Miss Iowa 2014, Aly Olson, knows what it feels like to be exposed to bias and misconceptions. She shared an experience with Harding Middle School students in Des Moines this week. “I was telling someone I graduated from …
It’s been a long summer for the North High baseball team. Tuesday’s doubleheader sweep at the hands of the Ottumwa Bulldogs was the latest case in point. But these are not the Bad News (Polar) Bears. There are …
When last we saw her, Deb Mishak, the DMPS Gifted and Talented Coordinator, was basking in the afterglow of last summer’s first-ever Tech Camp. Last Friday at the closing ceremonies of Tech Camp II it was clear that …
Since June 9, hundreds of DMPS students have been on a world tour without ever leaving the district thanks to a new summer program that’s made believers out of the pleasantly surprised student-tourists. Ambassadors from cultures including China, …
The Rider Cyclers have been a club since Emily Weeks and Zoey Mauck started going on casual rides along the Bill Riley Trail a couple of years ago, often with a destination of a coffee shop or restaurant. …
