The Madison Battle of the Books team finished in first place at the regional Battle of the Books competition held on Thursday, March 27th at Harding Middle School. Team members Brianna Cobb, Nick Goergen, Ewonugbome Ibaakee, Sara Perdue, …
Between now and April 11, DMPS students in grades 3 through 11 will be taking the Iowa Assessments (formerly known as the ITBS or ITED). Measuring academic achievement with the Iowa Assessments provides information to help our students …
During the month of March, Madison students worked on the skills to be “up-standers” during classroom counseling time. Up-standers are those who stand up for themselves and others in difficult situations. One of the most important aspects of …
Madison Elementary School’s Amy Irwin won the Rotary Club of Des Moines’ 2014 Educator of the Year award! The award recognizes her dedication, devotion and value to our community. To read more about this huge honor, click on the headline.
PTO NEWS Over the course of the last two school years, PTO has been saving funds from the various fundraisers. We are currently looking at using these funds to purchase a classroom set of laptops for K-3 classrooms …
It’s not too late to make sure your child is ready to begin Kindergarten for the 2014-2015 school year. The sign-up process for Kindergarten began in March. Please read the information below to find out where to sign-up …
What a busy time of the year for fifth graders! They have all been busy working to prepare for 6th grade. We finished our fraction unit and have almost completed our decimal unit. The students have really started …
More than 400 voices from Cattell, Findley, Harding, Madison, North and Oak Park schools took part in last night’s 2nd annual Northside Night Vocal Music Concert. The big concert was matched by big news that all schools feeding into North will now take part in the federal Turnaround Arts program. Click the photo for more about Northside night.
Madison Elementary had their 2014 Annual Spelling Bee on Tuesday, March 4th at 6 p.m. in the gymnasium. The top 5 spellers from both fourth grade and both fifth grade classes had been chosen and the students have …
