March 17, 2021, Fort Dodge, IA- Fort Dodge Senior High students prepared 32 entries for the Iowa High School Speech Association District Individual Speech Contest held February 27. Twenty seven Fort Dodge Senior High performers received Division I ratings and moved on to the State Individual Speech Contest March 13....
Gretta Pratt has a dream. She has a dream that everybody gets along and is treated equally. She has a dream that people help others because it’s the right thing to do. The Duncombe Elementary School third-grader shared her dream in a speech contest at the school last month. She...
Juli Springer always wanted to do something that would help others. She thought she might become a teacher or even a nurse. It was a stay in the hospital to remove her tonsils and appendix when she was a teenager that helped solidify her future as a nurse. During her...
March 1, 2021, Fort Dodge, IA- Transitional kindergarten (TK) and kindergarten pre-registration for the 2021-22 school year opens March 15 at the Fort Dodge Community School District. To be eligible to attend TK or kindergarten in the fall of 2021, children must be five years old by September 15, 2021....
March 2, 2021, Fort Dodge, IA- The Fort Dodge Community School District is pleased to announce its students and employee of the month for March. This program recognizes one elementary, one middle school and one high school student, as well as one staff member monthly for exceeding expectations. Makenna Brown...
February 24, 2021, Fort Dodge, IA- Athletic physicals for current 7-12 grade students will be offered on Thursday, March 4, from 5:15–6:00 p.m. at Fort Dodge Senior High. The cost is $15.00. Masks will be required for all students at all times unless specifically asked by a healthcare provider to...
On February 6, members of the Fort Dodge Senior High speech team participated in the Iowa High School Speech Association State Large Group Speech Contest. They performed the 14 acts that qualified for State through the District competition last month. Thirteen of the acts received Division I ratings (eleven with...
There’s a perception that preschool is just another form of day care — having little to do with academic development, according to Steph Anderson, director of elementary education. But recent data collected by the Fort Dodge Community School District shows a direct correlation between preschool participation and academic success in...
Ava Osorio loves writing letters almost as much as she loves receiving letters. On Friday, the fourth grader in Sue Nordstrom’s class at Feelhaver Elementary School read through the newest letter she’d received from her pen pal, Mary, a resident at Friendship Haven. In the letter, Mary thanked Osorio for...
As Damien Miller walked the halls of Butler Elementary School on a recent day, he was greeted with a combination of hellos and hugs from students passing by. The friendly greetings were mixed with a couple of sneers, too. A nickname was even shouted his way — “Hi Dame,” a...
