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Articles from April 2018

Jack and the Beanstalk and the Opera Come to Moore Elementary

April 30th, 2018

Three Little Pigs, Three Billy Goats Gruff, and now…Jack & the Beanstalk! This year’s OPERA Iowa tour of DMPS schools culminated Friday morning at Moore Elementary School where the grand finale performance was preceded by a behind-the-scenes workshop …

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The Reviews Are In: Project STAGE Was a Smash Hit

April 30th, 2018

Hoyt Sherman Place is one of Des Moines’ most historic venues (it’s listed in the National Register of Historic Places), going back almost a century. Before she mysteriously vanished attempting to fly around the world, aviatrix Amelia Earhart …

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White House Program Visits DMPS Center for New Americans

April 27th, 2018

Holly Ham flew into town Thursday morning after stopovers in Vietnam, Texas and Washington DC. She got off the plane and made a beeline for the DMPS Center for New Americans downtown in the same building that houses …

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Central Campus Throws Open Its Doors at Annual Block Party

April 25th, 2018

Central Campus is a many-splendored place, the nexus of the state’s biggest, brightest and broadest school district. Every spring that point is remade during a “Block Party” that runs a whole week because it takes that long just …

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Middle Schools Compete at All-City Track Meet

April 24th, 2018
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