Nearly 50 years after he left Fort Dodge Senior High to enlist in the Marine Corps, Fort Dodge native Rick Ishmael has finally received his high school diploma. Ishmael drove up from his home near Kansas City, Missouri, on Monday to attend the Fort Dodge Community School District Board of...
The BRIDGES mentorship program through Fort Dodge Community School District is looking for community members to volunteer to mentor students. BRIDGES was established by Corey Moody in 1994 to promote the “total well-being” of the district’s students. The program serves students from kindergarten through 12th grade, said Moody, who is...
The Fort Dodge Community Schools (FDCS) Foundation recently hired Jodi Martin as their new Foundation Director. She will bring her experience as Foundation Director at Greene County Medical Center and Director of Online Programs at Iowa Central Community College to the FDCS Foundation, where she will focus on a broad...
"It's going to be a great day," Fort Dodge Middle School Principal Aaron Davidson told students as he passed them in the halls Tuesday morning. "It's going to be awesome." Tuesday was the first day of the new school year for the Fort Dodge Community School District, and it was...
The Fort Dodge Community School District Board of Education approved the district's new emergency operations plan during its meeting Monday night. The EOP is part of a new state requirement signed into law by Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds in April 2018. It requires school boards and authorities in charge of...
Fort Dodge Community: I love the first day of school! As a superintendent, this is by far my favorite day. Everyone is happy. Parents are happy, teachers and staff are happy, and even students (though they will not admit it) are happy. There is something undeniably special about the start...
August 19, 2019, Fort Dodge, IA- Elementary students throughout the Fort Dodge Community School District will experience a renewed focus on literacy and math instruction this year. Recently, the Iowa Department of Education changed the literacy and math standards for elementary schools. To meet these new requirements, elementary students receive...
August 19, 2019, Fort Dodge, IA- The new school year is just around the corner with classes beginning on August 27. To assist students in starting the new year, open houses, orientations and welcome conferences have been scheduled throughout the Fort Dodge Community School District. A preschool open house will...
August 8, 2019, Fort Dodge, IA- The Fort Dodge Community School District invites the community to a Fall Sports Pep Rally August 22nd at Dodger Stadium. Admission is a bottle of sports drink per person. Members of the FDSH football, volleyball, cross country, boys golf, girls swimming, and dance teams...
The medley the Fort Dodge Senior High marching band will be playing and marching to this year should have a familiar ring for the older members in the audience. Some of the students playing it, maybe not so much. "It's all Elvis," Band Director Al Paulson said Wednesday while the...
