Serving a diverse student population is a constant challenge, but also a source of pride for the Fort Dodge Community School District, according to Superintendent Jesse Ulrich. "We continue to strive and take pride in the fact that we are serving a very diverse population of students that is high...
Picking up a couple of plastic cubes and balls and putting them down a few feet away doesn’t seem like a particularly difficult task. It isn’t — for a person. They don’t have to think about the complex series of motions, decisions and judgments. They just do it. Getting a...
Half the gym at Butler Elementary School was enveloped in darkness Thursday night. In a small pool of light cast by her cell phone, second-grade teacher Alissa Martin sat with third-grade student Milynne Umsted, 8, against one of the walls. Umsted read a book out loud. Martin held the phone,...
When Jesse Ulrich was an elementary student in West Bend, his lunch ticket was a different color than most. “My lunch ticket was a different color because I was free and reduced,” Ulrich, the Fort Dodge Community School District superintendent said Monday night during a community celebration of Martin Luther...
January 15, 2019, Fort Dodge, IA- A boy named Auggie is inspiring third grade students in Madyson Alstott’s classroom at Feelhaver Elementary to complete acts of kindness. Auggie, the main character in the book “Wonder” by R.J. Palacio, is a boy whose severe facial disfiguration has prevented him from attending...
Part of Lavonne Anderson’s job as a food service worker at Cooper Elementary School is writing the day’s dishes on the menu board by the kitchen. On Thursday, someone put her on the menu. Not to have for lunch, but rather to celebrate at lunch. “Happy Birthday Lavonne,” it read...
January 8, 2019, Fort Dodge, IA- Fort Dodge Senior High students are getting hands-on experience to help them determine their futures. The “high school helpers” as they are known, spend time in classrooms at preschools and elementary schools to help them figure out if education is a career they want...
So how do you make a tall snowman without any snow? You improvise, adapt and overcome and, instead, build it out of marshmallows. At least that's what the prekindergarten students in Linda Fortune's class at Riverside Early Learning Center did during a Science, Technology, Engineering and Math session Wednesday morning....
Yes, the library at the Fort Dodge Senior High School still has books. In fact, it has more books than it did before the recent remodeling that was completed in November thanks to a partnership with the Fort Dodge Public Library. There’s also a whole new way to learn about...
January 8, 2019, Fort Dodge, IA- The Fort Dodge Community School District is pleased to announce Ryan Flaherty as the principal at Duncombe Elementary beginning with the 2019 school year. Current principal, Pat Reding, is retiring at the end of this school year. “Mr. Flaherty brings a wealth of knowledge...
