While much of the world has its eye on Beijing for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, plenty of friends and family had theirs on the basketball court at Butler Elementary School for Special Olympics' North Central Area Basketball on Thursday. More than 60 athletes from area schools like Fort Dodge,...
Sign up is taking place now for Kindergarten Roundup at the Fort Dodge Community School District. Kindergarten Roundup will be held on Monday, March 7, at the Early Childhood Center. Three sessions will be offered and families can choose the session (spots are limited) that works best for them. Families...
On February 5, members of the Fort Dodge Senior High speech team participated in 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. Seven of the acts received Division I ratings with three...
The Early Childhood Center was filled with centenarians on Thursday. The tiny senior citizens were actually kindergarten and preschool students dressed up as their vision of a 100-year-old person to celebrate the 100th day of school. All day, the celebration of the 100th day of school was embedded in the...
The Fort Dodge Community School District is pleased to announce its students and employee of the month for February. This program recognizes one elementary, one middle school and one high school student, as well as one staff member monthly for exceeding expectations. Azarion Preston-Grady is the Elementary Student of the...
Fort Dodge Senior High held an Academic Award Night on Monday, January 31, to recognize students for outstanding academic achievement. The Academic Letter program recognizes students who have earned a 3.5 or higher grade point average for two consecutive terms. The first time students achieve this accomplishment they receive the...
Fort Dodge Senior High students prepared 20 entries for the Iowa High School Speech Association District Large Group Speech Contest. Twelve Fort Dodge Senior High speech groups received Division I ratings and will move on to the State Large Group Speech Contest on February 5. Varsity Division I Ratings: Ensemble...
Fort Dodge Senior High will host the annual Eighth Grade Night in the main gym on Tuesday, February 8, beginning at 6 p.m. Current eighth grade students who are interested in or planning to attend FDSH and their parents are encouraged to attend. This event will help provide students and...
Rubber ducks were quite valuable in the world of robotics on Saturday. They were used to score points during the high school robotics league championships at Fort Dodge Senior High on Saturday. "Lots of ducks scored," the announcer could be heard saying during a match. "That's going to be a...
When the students at Cooper Elementary School returned to school after winter break, they didn't actually return to the school building that they left in December. Cooper Elementary has temporarily relocated across town to the former Riverside Elementary School, 733 F St., for the remainder of the school year while...
