Over 140 colleges and universities will be on hand for the Golden Circle College Fair at the HyVee Hall (next to the Iowa Events Center) on Sunday, September 28 from 12:30 – 3 PM.  Find out more by …

  Here is a great opportunity for 8th graders in Des Moines! STUDENT/PARENT INFORMATIONAL MEETING: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 6:00-7:00PM @ CALLANAN MIDDLE SCHOOL (Cafeteria) For additional information or questions, please click headline above.

  Mr. Swanson’s World History People and Places class reported to the Pappajohn Sculpture Garden to think about our Des Moines community and major issues like Globalization. See pictures by clicking the headline.

Academy students find ways to make the lunch period work for them.  Some spend the time playing piano, studying, having conversation or reading while they eat.  With 5 student lounges and several other hallway desk spaces, students can …

German students practiced their numbers by counting off and then calling out each other’s numbers to see if they could remember them all!  The most popular number? Null!  (Zero).  Click headline for more pictures.

Ms. Karbeling’s Physics students tied washers to string and dropped them from the balcony to see if they could space the washers such that the accelerating washers would still produce an evenly spaced rhythm!  See more picture by …

Yamanashi Board of Education sends one English teacher each year for three months to my Japanese program to learn about and practice American teaching methods.  Mr. Masaki Aoyagi from Kofu Showa High School joined us today.  He will be with us …

AP Biology teacher, Sarah Davitt, participated in Real World Externships for STEM teachers at the Des Moines Blank Park Zoo this summer.  Ms. Davitt spent 6 weeks full time on site at the zoo contributing authentically to operations …