Central Academy students sometimes need a quiet space to study and reflect and sometimes need time to connect and socialize with others. With 5 student lounges and tables and chairs along most hallways, there is a space for …
Maggie Norland, Jonathan Le, Parker Bratz, , Nosa Ali, Anna Barcus, and Mercedies Palmer didn’t have to travel far to join 200 students representing high schools across the country and around the globe this month in Des Moines …
Feng Zhang, Roosevelt class of 2000 and Academy graduate, was named among the top 10 up and coming scientists. Science News surveyed 30 Nobel Prize winners to determine which early-career scientists were catching their attention. Read about it …
Students who participate in the Creative Writing class offered during lunch went to the International Writer’ Program in Iowa City on Tuesday to interact and learn from accomplished writers from around the world. They worked on short story …
Dr. Rick Spellerberg from Simpson College visited the AMPS (Applied Mathematical Problem Solving) class to discuss research his Simpson students (including Academy Alumnus, Maggie Long) were conducting on the spread of the weed, palmer amaranth. AMPS students got …
Dr. Bram Govaerts, 2014 winner of Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application, spoke with students about his work to improve innovation, inspiration and intensification around sustainable agricultural practices. “Agriculture is all about nature conservation,” he said. Dr. …
Academy parent-teacher conferences are Thursday, October 15, and Tuesday, October 20, from 3:30 – 7:30 PM. The report card schedule has changed this year to 9-weeks instead of 6-weeks. But the Academy staff decided to hold conferences during our typical time frame within the semester- even without the report cards- to give timely updates of student progress
Prep Academy students enjoyed the beautiful weather on Wednesday to participate in the Healthiest State Initiative’s Walk at the Whistle. The students took advantage of the scheduled fire drill to walk up the street to the Governor’s Mansion …
Kristina Smith stopped by the AMPS (Advanced Mathematical Problem Solving) class on Wednesday to share the research she has been doing at Simpson College to mathematically model safe air space for unmanned aerial vehicles (drones). Smith, a 2015 …
Canada Snyder, Social Studies teacher, co-authored and presented the High School curriculum for Iowa Caucuses. Working with the Iowa Secretary of State, Paul Pate, Ms. Snyder shared the curriculum with social studies teachers from around the state as …
