As long as the Fort Dodge Community School District can increase its certified enrollment next fall, FDCSD director of financial services Brandon Hansel said the district should remain strong financially. "We captured more than we originally anticipated with our early retirement," Hansel said during a budget workshop at the FDCSD...
Four adults will find out if they are smarter than third- and fourth-graders during a Celebrity Game Show organized by students in the Fort Dodge Community School District. The game show will be held Feb. 22 in the Butler Elementary School auditorium. A meal will be served at 5:45 p.m.,...
For any of the middle school band members who might have hit a sour note Friday morning during the North Central Iowa Bandmasters Association Band Clinic at the Fort Dodge Middle School, they would not have been alone. Doug Morin, associate director of bands at Illinois State University in Normal,...
Special athletes from Fort Dodge and several other area school districts gathered Thursday at Butler Elementary School to show off their basketball shooting, dribbling and passing game skills during the Special Olympics Regional Basketball Skills competition. Nolan Slininger, 19, a senior at Fort Dodge Senior High, enjoys attending the competition....
Before fourth-graders at Duncombe Elementary School put their knowledge of books to the test Monday afternoon, they needed to have some team names picked out. Those team names included the Bookworms, Legendary Kitties, and the Unicorn Squad. Madden Bailey, 9, was proud to say he drew all of the kitties...
February 5, 2019, Fort Dodge, IA- On February 2, members of the Fort Dodge Senior High speech team attended the Iowa High School Speech Association State Large Group Speech Contest. They performed the 11 acts that qualified for State through the district competition last month. Five of the acts received...
February 4, 2019, Fort Dodge, IA- Fort Dodge Senior High submitted ten student works of art in this year’s Iowa Central Community College Triton Prairie Lakes Area High School Art Exhibition. Four FDSH students received awards for their outstanding artwork. 1st Place in Digital Arts – Jasmine Baguhn for Human-i-tea...
Madyson Alstott was a freshman at Fort Dodge Senior High when her sister Mackenzie Alstott was a senior. That was eight years ago. Now the sisters are educators in the same district they grew up in - the Fort Dodge Community School District. The two said they are working hard...
February 1, 2019, Fort Dodge, IA- Pre-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: 8:30 – 10:00 a.m., 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. or 3:30 – 5:00 p.m. The schedule is as follows: March...
Imagine getting an entire day to curl up with a cozy blanket and a pillow with a really good book to keep you company with the only interruption being someone else coming along and reading to you. For the third-grade students at Duncombe Elementary School, that was their Friday. It...
