Summer is just weeks away, and that will mean more kids outside riding bikes. The Walnut Street School staff, Parent Teacher Organization and Bike World teamed up to make summer a little safer for their kindergarten class. Each …

One year ago Read to Succeed was launched, a partnership between public schools and the United Way of Central Iowa with the objective of raising reading proficiency among 3rd graders from 75% to 90% by 2020. Thursday morning the …

Spring has always been an artsy time of year in the district. End-of-year concerts for bands and orchestras and choirs ring out like heralds for the coming summer and proof of another year’s growth and development. Portfolios burst …

Track and field action returns to the blue oval as the Drake Relays get underway. Student-athletes representing all five DMPS high schools will be in action, competing in 13 different events on Friday and Saturday. DMPS qualifiers to …

Leo Manzano was born in Mexico, grew up in Texas and ran as a U.S. Olympian in both Beijing and London. He’s been the first to cross all sorts of finish lines: track, school, citizenship. And Monday morning a …