After the symphonic band walked off the stage, Director Al Paulson knew his group just made history. For the first time at Fort Dodge Senior High School, the symphonic band received a Division I rating at the Iowa High School Music Association Large Group contest at the Fort Dodge Middle...
Fourth graders at Feelhaver Elementary School have spent recent weeks advocating for animals in need of forever homes. The students recently read the book "Because of Winn-Dixie," a novel by author Kate DiCamillo that follows the story of 10-year-old Opal who adopts a stray dog whom she names Winn-Dixie. After...
Lindey Krug teaches speech at Fort Dodge Senior High, and directed her first musical for her alma mater. Krug and Matt Drees (choral director) helped put together FDSH's 95th annual musical "Footloose" in April this year. After receiving awards of recognition from the Iowa High School Music Theatre Awards program,...
When Chelsea Strait saw a student chocking on food in the lunchroom at the Early Childhood Center, she jumped into action. She alerted Principal Carmen Banwart and ran to her car to get something she knew could help. Strait, assistant food service director for the Fort Dodge Community School District,...
The Fort Dodge Community School District is pleased to announce its students and employee of the month for May. This program recognizes one elementary, one middle school and one high school student, as well as one staff member monthly for exceeding expectations. Abagail Bittner is the Elementary Student of the...
For Jaden Derrig being part of the prom court is something he will never forget. Derrig and three of his Circle of Friends classmates are on Fort Dodge Senior High's prom court and will all be honored as kings and queens this morning. "I have really come to like it...
Just over two decades ago, scores of elementary school students spent one April morning neatly packing up their desks, gathering their supplies and saying one last goodbye to the classrooms that helped shape countless students over the previous century. The new - now current - Butler Elementary School building at...
Duncombe Elementary School fourth graders turned March Madness into Book Madness. Each student in the four classes at Duncombe, picked their five favorite books and when added up there were more than 170 books tallied. The top 32 books were then put into bracket format, coinciding with the men's and...
Fort Dodge Senior High School's jazz band also performed at the annual Iowa Jazz Championships competition. Led by Director Al Paulson, students Abby Meyer, Makenna Kammerer, Halley Folsom, Bo Tracy, Alijah Henry, Britta McCollum, Dennis Morgan, Aaron Amhof, Brayden Schmeider, Colton Hale, Gavin Piper, Rylie Reed, Carter Hanson, Sydney Gebers,...
Flashlight in hand, Yarie Hankinson-Avila sat in the middle of the Butler Elementary School gym as she buried her nose in a "Babysitter's Club" book while darkness enveloped her Thursday afternoon. Hankinson-Avila, 7, and the other students at the Dodger Academy after school program were joined by members of the...