February 15, 2018, Fort Dodge, IA- In the spirit of Rachel’s Challenge, the Fort Dodge Community School District and Saint Edmond Catholic Schools are partnering to help restock the shelves at local food pantries. Donations of non-perishable food items and hygiene products can be dropped off at any FDCSD building...
The Fort Dodge Senior High Dodgerbots Robotics Team has accomplished a lot this season. “We were the Inspire Award winners at our league championship, which is the most prestigious award you can get,” Ed Birkey, FDSH industrial tech instructor, said. “Getting the Inspire Award was the proudest moment we have...
February 8, 2018, Fort Dodge, IA- On February 3, members of the Fort Dodge Senior High speech team attended the Iowa High School Speech Association State Large Group Speech Contest in LeMars. They performed the 11 acts that qualified for State through the district competition last month. Seven of the...
Educators within the Fort Dodge Community School District are attempting to make a stronger connection between school and home when it comes to how students are learning. Those connections are being accomplished through family engagement events. According to Stacey Cole, FDCSD director of student services, that’s because family involvement in...
February 6, 2018, Fort Dodge, IA- The Fort Dodge Community School District is pleased to announce its students and employees of the month for November. This program recognizes one elementary, one middle school and one high school student, as well as one staff member monthly for exceeding expectations. Emma Estlund...
Chad Thompson Doug Van Zyl, who has served as superintendent of the Fort Dodge Community School District for the past eight years, has accepted the superintendent's job in the St. Joseph School District, St. Joseph, Missouri. The FDCSD and the SJSD made the announcement Thursday. "The board was delighted with...
Chad Thompson When Kwame Alexander, a poet and New York Times best-selling author, was 14 years old, he decided he wanted to be cool. Through poetry, Alexander found his cool and was able to attract a girl on whom he had a crush. "I loved poetry," Alexander said to a...
Veterans deserve respect. That’s according to Brady Major, 11, a fifth-grader at Fort Dodge Middle School. “You have to respect those that fought hard for everybody today,” he said. Major was one of about 20 students in Breah Ewing’s class creating valentines for local veterans Wednesday afternoon at the school....
The Fort Dodge Community School District is a step closer to having new elementary boundaries to start the 2018-19 school year. The board approved boundary option No. 2 at its meeting Monday night. "Over the years as buildings have been closed and repurposed and other facilities filled up we have...
Fort Dodge Senior High will be moving from a trimester schedule to a semester schedule for 2018-19 school year. Kenneth Hayes, FDSH principal, presented information related to the schedule change at the FDCSD board meeting Monday night. The board approved going forward with the schedule planning process. Hayes said the...
