May 1, 2019, Fort Dodge, IA- The Fort Dodge Community School District is pleased to announce its students and employees of the month for May. This program recognizes one elementary, one middle school and one high school student, as well as one staff member monthly for exceeding expectations. Cal Pederson...
April 30, 2019, Fort Dodge, IA- Fort Dodge Senior High students recently participated in the FCCLA (Family, Career and Community Leaders of America) State Leadership Conference in Des Moines. Students presented STAR (Students Taking Action with Recognition) projects. STAR projects are competitive events where members are recognized for proficiency and...
April 30, 2019, Fort Dodge, IA- Fort Dodge Senior High students competed at the State SkillsUSA competition at DMACC in Ankeny on April 25-26 bringing home eight medals. Nineteen FDSH students competed in Team Works, Culinary, Technical Drafting, Automated Manufacturing, Restaurant Service, Auto Collision Repair, and Robotics Urban Search and...
Lilly Johnson's experience at the State Invent Iowa convention left her feeling optimistic about what kids can accomplish. "I learned that if you have good ideas, just because you're a kid, doesn't mean you can't make it happen," Johnson, a 12-year-old seventh-grader, said. Johnson was chosen to participate in the...
Fort Dodge Senior High is hard at work to present its 92nd annual musical, “Big Fish,” which is based on Daniel Wallace’s 1998 novel “Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions” and the 2003 film “Big Fish.” “‘Big Fish’ is a story with two major themes,” Director/choreographer Mary Jo Laupp...
April 22, 2019, Fort Dodge, IA- On April 17, 28 Fort Dodge Senior High students participated in the CIML Conference Art Show. Students from Fort Dodge Senior High, Ames, Mason City and Marshalltown participated in the show. Each school submitted up to 35 works of art. Upon arrival, the students...
There's a garden full of small lettuce plants growing in the Fort Dodge Middle School in the glow of some very bright LED lighting. In that garden, there isn't a single bit of soil. Not one single grain. Chef Nick Sells, with Taher Inc., which handles food service for the...
Jayden Stanley, 11, a fourth-grader at Cooper Elementary School, and his brother, Landen Stanley, 9, a second-grader at the same school, got their own cheering squad Thursday morning at the Special Olympics Track and Field Day in Dodger Stadium. Each of their classes walked over from the nearby school with...
An organization of Fort Dodge Senior High School graduates made it possible for author Lisa Owens to visit local schools this week. The Fort Dodge High School Alumni Association paid the expenses for the writer's visit. The group arranges for an author to visit the elementary schools every year. The...
Children's book author Lisa Owens has a pretty impressive catalog of titles to her credit. She shared that number with the students at Butler Elementary School Wednesday during a daylong author's visit to teach the them about writing, being an author and what it's like to work in a home...
