On the eve of virtual classes, several hundred DMPS students took some powerful actual action Monday morning, marching from Roosevelt High School to Terrace Hill, the official residence of Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds. Their cause was the reinstatement …
Instead of just sending out a rather nontraditional supply list for students prepping to start school next week, North High School got the shopping done for prospective Polar Bears this year. Tuesday and Wednesday are pickup days, and …
Recognition for Roosevelt High School that we hinted at last spring has officially been conferred. “I woke up to some exciting news this morning,” principal Kevin Biggs emailed last weekend. “Our team has worked hard for our students, …
As the Fall 2020 high school sports season resumes, Des Moines Public Schools wants to make sure it happens in a way that is safe for students, coaches and spectators in the time of COVID-19. DMPS is implementing …
DMPS Health Services Supervisor Diane Gladson had plenty on the agenda for last Friday’s virtual meeting of 67 school nurses. Their role, too, shapes up very differently this year. But besides going over new protocols for quarantining, mask …
