By BRANDON L. SUMMERS The Fort Dodge Community School District is purchasing 1,000 new Chromebooks for use in district classrooms. The Lenovo N22 Chromebooks and 30 carts will be provided by Sterling Computers of North Sioux City, South Dakota, at a cost of $237,500. Jeremy Pearson, FDCSD director of technology,...
by Dr. Doug Van Zyl, Superintendent Where does the time go? It is hard to believe that we have reached the end of another school year. This was definitely a year where as a district we had a lot going on. While it was not a typical year, it was...
By BRANDON L. SUMMERS Cooper Elementary is upgrading its playground. A new piece of equipment has long needed replacing, Bruce Hartley, school principal, said. "Some of the structure wasn't as solid as it used to be, and it was getting very faded and not looking very good anymore," Hartley said....
By BRANDON L. SUMMERS As the school day ended, a celebratory atmosphere filled each Fort Dodge school building. A year of challenges met concluded with the end of the Fort Dodge Community School District's 2015-16 school year Wednesday. Three weeks before the year started, Duncombe Elementary was closed, with its...
By BRANDON L. SUMMERS The Fort Dodge Community School District approved the fourth of eight planned bid packages Monday for the new Duncombe Elementary. The latest package requests bids for footings, foundation and structural steel, and is expected to cost $1,247,100. More bid packages are expected to come, Travis Filloon,...
By BRANDON L. SUMMERS Celebration filled Dodger Stadium as 242 Fort Dodge Senior High students in scarlet red gowns had the completion of their education formally acknowledged Sunday. Doug Van Zyl, FDCSD superintendent and the students' interim principal this year, provided the welcoming remarks. "This year has been a bit...
By: Matt Elsbecker, FDSH Athletic Director Dodger pride is built from our school spirit, accomplishments and tradition. Each year we honor Dodger athletes who accomplished great things while at Fort Dodge Senior High. This year, 5 individuals will be honored at the Dodger Hall of Fame induction ceremony on June...
By BRANDON L. SUMMERS Work continues on the new Duncombe Elementary School. The Fort Dodge Community School District board Tuesday approved a site package bid for the construction project. The district received two bids, with the lowest coming from Rasch Construction Inc. of Fort Dodge at $318,842. Hennigar Construction of...
May 24, 2016, Fort Dodge, IA- Five students from the Fort Dodge Senior High School theater department will perform in a collaborative inter-school medley led by a guest Broadway music director and choreographer at the 2016 Iowa High School Musical Theater Awards Showcase. Nick Sanford, Raelinn Spears, Brayden Bell, Karisa...
By: Valerie Jergens, FDMS Assistant Principal The next few months hold a lot of change for our fourth and eighth grade students. School and families can work together to make these changes smooth. Here are a few ways we can and do work together. Through school… Our fourth grade students...
