When Hoover High School received one of the first STEM grants awarded by the Governor’s STEM Advisory Council less than a year ago, the mindset of the school’s STEM Academy Director, Maureen Griffin, immediately shifted from theory to …

East junior Matt Buchacker was asked recently if he’d heard the old saying, “No good deed goes unpunished.” No, he hadn’t. He’s too good a scout and scouts are, “trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, …

In an effort to save energy costs paid by local taxpayers, Des Moines Public Schools, as it has for the past five years, is asking its 5,000 employees to pay a small portion of the electrical costs if they …

The Wakonda Club on the south side of Des Moines is only about six miles from Findley Elementary School on the north side. But really the two are worlds apart. Aren’t they? Wakonda is a bastion of the …

It’s the goal of every school district to provide students with a great education and, ultimately, a high school diploma that prepares each of them to succeed at the next stage of their lives. But until the graduation rate reaches 100%, …