February 4, 2020, Fort Dodge, IA- Cooper Elementary students participated in the Great Kindness Challenge the week of January 27. The Great Kindness Challenge is a bullying prevention initiative that improves school climate and increases student engagement. The Cooper Elementary Student Council made the decision for the school to participate....
February 2, 2020, Fort Dodge, IA- The Fort Dodge Community School District is pleased to announce its students and employees of the month for February. This program recognizes one elementary, one middle school and one high school student, as well as one staff member monthly for exceeding expectations. Mason Zuspann...
January 27, 2020, Fort Dodge, IA- Fort Dodge Senior High students prepared 14 entries for the Iowa High School Speech Association District Large Group Speech Contest. Twelve Fort Dodge Senior High speech groups received Division I ratings and will move on to the State Large Group Speech Contest on February...
Diane Pratt spent the last 20 years of her teaching career dedicated to educating gifted learners in the Fort Dodge Community School District. In recognition of her years of dedication to gifted learners, the University of Iowa's Belin-Blank International Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development presented Pratt with the...
The students attending the annual Dodger Academy Read By Flashlight Thursday afternoon had their choice of three different levels of illumination. There was the library with dimmed lights, the cafeteria with bright lights and the gym, completely dark. One of those, with a nod to a certain story with three...
A new calendar and school day schedule for the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 school years were approved by the Fort Dodge Community School District Board of Education on Monday night. Superintendent Dr. Jesse Ulrich told the board that his least favorite thing his job requires is the calendar. "The reason is...
More than six decades after leaving school and enlisting in the U.S. Navy, Thomas Filloon received an honorary diploma from the Fort Dodge Community School District Board of Education on Monday night. Filloon would have graduated with the Fort Dodge Senior High class of 1956, but instead decided he...
The students attending the annual Dodger Academy Read By Flashlight Thursday afternoon had their choice of three different levels of illumination. There was the library with dimmed lights, the cafeteria with bright lights and the gym, completely dark. One of those, with a nod to a certain story with three...
January 3, 2020, Fort Dodge, IA- Fourteen Fort Dodge Senior High students were selected for the 2020 North Central Iowa Bandmasters Honor Band. The Honor Band performs Saturday, January 11, at the North Iowa Area Central Community College Auditorium at 5 p.m. Admission is $3 for adults and $2 for...
December 30, 2019, Fort Dodge, IA- The Fort Dodge Community School District is pleased to announce its students and employees of the month for January. This program recognizes one elementary, one middle school and one high school student, as well as one staff member monthly for exceeding expectations. Ethan Tjalsma...
