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...
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...
