information, and more.
All students in grades 612 have
access to the student portal. Parents ar
strongly encouraged to set up their ow
account. Only a parent account has the
privilege to update household informat
as well as the ability to view all childrena household from a single place.
If you dont have a parent portal
account, please contact your childs
school building to obtain an activation
key. More detailed instruction on creat
an account can be found on the district
website at www.dmschools.org/innite
campus-studentparent-portal/.
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DMPS Welcomes New Administrators
Matt Smith,
Chief Schools Ofcer (interim)
Matt Smith joined Des Moines Public
Schools in 2010 as the principal of North
High School before becoming Executive
Director of Learning Services and Student
Activities last year and taking on the new
position of interim Chief Schools Ofcer
this year. The Houston, TX native began
his career in education with the Aldine
Independent School District in Texas, and
was a secondary school principal in the
Livingston and San Angelo school districts.
Smith has a BS in secondary education from
Baylor University and a M.Ed in educational
leadership from Sam Houston University. I am looking forward to the
opportunity to work with our schools
throughout the district to help every
student succeed in school and graduate
from high school, said Smith.
Holly Crandell,
Chief Academic Ofcer (interim)
Holly Crandell has been an educator for
the past 18 years, half of them with
Des Moines Public Schools. Before
beginning her new role as interim Chief
Academic Ofcer she was the principal
of Oak Park Elementary School, the
districts Curriculum Director, and most
recently the Executive Director for
Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment.
She holds a BA in Education, an MA
in Educational Administration, and is
completing her Ed.S degree.
The passion that I bring to my
job each and every day is purposedriven, said Crandell. We have a high-
performing team and I am proud of the
goals they have accomplished in response
to clearly identied needs over the past
two years.
Kathie Danielson,
Director of High Schools
Kathie Danielson is a veteran Des Moines
educator with nearly four decades of
experience working with teachers and
students. The former principal of Roosevelt
High School and Callanan Middle School
will oversee and evaluate the leaders of six
DMPS high schools. Working with the recent
Wallace Foundation Grant, Danielson will be
part of an expanded Ofce of Schools team
focused on making the district a national
model of excellence in education.
It is a great honor to be a part of
this school district for nearly four decades,
and to work with so many exceptionalteachers and students, added Danielson.
I am excited for the opportunity to work
with our high school principals and staff
to support and continue the progress they
have been making in recent years.
A new school year means new faces and new leaders both in our schools and at our district ofces. Meet three veteran
DMPS educators now taking on district leadership roles:
As highlighted in our last newsletter, DMPS also welcomes a
number of new principals this school year throughout the district:
Cindy Flesch
Hoover
High School
David Johns
Meredith
Middle School
Cindy Wissler
Jackson
Elementary School
Amy Wiegmann
Smouse
Opportunity School
Traci Shipley
River Woods
Elementary School
Kristy Fitzgeral
Phillips
Traditional School
Dawn Stahly
Callanan
Middle School
Jill Burnett-Requist
Carver
Community School
Shelly Pospeshil
Lovejoy
Elementary School
Bill Szakacs
South Union
Elementary School
Craig Leager
Goodrell
Middle School
Barb Adams
Findley
Elementary School
Laurel Prior-Sweet
Monroe
Elementary School
Rob Burnett
Walnut Street
School
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Gogerty Named as NewDirector at Central Academy
Des Moines Public Schools
announced the appointment of
Jessica Gogerty, formerly the
School Improvement Leader at
Roosevelt High School, as the
next director of Central Academy.
She will succeed Crista Carlile,
who accepted a position with the
Urbandale Community School
District.
Central Academy is attended byapproximately 900 students fromDMPS and other metro area school
districts for a growing selection ofAdvanced Placement and InternationalBaccalaureate Diploma courses. TeUniversity of Iowas Belin-Blank Centerfor Gifted and alented Education,in its annual Iowa AP Index, recentlynamed Central Academy, again, asthe top Advanced Placement programin the state.
Gogerty began her career withDes Moines Public Schools in 1989as a science teacher at Harding
Middle School. She also taughtsciences at East High School andNorth High School, where she wasalso a School Improvement Leaderbefore joining the staff at RooseveltShe earned a BA in chemistryeducation from the University ofNorthern Iowa and an MS in scienceducation from the Universityof Iowa. She holds a Specialist inEducational Leadership degree
from Drake University, where sherecently completed courseworkfor her Ed.D. Gogerty was presented with thePresidential Award for Excellence inMath and Science eaching in 2009and in 2012 was a panelist at a WhiHouse meeting on the proposedSEM Master eacher Corps.
North Gets Support from MLBto Improve Fields
North High School has been
awarded a grant in the amount
of $16,250 from the Baseball
Tomorrow Fund, a joint initiative
between Major League Baseball and
the Major League Baseball Players
Association.
Te grant will support the renovationof the North High School baseballfield and provide funding for anirrigation system and the grading andre-sodding of the infield. Work gotunderway on the project after the2014 season ended last month.
North aims to build acomprehensive, community-focused baseball program that spansfrom little league to high school.Unfortunately, Norths baseballprogram suffered a major setback
in 2008 when a devastating floodravaged the schools baseball field.Te field was left in an impairedstate that is inadequate for practicesand games.
With the grant North willinstall an irrigation system andremove, grade, and re-sod the infieldand apron to remove hazardous
lips. Tis will provide a safe, highquality baseball facility that alignsthe Highland Park Little League
program with the North baseballprogram, serving youth from ages 9to 18. Te project will yield a highreturn on investment by preparingyouth for high school baseball,increasing Norths baseball programparticipation and retention rates,and strengthening communitypartnerships.
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which in large part was designedto provide better and more directsupport for principals. Te Wallace
grant will allow DMPS to get to therecommended number of principalsthat each principal supervisorsupports. At DMPS, the initiativewill finance training and support forprincipal supervisors and help themreduce the number of principals thesesupervisors oversee. DMPS currentlyhas four principal supervisors, andeach oversees on average 16 principals.Support from the Wallace Foundation
will also help DMPS develop betterprincipal supervisors, central officesupport systems, and establish apipeline for principals and centraloffice leadership. Wallace launched the newinitiative because it believes theoverlooked supervisor position hasemerged as central to improvingprincipals performance. In manylarge school districts, principal
supervisors oversee too manyprincipals 24 on average andfocus too much on bureaucraticcompliance, said Jody Spiro,
Wallaces director of education
leadership. Tis new initiative aimsto help districts move principalsupervisors focus to one of support,freeing them to better coach anddevelop principals to help themimprove instruction. Wallace chose DMPS and thefive other core districts after inviting23 districts with a willingness andpotential to change their principalsupervisor positions to compete to be
chosen for the initiative. DMPS andthe other five core districts are amongthe nations most advanced districtsin recognizing the importance of theprincipal supervisor position. BesidesDMPS, the five other districts areLong Beach (CA), Broward County(FL), Minneapolis, Cleveland, andDeKalb County (GA). DMPS and the five other districtswill be part of an independent,
$2.5 million evaluation that will helpanswer whether and how boostingthe supervisor post leads to moreeffective principals.
Wallace Foundation Grant Increases
Depth of Principal Support
The Wallace Foundation is
investing about $3 million in a
signicant ve-year effort to
help Des Moines Public Schools
improve the effectiveness of its
principal supervisors so they can
better work with principals to
raise the quality of teaching and
learning in schools.
Te local grant is part of Wallacesnew $30 million national PrincipalSupervisor Initiative involving14 urban school districts across
the country. Tis grant provides significantsupport to the work underway at DesMoines Public Schools to enhance andimprove the support provided to ourprincipals, said Superintendent omAhart. Te funding from the WallaceFoundation will help us ensure thatevery district administrator is activelycontributing to student results in asystematic way while at the same
time growing our own pool ofleadership talent. Tis past year, Des Moines PublicSchools created the Office of Schools,
New Bell Times for 19
Elementary Schools
Students at 19 elementary schoolswill be starting and dismissing 10
minutes later than last year.
Te move will make it easier for thebuses to stay on schedule, save thedistrict money and improve studentsafety because buses will be parked whenstudents are dismissed from school.
Te following elementaryschools will see bell time changesstarting in 2014-15: Brubaker,Cattell, Findley, Garton, Hillis,Jackson, Lovejoy, Madison, Monroe,Moulton, Morris, Perkins, PleasantHill, River Woods, Samuelson,Studebaker, Windsor, Woodlawn,and Wright.
New start time: 8:45 a.m.
New dismissal time: 3:30 p.
Wednesday-only early
dismissal: 2:00 p.m.
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Student-Athletes: Be Readyfor a New Sports Season
District Social Med
Presence Continue
to Expand
Des Moines Public Schools is beefingup its extracurricular emphasis,and part of that effort is an online
clearinghouse where student-athletes and their parents can accesseverything they need to know aboutparticipation in athletics. Followthe links to access codes of conduct,
As with most organizations, sociamedia is playing a bigger andbigger role in how Des Moines
Public Schools communicates.Following DMPS on social mediis the quickest way to get news aninformation from Iowas largestprovider of public education.
Be sure to follow DMPS on aor all of our social media sites:
Facebookwww.facebook.com/dmsch
Flickrwww.flickr.com/dmps
Instagramwww.pinterest.com/dmsch
Pinterestwww.pinterest.com/dmsch
Twitterwww.twitter.com/dmschoo
YouTubewww.youtube.com/DMPS
A new mobile app feature is the
latest tool in our communicationRead more about it on page 5. Aby any and all of the means at yodisposal, please keep in touch!
permission forms and relatedinformation. Be sure to visit ournew DMPS Athletics page at http://
athletics.dmschools.org/. Coming soon: individual sportspages for all five high schools so youcan follow the Scarlets, Huskies, Rails,Polar Bears, and Riders online.
CGCS Young Men of Color PledgeIn July, Superintendent Tom Ahart went
to Washington, D.C. to connect DMPSwith the nation in a pledge to improve
achievement of young men of color.
Dr. Ahart joined school
representatives from 59 of the nations
largest school districts at an event with
President Barack Obama and the
Council of Great City Schools.
More than 40% of male DMPS
students are African American or
Hispanic. While we may see fewer obstacles
for male students of color than may exist
in other cities, we are committed to
seeing all of our students succeed, Dr.
Ahart said. Our pledge is a statement to
the community and the nation that we
will come alongside every student who
needs our assistance.
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The DMPS Community Report
AUG/SEPT 2014 | Vol. 7 No. 1
The DMPS Community Reportis
published every other month by the
ofce of Communications and Public Affa
Editor/Writer: Phil Roeder
Writer: Amanda Lewis, Mike Wellman
Designer: Adam Rohwer
Photographer: Kyle Knicley, Jon Lemons
Des Moines Public Schools
Ofce of Communications and Public Affa
901 Walnut Street
Des Moines, IA 50309
(515) 242-8162
www.dmschools.org
2014-2015 Board of Directors
Cindy Elsbernd, Chair
Bill Howard, Vice Chair
Rob X. Barron
Connie Boesen
Teree Caldwell-Johnson
Toussaint Cheatom
Pat Sweeney
More DMPS News and InformationAvailable Online and On Air
Des Moines Public Schools is the largest provider of public education in Iowa, which means one
newsletter alone cannot provide all of the information or share all of the stories about everything
taking place in your school district. More news and information is always available online and on air.
ONLINEYou can nd information on our schools, news stories, data, contacts, and more on the DMPS
web site at www.dmschools.organd on our mobile app available for iOS and Android. In addition,
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ON THE AIRTune in to DMPS-TV on Mediacom Cable channels 12.1 and 812at any time to see
stories about programs and events from throughout the school district. If you do not subscribe
to cable television, you can still view stories online at www.dmschools. org. And if youre in themood for interesting talk and music, tune into Des Moines Public Schools own radio station -
KDPS 88.1- where your hosts are students from Central Campus and GrandView University.
The Des Moines Independent Community School District does not discriminate on the basis of
race, color, national origin, gender, disability, religion, creed, age (for employment), marital status
(for programs), sexual orientation, gender identity and socioeconomic status (for programs)
in its educational programs and its employment practices. There is a grievance procedure for
processing complaints of discrimination. If you have questions or a grievance related to this
policy, please contact the districts Ofce of Human Resources, 901 Walnut Street, Des Moines,
IA 50309; phone: 515-242-7911.
Middle School
Football Jamboree
September 16
From high school to college to the pro
a new football season is about to kick
And here in Des Moines, that includes
middle school. Des Moines Public Scho
is making big expansions to our middle
school activities, including the opportu
to take to the gridiron. Be the rst to s
what our middle school athletes bring
the eld during the 2014 DMPS Middle
School Football Jamboree.
Rivals will face off on Tuesday,
September 16 beginning at 5:00 p.m. at
East Highs Williams Stadium:
Roosevelt B vs. North
Hoover vs. Lincoln A
East B vs. Roosevelt A Lincoln B vs. East A
A good old fashioned lemonade stand at
Weeks Middle School raised hundreds
of dollars for charity this summer. The
seed money came from a 21st Century
Community Learning Centers grant that
allowed eight DMPS middle schools to
offer the 21st CCLC summer program tohundreds of students.
Team Des Moines was invited to perform
at the Opening Ceremony in front of 54
teams from across the world at the Brave
New Voices Youth Poetry Festival last
month in Philadelphia. This was a huge
honor, said Co-Coach/Mentor/ChaperoneEmily Lang. We are so proud!
Turning Lemons Into
Lemonade and Donations
DMPS Students on
National Poetry Stage
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