Saturday, May 2 students from 17 Des Moines Elementary Schools attended the Honor Choir Festival. Students have been putting in extra hours before school, after school, and on their own time at home preparing for this event. Andrew …
On Friday, May 2 all first graders took their annual trip to the zoo. Some of the students’ favorite animals were the monkeys and the zebra!
Talent show auditions are currently underway. Make sure you arrive to your audition ON TIME and prepared to perform. We have to narrow down 135 auditions down to 40 for the 4th annual talent show. Once all auditions …
Please join us for the 3-5 music concert on April 24 from 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM in the Cattell Gymnasium. All are welcome. Students, please arrive by at least 6:20pm and go directly to your classroom.
The third graders are all working on fractions. Mrs. Diehm’s class created “kite fractions” where the students were able to fill in 25 squares any colors that they wished. From there, they created a fraction representing each color.
From now until the end of the school year we are offering new incentives for horseshoe tickets. You can now redeem your horseshoe tickets for a prize from the rewards menu below. The only time allotted to redeem …
Teacher and staff members celebrated friendship day and Valentine’s day by wearing red and pink today. The winning teacher was Mrs. Good, she was decked out head to toe, LITERALLY in pink and red.
As I’m sure you may have noticed, there were a lot of vest wearing teachers in February. It was vest day for all teachers and staff. We thought we would have a little bit of fun during the …
One of the songs for the 1st graders music concert is about artichokes. The students had never heard of this vegetable before let alone taste it. This prompted Mrs. Hein to bring in artichokes to help explain the …
It’s been more than 25 years since DMPS made comprehensive changes to elementary school attendance areas. A lot changes in a quarter of a century, and to better serve students and meet the needs of schools the district is considering new attendance areas for many elementary schools. Click the headline to learn about the plan and share your opinion.
