Sixth-graders from Fort Dodge Middle School helped prepare the Webster County Fairgrounds Monday afternoon for upcoming festivities to be held there as part of the fair. Painting tires for figure 8 races and mulching trees were a couple of the tasks students completed as part of a community service project....
Half of the gym at Butler Elementary School got to serve yet another purpose Wednesday. Thanks to the work of reading teacher Stephanie Harvey, it became a book store. Sort of. The students browsing the tables of new books didn’t have to pay for them. Harvey organized the event to...
The students of Fort Dodge Senior High have been running long and hard to earn the caps and gowns of this Sunday’s graduation ceremony. Some of that running has been literal for seniors preparing for the big day. The day before they walked across the stage, Hannah Reynoso and her...
John Newman and Tom McClimon both became teachers because of strong male influences they had in their lives growing up. “As I look through my life, some of the most influential people were male role models, either teachers or coaches in school,” McClimon said. Newman found his role model when...
As children make their way through school, there’s a strong chance that a local treatment center has educated them about the dangers of drug abuse, including opioid abuse. Community and Family Resources, with the help of a grant, visits area schools and offers a variety of programs for the students...
As a large group of kindergarten students from Feelhaver and Duncombe elementary schools gathered in a circle around a tree set in a freshly dug hole at the Fort Dodge Middle School Thursday morning, Fort Dodge Community School District Superintendent Doug Van Zyl asked them all a simple question. “Why...
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...
