April 1, 2021, Fort Dodge, IA- The Fort Dodge Community School District is pleased to announce its students and employee of the month for April. This program recognizes one elementary, one middle school and one high school student, as well as one staff member monthly for exceeding expectations. Noah Flaherty...
“The Rockin’ Tale of Snow White,” the Fort Dodge Middle School 7th and 8th grade musical, will be performed at 7:00 p.m. on April 15 in the Fort Dodge Middle School auditorium. This funny adaptation of the story of Snow White brings new characters and comedic twists to life as...
March 29, 2021, Fort Dodge, IA- Fort Dodge Senior High’s speech team had a successful individual speech season. Seven individual performances were selected for All State Speech honors. This is the highest honor a speech participant can receive. Representing FDSH as All State participants are: Isabel Beekman in Poetry with...
March 29, 2021, Fort Dodge, IA- Thirty-one Fort Dodge Senior High students were inducted into the National Honor Society (NHS) on Sunday, March 28. Junior and senior students are selected based on criteria from the pillars of scholarship, character, leadership and service both in and out of school. The FDSH...
Fort Dodge is one step closer to forging a new conference path into the future while also respecting the long-standing traditions of its past. The more things change, the more they very well could be staying the same. The Fort Dodge Community School District’s Board of Education unanimously approved a...
Fort Dodge Senior High students prepared 27 entries for the Iowa High School Speech Association State Individual Speech Contest held March 13. These students qualified for State by receiving Division I ratings at the District level competition last month. Twenty-one Fort Dodge Senior High performers received Division I ratings at...
Dodger Academy students will have the opportunity to learn about healthy eating habits and outer space over their spring break this week thanks to a community partnership with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach of Webster County. “They’ve partnered with us in the past where they’d come in and do...
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...