There is a lot of information about upcoming events, grading practices, and important district information. Click the headline to read the newsletter!

Central Academy students won 18 of the 42 Division I All-Academic Team honors at the 45th Annual High School Mathematics Contest held at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville on Wednesday, November 1.  Five math faculty members coached the 127 …

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 …

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.

If you missed the Parent Scheduling meeting on high school scheduling for current 8th grade students, click the headline to view a video of the presentation.

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 …

Click the headline to get the latest Parent Newsletter. It discusses Imposter Syndrome, After Hours beginning on 9/26, and the new event, “Scheduling Night”.

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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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!

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!