Every year, students enrolled in English at Academy need a set of novels or texts that they can annotate (so it cannot be a library book). We use a bulk supplier that allows us to purchase these books …

Dear Central Academy students and families, Thank you for choosing the Academy program for one or more of your classes in the upcoming year. Last week’s storm and power outages delayed some decisions and planning for the fall …

​Dear Central Academy Students and Families, After this morning’s Academy newsletter was posted, it was decided that Central Campus schedules had to be published to support coordination of their Hybrid courses.  Campus and Academy are sister programs– we …

Dear Central Academy students and families, Welcome or welcome back to Academy! Uncertainty about Back-to-School has been ebbing and flowing like the tides this summer as our response to the pandemic shifts with the needs of the moment.  …

Dear Central Academy students and families, Welcome or welcome back to Academy! RETURN TO LEARN PLAN:  ACADEMY CLASSES WILL USE 100% VIRTUAL LEARNING MODEL DMPS filed a Return to Learning plan with the Iowa Department of Education today.  …

Dear new alumni and families, With Roosevelt’s graduation this past weekend, all our DMPS students have now officially graduated. This is the last time I will be able to reach out to you as a group in this …

Dear Central Academy students and families, When I was a child I remember being in the car with my mother and pointing to a factory smokestack pumping out filth in my neighborhood and condemning those factory owners.  My …

To register for continued updates and submit questions for speakers, students must fill out this form: bit.ly/youthvoiceforum. Dear Students and Parents, You may recall that Roosevelt’s Student Council ran a student forum with Democratic presidential candidates back in September. The theme …

Dear Central Academy students and families, My husband reminded me that Memorial Day is this weekend.  I looked at him blankly for just a moment and thought, “Is that still a thing?”  I am experiencing The Pandemic Time …