The Des Moines Public Schools is proud to offer a once in a lifetime field trip to Washington, D.C. for high school students taking US History/AP US History or US Government/AP Government in 2014-2015.  The trip will take …

Central Academy is once again ranked as the top Advanced Placement program in Iowa, according to the Iowa AP Index issued by the University of Iowa’s Belin-Blank Center. And for the 2nd time ever, all five DMPS high schools are ranked on the AP Index. Click the headline to read more about our success.

Two Central Academy students – Elena Hildebrandt and Jack Wahlig – have qualified for the National History Day competition, to be held next month in College Park, MD. Three other Central students – Addison Williamson, Lily Colvig and Ingrid Messsersmith-Holth – were selected as alternates. Click the headline to read more about National History Day.

On Sunday April 13th the seniors from Central Academy were recognized for their hard work and accomplishments. The Sunday afternoon was spent recognizing students that have spent the last four years attending classes at Central Academy. Each senior …

Students from Central Academy participated in a recent National History Day district competition at Grandview University, earning several award and qualifying for State in every category. Click the photo to learn more about National History Day and see a complete list of the winning historians from Central Academy.

Several students in the Central Academy Creative Writing program, along with two of their teachers, were honored this past weekend at the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards sponsored by the Belin-Blank Center at the University of Iowa. Click the photo to see a list of the winning authors.

We are pleased to announce that Central Academy Advanced Creative Writing student Lily Nellans earned national recognition in the 2014 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards.  Lily has been identified by panels of creative professionals as one of the …

Students who want to sign up to take an Advanced Placement exam must do so on or before Tuesday, April 1st. Registration forms can be picked up in the school counseling office and returned to the school bookkeeper. AP exams take place May 5-16. Click the headline for more information about registering for AP exams.

Michael Lane, from The Des Moines Art Center visited Central Academy today and created a JIX sculpture with our IB year 11 student artists!!! Keep an eye on it though….it will grow over time. Students will document the evolution on …

Senior Sebastian Dalin, from the Central Academy Creative Writing class, recently shared his writing expertise with several 9th grade classes.  Each creative writer was invited to research a writing area of interest and teach a lesson to fellow …