Fantabulous Fun Night

FANTABULOUS The Sixth graders are putting together a night of family fun for Friday, October 31st from 6:00-7:30.  They are organizing a “Fantabulous Fun Night” that will take place in conjunction with Cowles Trunk-or-Treat night.  Be prepared for …

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Upper Level Classroom News

The Upper Elementary team just held their Interest Fair on Friday, October 3rd!  The students pick a topic they are interested in and do research on it.  They also make a poster and share their research to their …

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Cowles Snow Plow

Mrs. Dare’s 7th & 8th grade collaborative art class worked as a group to design and paint one of the Des Moines snow plows for the season.  This past Saturday the plow was on display at the Downtown …

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DMPS, Parks & Rec Partner for Basketball

Des Moines Parks and Recreation and Des Moines Public Schools are partnering to offer a youth basketball league for the 2014-2015 season. The program is for students in grades 1st through 7th. The registration deadline is October 17 and fees are $50 per student or $450 per team. Click the image to learn more and register to play.

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Middle School Classroom News

Middle School students are immersed in their AR or DM class. AR is starting basic programming with RobotC. They will be assembling a fully automated railroad crossing and programming the bars to move up and down. DM is …

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What’s for Lunch? Ask the DMPS Mobile App

You can now find out what’s for breakfast and lunch at every school on every day of the year. You can even find out nutritional information. Just visit the Dining section on the new DMPS Mobile App. If you don’t yet have the app, click the header to download it for Apple or Android and learn more about its many features.

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What’s for Lunch? Ask the DMPS Mobile App

You can now find out what’s for breakfast and lunch at every school on every day of the year. You can even find out nutritional information. Just visit the Dining section on the new DMPS Mobile App. If you don’t yet have the app, click the header to download it for Apple or Android and learn more about its many features.

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Preprimary Classroom News

Our returning and new preprimary students are adjusting nicely to the new school year.  Our goal as preprimary teachers is to help our students adjust to their new “Prepared Environment”.  An example of some of the lessons we …

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Upper Level Classroom News

Welcome back! In our first trimester we are studying Chemistry combined with Functional Geography and the beginning of time.  In chemistry we will be studying states of matter, elements, compounds, acids and bases. While in Functional Geography we are exploring …

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