MARY BAUM PEARSON Where do you teach? Duncombe Elementary and the Early Childhood Center What grade/ subject do you teach? TK–4 Grade Music Why do you teach? I actually started college with a different major in mind. My mom and dad were both music instructors and I think I ...
1. What programs and activities do you participate in? I participate in softball, swimming, basketball, National Honor Society, and I am a Student Ambassador and an executive member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. 2. What academic accomplishment are you most proud of? I am ...
Eight individual performances from Fort Dodge Senior High’s Fort Dodge Senior High’s speech team were selected for All State Speech honors. This is the highest honor a speech participant can receive. Representing FDSH as All State participants are: • Malaney Butrick in Literary Program with “In a Barbie World.” • Amelia Rake in Spontaneous Speaking. • Valeria Cazares in Original Oratory with “Death Has a Grip.” • Bo Tracy in Poetry with “When We Die We Go to Chocolate.” • Katie Dawson in Radio News. • Dennis Morgan in Improvisation. • Sol ...
Former Fort Dodge Police Department sergeant Evan Thompson will be one of 17 graduates of the Iowa Department of Public Safety’s 46th Basic Academy on Friday. For the past 10 weeks, Thompson and the other recruits completed courses on laws of arrest, search and seizure, defensive tactics, arrest techniques, precision driving, firearms, emergency management services, criminal law, human relations, physical fitness, human trafficking, motor vehicle law and several other courses in law enforcement. The graduation ceremony will be Friday in Johnston. Iowa DPS Commissioner Stephan K. ...
Fort Dodge Senior High students prepared 38 entries for the Iowa High School Speech Association State Individual Speech Contest held March 12. These students qualified for state by receiving Division I ratings at the district level competition last month. Twenty-eight Fort Dodge Senior High performers received Division I ratings at State (* denotes All State Festival selection): • David Vraj – Public Address – “People, Your Government Has Been Returned to You” • *Malaney Butrick – Literary Program – “In a Barbie World” • Mikeal Campbell – Solo Musical ...
For the second year, Duncombe Elementary students had the opportunity to participate in the “Duncombe Dream” speech contest as part of the school’s Black History Month celebration. The students used Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech as inspiration to share what they dream about for their school and community. “The contest is a great way for us, as adults in the building, to explore what our kids are dreaming about,” said Ryan Flaherty, principal. “It’s also a good exercise for students to practice their writing and public speaking skills.” ...
