February 27, 2019, Fort Dodge, IA- “The Wizard of Oz,” the Fort Dodge Middle School 7th and 8th grade musical, will be performed at 7:00 p.m. on March 12 and 13 in the Fort Dodge Middle School auditorium. Nearly 85 students are involved in the production. In this adventure, Dorothy...
In the library at Cooper Elementary School, a pair of students work to dismantle a piece of ancient technology once used by their ancestors — a VCR with a VHS of the movie “Shrek” stuck in it. At the next table, another pair of students is taking apart a remote-controlled...
Matt Miller recently retired with the most victories in Fort Dodge Senior High football history. Winning was always a secondary message for the Dodger head coach, though. Success mattered, of course, but Miller always emphasized the importance of taking valuable life lessons away from the game itself. Appropriately, his final...
February 24, 2020, Fort Dodge, IA- Registration is taking place now for Kindergarten Roundup at the Fort Dodge Community School District. Families can choose the session that works best for them: 12:30 p.m., 4:30 p.m. or 6:00 p.m. The schedule is as follows: March 23 at Butler Elementary March 24...
Feelhaver Elementary students have been seeing “tremendous growth” in their reading scores this school year, according to the Fort Dodge Community School District. The elementary school students in the district are assessed using what’s called the Formative Assessment System for Teachers, or FAST tests, to help monitor reading skills progress...
Though she only has one job title, Bev Potter has myriad jobs. Over the last 10 years, Potter has found herself to be an author, a reader, a prom date, costume designer, dancer, singer and crafter, to name a few. Fort Dodge Community School District calls her a paraeducator, but...
Tara Smith, director of the Fort Dodge Middle School fifth- and sixth-grade bands, had her hands full Friday while the sixth-grade band warmed up for a performance at the North Central Iowa Bandmasters Association Middle School Concert Band Clinic. It’s an exercise very much like herding cats. It’s also deafening....
February 20, 2020, Fort Dodge, IA- Thirty-nine Dodger athletes completed in the Special Olympics Area Basketball event at Butler Elementary on February 14. Twenty-six of the athletes earned first place and will move on to the State competition March 13-14 in Iowa City. Students finishing in first place included Lilly...
February 17, 2020, Fort Dodge, IA- Athletic physicals for current 7-12 grade students will be held on Thursday, March 5, from 5:15–6:15 p.m. at the Fort Dodge Senior High gym. The cost is $15.00. All 7-12 grade Dodger student athletes are encouraged to attend. A sports physical needs to be...
February 20, 2020, Fort Dodge, IA- On February 8, members of the Fort Dodge Senior High speech team attended the Iowa High School Speech Association State Large Group Speech Contest. They performed the 12 acts that qualified for State through the district competition last month. Eight of the acts received...
