November 21, 2019, Fort Dodge, IA- Six seventh and eighth grade students from Fort Dodge Middle School were selected for the 2019 North Central Iowa Bandmasters Association (NCIBA) Honor Band. The NCIBA Honor Band performed Saturday, November 16, in Algona. The students spent the day rehearsing with band students from...
A new program started at Fort Dodge Senior High School this fall aims to help students graduate and transition into a career field following high school. Iowa/Illinois Jobs for America’s Graduates, or iJAG, is a statewide comprehensive drop-out prevention and school-to-work transition program established in 1999. This is the first...
November 20, 2019, Fort Dodge, IA- Fort Dodge Senior High held Academic Letter Award Night on Tuesday, November 19, to recognize students for outstanding academic achievement. The program recognizes students who have earned a 3.5 or higher grade point average for three consecutive semesters. The first time students achieve this...
Some teachers at Fort Dodge Senior High School have responded to a challenge to see who can grow the most impressive beard and collect the most food items during No Shave November. The idea started with TAG and journalism teacher John McBride, who was having a conversation with Erik Hoveland,...
Some of the students at Riverside Early Learning Center got new teachers Wednesday afternoon. At least for a little while. The new instructors were Fort Dodge Senior High School students, all members of the Iowa Central Tech and Theories Coaching Class, along with their own teacher, Andi Adams. “They’ve been...
Name? Peggy Larson and Kirstie Ron Where do you teach? Duncombe Elementary What grade/subject do you teach? First grade co-taught classroom Why do you teach? We get to make a difference in the lives of kids. Teaching provides us with the opportunity to interact and educate students, develop relationships with...
The Fort Dodge Community School District Board of Education was informed of a district policy change regarding lock outs on Monday evening. The School Improvement Advisory Committee, led by Steph Anderson and Kirsten Doebel, the directors of elementary and secondary education for the district, met last week and discussed a...
When Kristin Kuhlman died following two liver transplants to treat hepatopulmonary syndrome in June 2017, her parents, Roxanne and Randy Kuhlman, didn’t want her memory to fade. Kristin Kuhlman was a 2011 graduate of Fort Dodge Senior High and a 2015 graduate of Iowa Central Community College, where she studied...
For handicapped students like Zane Gall, recess at Cooper Elementary School just got a lot more fun. That’s because an ADA combination swingset has been installed on the school’s playground. On Friday, Gall, 5, a kindergarten student, was all smiles as he sat in the red Jennswing seat, which is...
Oct. 24, 1967, was one of the worst day’s of Kenneth Tuel’s life. The Fort Dodge veteran was injured while serving as the crew chief on a Huey helicopter in Vietnam. The craft’s tail got hit by a North Vietnamese Army mortar while it was hovering. The crew was off...
