December 3, 2018, Fort Dodge, IA- The Fort Dodge Community School District is pleased to announce its students and employees of the month for December. This program recognizes one elementary, one middle school and one high school student, as well as one staff member monthly for exceeding expectations. Rosewhite (Rosa)...
There was a lot of huffing, puffing and blowing down of houses Friday afternoon on the stage at Duncombe Elementary School. All set to music. "I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house down." the first-graders sang as they presented ''The Three Piggy Opera'' to family members in...
Students at Fort Dodge Senior High who enjoy using tools to build projects will have a new club to belong to. The Fort Dodge Community School District board approved the establishment of the Dodger Manufacturing club at its meeting Monday night. Andy Kavanaugh, the school's manufacturing and welding instructor, will...
When the students at Fort Dodge Senior High return from their break after the Thanksgiving holiday they'll be welcomed into the newly remodeled library. Teacher/librarian Jen Cole said they only have to wait a few more days. "It'll be ready Monday." she said. "They're going to come back from break...
November 20, 2018, Fort Dodge, IA- The Fort Dodge Community School District announces its 7-12 grade winter concert series. All performances will take place at the Fort Dodge Middle School auditorium and are open to the public. December 3: 7-8 Grade Band Winter Concert at 7 p.m. Admission is $1...
Mellie, an 8-year-old golden Lab therapy dog starting her first year at the Fort Dodge Middle School, knows exactly who’s a good dog. Mellie’s a good dog. Her human, eighth-grade social studies teacher Glenda Paulson, thinks so too, and said that Mellie can do something that sometimes the humans can’t....
November 16, 2018, Fort Dodge, IA- Preschool pre-registration for the 2019-20 school year opens December 3 at the Fort Dodge Community School District. To be eligible to attend preschool in the fall of 2019, children must be four years old by September 15, 2019. Preschool hours are 8 a.m. to...
Car’Mari Mosley-Young was all smiles as she tried on her new pair of glasses for the first time Monday. “Are they too loose? Are they slipping down?” Optician James Adams asked as he helped adjust the new frames to fit, in the library at Butler Elementary School Monday morning. Mosley-Young...
While Linda Senter enjoys a spectacular view of Fort Dodge and the surrounding area from her apartment high in the Heartland Senior Living building on Central Avenue, there’s something that’s also a constant — the wind whistling around outside. That constant wind can still find its way inside through the...
K-12 students have been recognized for excellence by their instructor for the fall term in the performing and visual arts programs. Butler Elementary Art: Ashlynn Kinseth, Maddy Potts, Maurice Rather, Charlotte Breeser, Ivy Laird Music: Eva Johnson, Nolan Lawler, Armondez Mosley-Clark, Ronan Gifford, Ky'Mariana Mosley Cooper Elementary Art: Emerie Horn,...