November 16th test message to families

On November 16th DMPS will be sending a test message to families.  The message will be sent at 2:30pm and will be sent out five different ways:  telephone, text message, email, Infinite Campus moblie app and or the …

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World Food Prize Brings Top Scientists to DMPS

The World Food Prize served as a homecoming for Feng Zhang, a graduate of Roosevelt High School and Central Academy. Zhang, a researcher at both Harvard and MIT, is a rock star of sorts in the scientific community for his breakthrough work on genome editing. Click on the headline to read more.

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Academy After Hours on Tuesdays

Academy After Hours is every Tuesday (except the Tuesday before Thanksgiving and the Tuesday of Conferences) from 2:30 – 4:30. Attending these sessions help students work a little at a time on their assignments and begin to develop …

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9 Students Named National Merit Semi-Finalists

Des Moines Public Schools is proud to announce that the following students have been designated 2018 National Merit Scholarship Semi-Finalists: Nyah Davis – Roosevelt, Margaret Dunham – Roosevelt, Gabriel Ewert – East, Aditi Jithendra – Johnston, Owen Koster – Van Meter, Emily Larson – North Polk, Kevin Li – Hoover, Katie Suh – Roosevelt, David (Dezell) Turner – East
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Parent Academy Meeting Tuesday Night

The next Parent Academy meeting, Tuesday, September 12 from 6:30 – 7:30 PM featuring Guinnivere Bohnsack on Bringing Awareness to the Emotional Health of Gifted Adolescents and Kaci Conetzkey on DMACC Associates Degrees in High School. Click headline for more!

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School Start Up Information

Looking for the orientation information, SOS sheets full of tips for new students, and other start of school help? Click on Parents -> Parent Academy to get PDFs from all our latest events!

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