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...
The staff at Fort Dodge Middle School started implementing a new system to address and resolve conflict within its walls. The new system is called "restorative justice" and it focuses on conflict resolution that builds and restores relationships "by creating a sense of connectedness and belonging," said Toni Cochrane, FDMS...
When Shaun Begalle, 9, a fourth-grader at Butler Elementary School, began researching Crispus Attucks as part of a class project, he found him to be particularly interesting. "He was a black slave and became a sailor," Begalle said. "He might have had some facial hair and he looked a little...
February 14, 2020, Fort Dodge, IA- Fort Dodge Senior High had one large group speech ensemble selected to participate in the All State Large Group Speech Festival. Grace Champagne and Antavion Adams will represent FDSH at All State with their ensemble- acting piece, “Children of a Lesser God.” They are...
February 7, 2020, Fort Dodge, IA- Students in Cindy Griggs’ classroom at Fort Dodge Middle School are learning the importance of helping others. The class has taken on delivering Meals on Wheels this year. Meals on Wheels is a program dedicated to addressing senior isolation and hunger. Volunteers visit with...
Transitional Kindergarten (TK) pre-registration for the 2020-21 school year opens February 17 at the Fort Dodge Community School District. To be eligible to attend TK in the fall of 2020, children must be five years old by September 15, 2020. Space is limited and a waiting list will be started...
For anyone visiting Thursday, it would have been pretty easy to reach the conclusion that teaching must be really stressful work for the staff at Cooper Elementary School. At least judging by the number of canes, gray hairs and pairs of support hose worn with pink slippers. For school nurse...
February 4, 2020, Fort Dodge, IA- Cooper Elementary students participated in the Great Kindness Challenge the week of January 27. The Great Kindness Challenge is a bullying prevention initiative that improves school climate and increases student engagement. The Cooper Elementary Student Council made the decision for the school to participate....
