Fort Dodge Community School District

On Saturday, Oct 23, two Butler Elementary athletes completed in the State Special Olympics tournament in Waterloo. Finn Murphy brought a gold medal home while Ivory Wilkins earned a silver medal! Way to go, Dodgers! 🔴⚫ #proud2bFD

The Early Childhood Center families have been spreading gratitude and love! 💕 Families were invited to share what they’re thankful for about our amazing ECC staff, and the response has been incredible! Now, the doors throughout the ECC are covered with heartfelt messages celebrating the wonderful work our staff does every day. #proud2bFD

​Class of 2025 - The FAFSA application is now open! FDSH is offering assistance to seniors and their families throughout the process. Please check your email or IC inbox for details and sign up for one of the dates below!

Congratulations to our November Students and Staff of the Month! 🔴⚫ Everly Burns - Feelhaver Elementary Camilo Villanueva - Fort Dodge Middle School Conrad Greathouse and Madden Bailey - Fort Dodge Senior High Curtis Bell - Early Childhood Center Read more about the honorees here: https://www.fdschools.org/news 🔴⚫ #proud2bFD

2025-26 Preschool Registration begins in person at Central Office on December 6! Central Office will open at 7am on December 6. See below for all required information to complete registration. 🔴⚫ #proud2bFD

FDCSD Central Office will be closed on Thursday, Nov 28 and Friday, Nov 29 in observance of Thanksgiving. Central Office will reopen on Monday, Dec 2 at 8am. #proud2bFD

🔴⚫ Reminder 🔴⚫ No School Wednesday, November 27 - Friday, November 29 for the Thanksgiving holiday #proud2bFD

Congratulations to our Student of the Week! 🔴⚫ Solomon Hinds is a 3rd grade student at Cooper Elementary Solomon is such a kind, funny and caring human. He comes to school ready to learn with a smile everyday. Solomon is the first to comfort struggling friends and is a problem solver when conflicts arise. Way to go Sol!

Congratulations to the Butler Elementary School students awarded with the Butler Good Character Award for modeling Gratitude at School! 🔴⚫ #proud2bFD

The 3rd Grade pod at Duncombe Elementary hosted a family engagement event as they finished their unit on the sea. Students have been studying the sea through the lens of an artist and scientist. They have been able to look at different pieces of art and learn how artists would depict the sea through their own experiences. They also were able to learn about why and how explorers study the sea and sea creatures. They have used informational texts, research reading, and the studying of a variety of pieces of artwork to build their knowledge. Not only have the students become experts on the sea and what researchers find in the sea when they explore, but they have also learned how to ask curious questions and use the skills of notice and wonder. #proud2bFD

As a special treat, and a way to show gratitude to their Friendship Haven friends, Ms. Rasmussen's class created a dump bowl - each student brought a snack and it was combined in a large bowl, creating a snack mix - to share during their weekly visit. #proud2bFD

Duncombe Elementary 5th grade students are learning about the Nez Perce culture. As part of this, they created posters to display the different aspects of the Nez Perce homeland, in the style of David Hockney. #proud2bFD

🔴⚫ Reminder 🔴⚫ No School Wednesday, November 27 - Friday, November 29 for the Thanksgiving holiday #proud2bFD

Last year, Ms. Drees, Nurse Williams, and Ms. O'Leary became certified American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS) instructors. Thanks to a generous grant from the Fort Dodge Community Schools Foundation, they were able to purchase 14 adult, 2 child, and 2 infant Manikins, along with 12 AED trainers. All of the Manikins and AED trainers are Bluetooth compatible, which gives instant feedback on hand placement, depth, recoil, rate of compression, and ventilation. The Bluetooth compatible AEDs allow the instructors to modify the scenarios from a smart device. Over the last few weeks all of the students in Basic Athletic Training and Ms. Pratt's Medical Procedures class went through CPR training. Another set of students signed up for an evening class. Overall, 40 students were trained in BLS and 24 of those students chose to go through with testing and are now AHA BLS certified. #proud2bFD

The FDSH Child Development 2 class had been working as High School Helpers in the Early Childhood Center during last trimester. Thursday last week was their final day and they made this thank you banner to place in the ECC. The students loved their experiences working with our district's youngest students and learned valuable skills also in the classroom. #proud2bFD

We have BIG news!🚨 Mark your calendars! 🚨 Preschool registration for the 2025-2026 school year will open on December 6! Registration is in-person at the Central Office. Spots are limited and are filled on a first come, first served basis. 🔴⚫Central office will open at 7:00 a.m. on December 6.🔴⚫ See below for all required information when registering your student. #proud2bFD

Duncombe Elementary has student Attendance Monitors tracking classroom attendance on a daily basis. Ms. Kahler's class won the 1st quarter attendance celebration with an average of 97% attendance! The class voted to bring snacks and drinks to help celebrate during their reward - a Game Party! Way to go, Dodgers! 🔴⚫ #proud2bFD

Kindergarten students at Early Childhood Center have been practicing their counting skills and comparing groups within 10. They have also been writing their numbers to represent 'how many' of something and answering 'how many' of something. To give them another opportunity to practice these skills, some students had a pizza party! They filled out papers to create their recipe by choosing how many of each topping they wanted. Then, students made their own pizza with toppings such as pepperoni, peppers, pineapple, and sausage.

Students in Mrs. Moser & Mr. Read’s biology classes participated in an exercise lab to learn about gas exchange in the cardiovascular system. Students got to choose a type of exercise and measured heart and respiration rates to explain how the human body regulates oxygen and carbon dioxide levels in the blood. #proud2bFD

Congratulations to our Student of the Week! Jacksen is in 6th grade at Fort Dodge Middle School 🔴⚫ Jacksen is always kind and caring to his peers and adults. He is willing to help out anyone. He is someone who has a positive attitude and a smile on his face that puts everyone in a better mood. Jacksen is also very responsible, cares about his grades and learning. He can be trusted! What a great member of 6 Gold. #proud2bFD