Education

FD schools to open TK, kindergarten pre-registration

Transitional kindergarten (TK) and kindergarten pre-registration for the 2021-22 school year opens March 15 at the Fort Dodge Community School District. To be eligible to attend TK or kindergarten in the fall of 2021, children must be 5 years old by Sept. 15, 2021. Space is limited for TK. TK pre-registrations will be taken on a first-come, first-serve basis with a waiting list once the sections are full. Parents/guardians may pre-register their child for TK or kindergarten at the FDCSD Central Office, 109 N. 25th St., beginning March 15. Office hours are 8 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Monday ...

What Seniors Are Saying

1. What programs and activities do you participate in? I participate in volleyball, basketball, and track. I also participate in DECA and TRIO. 2. What academic accomplishment are you most proud of? Maintaining above a 3.5 grade-point average all four years of high school. 3. ...

FDSH Large Group Speech performs at state

On Feb. 6, members of the Fort Dodge Senior High speech team participated in the Iowa High School Speech Association State Large Group Speech Contest. They performed the 14 acts that qualified for state through the district competition last month. Thirteen of the acts received Division I ratings (11 with straight I ratings) with four selected for All State and one group received a Division II rating. Division I ratings (*indicates All-State, + indicates a straight I rating) • Varsity Choral Reading — The Lorax, Isabel Beekman, Nathan Beekman, Brayden Schmieder, Hannah Brummond ...

FDCSD 7th-12th grade athletic physicals March 4

Athletic physicals for current 7th-12th-grade students will be offered from 5:15–6 p.m. Thursday at Fort Dodge Senior High. The cost is $15. Masks will be required for all students at all times unless specifically asked by a healthcare provider to remove it during the physical. All 7th-12th grade Dodger student athletes are encouraged to attend. A sports physical needs to be current and on file in the nurse’s office prior to the first day of practice of the athlete’s sport season. Physicals must stay current through the end of the athlete’s sport season. This includes ...

Selected for All-State

Students in the Arts recognizes winter term students

As part of the Students in the Arts program, K-12 students from Fort Dodge public schools, St. Edmond Catholic School and Community Christian School have been recognized for excellence by their instructors for the winter term in the performing and visual arts programs. elementary art and music St. Edmond Catholic School Art: Hank Flattery, Haylee McLaren, Brady Temple, Emily Otto, Logan Hanson. Music: Gemma Gubbels, Kylie McGonegle, Mikaila Tran, Dylan Eslick, Julio Galvan. Butler Elementary School Art: Ava Anderson, Janessa Williams, Calli Bird, Brenley Wertz, Dillan ...