May 18, 2018, Fort Dodge, IA- Thirty-eight eighth graders from Fort Dodge Middle School will receive the Presidential Academic Excellence Award for outstanding academic achievement. The academic honors awards program will be held Thursday, May 24, at 7:00 p.m. in the Fort Dodge Middle School auditorium. This year’s guest speaker...
Kirsten Doebel, an instructional coach in the Fort Dodge Community School District, has been appointed to a new position that involves the oversight of curriculum and instruction for secondary education. Doebel will become the district’s director of secondary education, effective July 1. The FDCSD board approved the appointment at its...
The Fort Dodge Community Schools (FDCS) Foundation board recently voted to grant $19,358 for educational items within the Fort Dodge Community School District. “Once again, teachers presented some really amazing ideas,” said FDCS Foundation Board President Andrea DeJong. “This round of grants combines the use of technology, a safe-space for...
Students and staff at Riverside Early Learning Center, Butler, Duncombe, Cooper and Feelhaver elementary schools and the Fort Dodge Middle School raised $10,600 during the 2018 Miles of Pennies campaign. Money was raised from April 9 to April 27. "We are thrilled that each school met its 2018 goal," said...
Stacey Cole, the Fort Dodge Community School District's director of education services, was named Iowa's 2018 Central Office Administrator of the Year by the School Administrators of Iowa, according to a press release from that organization. "I am grateful to SAI for honoring the work of all administrators across the...
May 2, 2018, Fort Dodge, IA- The Fort Dodge Community School District is pleased to announce its students and employees of the month for May. This program recognizes one elementary, one middle school and one high school student, as well as one staff member monthly for exceeding expectations. Lydia Cowell...
The Fort Dodge Community Schools Foundation raised more than $66,000 at its annual fundraiser, Go Big, Go Dodgers, Molly Nelson, the foundation's director, reports. "We are thrilled with the results," Andrea DeJong, FDCS Foundation board president, said. "Amazing support from sponsors, auction item donors, bidders and event attendees helped make...
April 23, 2018, Fort Dodge, IA- The Fort Dodge Senior High Teens Against Human Trafficking club and TIPP of the Webster County Health Department are hosting an interactive display in the Fort Dodge Senior High Media Center that aims to “Break the Silence” about trafficking issues and teen pregnancy in...
Caleigh Klass, 6, a first-grader at Duncombe Elementary School, is confident in her ability to speak a second language. "I can speak Spanish," she said during a year-end celebration of the Bilingual Book Club at the school Thursday afternoon. Klass demonstrated her skills using numbers. "Uno, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco,...
April 18, 2018, Fort Dodge, IA- Students in the Fort Dodge Senior High music department recently participated in the 2018 Solo and Ensemble Festival. Students from the band, orchestra and vocal departments were judged on 72 performances and participated in short clinics with the judges. Best of Center Awards were...
