While each transitional kindergarten student at Riverside Early Learning Center was issued enough material to complete a gingerbread house Friday afternoon with their parents or guardians — not all of everyone’s icing made it onto the little structures. Icing is, after all, delicious and hard to resist. Debbie Griggs, of...
December 15, 2017, Fort Dodge, IA- Fort Dodge Senior High students needing extra academic support now have another option, Power Dodger Time. Power Dodger Time is an intervention strategy geared toward students with missing work, who are struggling with a concept or who need to improve their grades. “As we...
Destiny Reed, of Palmyra, Missouri, left the Fort Dodge Community School District All Star Career Expo at Fort Dodge Senior High Wednesday afternoon with a duly signed piece of very important paper after being interviewed by several Fort Dodge Middle School staff and administration. That important document, known as a...
December 12, 2017, Fort Dodge, IA- The band trip tradition continues this month for members of the Fort Dodge Senior High marching band and orchestra. The group leaves December 28 to participate in the Sugar Bowl Parade and festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. The band makes a trip to a...
December 6, 2017, Fort Dodge, IA- The Fort Dodge Community School District will host an All Star Career Expo from 4 – 7 p.m. on Wednesday, December 13th, in the Fort Dodge Senior High cafeteria. Onsite interviews will be held for high school, middle school and elementary teaching positions as...
A rotary dial phone, a set of VHS tapes and electronic calculators are just some of the items one might find throughout the Cabinet of Obsolescence at the Fort Dodge Middle School. The long, winding, interactive piece of art isn’t your standard-looking cabinet. Los Angeles-based artists Benjamin Ball and Gaston...
The latest data from a professional education planning firm forecasts an increase in student enrollment for the Fort Dodge Community School District over the course of the next several years. According to the data, the district could see an increase of about 300 students in the next five years. That...
Kim Wankum has her students focused on the process musicians engage in just as much as the end product such as a concert. Wankum is a music teacher at Fort Dodge Senior High. That focus aligns with new fine arts standards adopted by the state. Fine arts generally include visual...
December 1, 2017, 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. Armondez Mosley...
December 1, 2017, Fort Dodge, IA- Preschool registration for the 2018-19 school year is going on now at the Fort Dodge Community School District. To be eligible to attend preschool in the fall of 2018, children must be four years old by September 15, 2018. Research shows that children can...
