Getting a group of creative preschool students all set to paint a friendship rock is quite an undertaking for Riverside Early Learning Center outdoor classroom teacher Ann Moenck. It starts with making sure that they’re all wearing an old shirt to protect their clothes. “Everyone get a paint shirt,” she...
Thursday was a day of first lessons for the students starting the very first day of their educational journey at Riverside Early LearningCenter. Amber Murray asked her students part way through the morning what they had learned so far. “What do we do with our ears?” she asked. “Listen,” they...
Mentors can help students improve their self-confidence and attitude about school, according to Corey Moody, Fort Dodge Community School District mentoring coordinator. “Every student is one caring adult away from being a success story,” Moody said. “I think that is so true, because every kid could use an additional adult,...
Some firsts were celebrated Wednesday across the Fort Dodge Community School District. For starters, it was the first day back to school for thousands of students. It was also Jesse Ulrich’s first day of school as superintendent. He was hired by the district in March and began his duties in...
Duncombe Elementary School fourth-grader Syndal Castaneda Rogers, 9, had a small problem Wednesday morning as she spent the first few minutes of class trying to put all her school supplies away. The drawer in her desk was too small to hold it all, no matter how carefully she worked to...
The Fort Dodge Community School District is beginning the school year with new boundaries for its elementary schools. The FDCSD board approved the boundaries in January. The boundaries directly impact where students are sent based on geographic location. The changes were made in part because students were not attending the...
July 23, 2018, Fort Dodge, IA- The Fort Dodge Community School District in collaboration with the Fort Dodge Schools Foundation, will host a Meet and Greet with Dr. Jesse Ulrich, the new superintendent, Thursday, August 2, from 7:00 – 7:40 a.m. at the new Duncombe Elementary, 1620 6th Avenue North....
June 19, 2018, Fort Dodge, IA- The Fort Dodge Community School District is moving to an online student registration process for the 2018-19 school year. Registration for returning students must be completed online between July 2-27. Parents/guardians must have an Infinite Campus parent account to complete the registration process. Parents/guardians...
There’s some very talented students attending the Fort Dodge Middle School. Some of them sing, some of them play instruments, some of them do magic tricks and few tell jokes. One of them can solve the Rubik’s Cube in no time. Degan Klindt, 14, an eighth-grader at the school, demonstrated...
Like they did on most days, the halls of Duncombe Elementary School echoed with the happy noise of students going about their day. Learning, laughing, talking to each other and laughing more at something silly on the way to a different class or lunch. Once the last student had left...
