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...
It was a night of big fun for education during the Fort Dodge Community Schools (FDCS) Foundation Annual Fundraiser, “Go Big, Go Dodgers.” Nearly 400 people attended the event held Fri., April 5th at the Fort Frenzy Cardiff Center. Ticket sales, sponsorships, auction items and other donations totaled more than...
Transitional Kindergarten (TK) Open House will take place at Riverside Early Learning Center May 3. This event is for parents/guardians who have a child ready to enter school in the fall (child must be 5 years of age by Sept. 15, 2019) and have either chosen TK for their child...
Kate Maggio got pretty excited Friday afternoon when the announcer spilled the beans during the Fort Dodge Senior High Circle of Friends Prom Coronation about who her date for tonight’s prom will be. For the record, it’s her fellow prom court member Nolan Slininger. They were both dressed to the...
