The new DMPS mobile app is designed to provide up-to-date and helpful information about the school district and all schools right in the palm of your hand. Now you can connect with Madison and every school in Des Moines from anywhere and everywhere. Click the photo to learn more about the app and download to your Apple or Android smartphone.
On September 12th from 5-7pm, Madison Elementary will have their 4th Annual Boogie on the Blacktop event. Families and friends are encouraged to come to listen to local musicians, eat pizza, along with enjoying time spent with the …
Students at 35 Des Moines schools and three learning centers can now eat breakfast and lunch at no cost because of a special U.S. Dept. of Agriculture program targeting high poverty schools throughout the U.S. The move will ensure students are focused on learning and not on hunger. To see a list of schools and learn more about the program, click on the image.
The President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities today announced the expansion of the Turnaround Arts initiative. Madison Elementary School joins Cattell, Findley, Harding and Oak Park schools in this program to use the arts as a tool to improve education. Click the headline to read more about this major development for five Northside schools.
Over the summer, Madison staff and district representatives have worked hard to update many of the materials our students work with on a daily basis. The new materials include: -Student Desks -Safer Classroom locks -Playground Equipment -Interactive Whiteboards …
Students at 19 elementary schools, including Madison Elementary, will adjust their schedule by 10 minutes this fall. It’s a move that will give bus drivers much needed time to get from school to school. Click on the image to read more about how the small time change will improve student safety and save the district hundreds of thousands of dollars.
The Des Moines Public School Board recently approved boundary changes for the 2015-16 school year. Although these changes do not take place for the upcoming school year, I want you to be aware of them in case you …
Madison School finished the year in a wonderful way with a school wide Talent Show on May 27th. There were 23 student acts ranging from piano, trumpet and violin solos to gymnastics to lots of singing and dancing. …
To increase efficiency with busing, half of the elementary schools in DMPS will be starting ten minutes later and ending ten minutes later. This will mean our official school hours next year will be 8:45-3:30 starting in August. …
The school year is wrapping up and Madison kindergarteners are excited about all we have learned this year! We are working hard on our numbers and writing to get ready for first grade. We are excited that we …
