It was hard to get a precise count but there were at least 76 trombones, etc. for yesterday’s inaugural Des Moines Public Schools Marching Band Festival at North High’s Grubb Stadium. Each of the district’s high school bands …
Here in Des Moines, football season includes middle school. DMPS is making big expansions to our middle school activities, including the opportunity to take to the gridiron. Be the first to see what our middle school athletes bring …
A dreary, soggy Monday morning was no match for the poignant ceremony that began the day in the auditorium at Brody Middle School. The space, along with Room #215, used to be the workplace of Ken Eaton, a …
Oh say, did you see that Roosevelt High School threw a birthday party on Friday for The Star Spangled Banner? The song is turning 200, though it started out as a poem and wasn’t officially designated our National Anthem …
While many families are still working on how social media fits into their lives, teachers at one elementary school are hoping Twitter will help facilitate healthy conversations at the dinner table and beyond. On the first day of …
