2016 DMPS World Languages Festival

Please join us to celebrate the language and cultural learning of the DMPS World Languages Program.  The festival will be held this Saturday, April 30, from 11am to 1pm in the Hoover-Meredith TLC (library).  Hands-on demonstrations and other …

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Hoover High Presents “The Great Gatsby”

Hoover High School presents F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic “The Great Gatsby.” Performances are Thursday, April 21, Friday, April 22 and Saturday, April 23 at 7:00 PM in the school’s Denis Hildreth Auditorium. Tickets are $7 for adults, $5 for …

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Students Present at Drake

Scientific Research students presented at the 13th annual Drake University Conference on Undergraduate Research in the Sciences (DUCURS), hosted by the Drake Undergraduate Science Collaborative Institute (DUSCI) on Thursday, April 14th. Students have been involved during their senior year of high school …

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Sisters for Success Serve

Hoover High School Sisters for Success volunteers in partnership with Corinthian Baptist Church, Mission Ministry, Des Moines, Iowa provided and served 120 lunches to the homeless and low income individuals and families at the Connection Café located at …

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Hoover Quartet to Join Touring Beatles Musical

Hoover High School students Morgan Meyer, Hannah Prideaux, Heath Neal and Joseph Lynch have been asked to play on stage with the traveling Beatles musical, “In My Life – A Musical Theatre Tribute to the Beatles” for their performance at the Stephen …

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April 19: ACT Day at Des Moines Public Schools

ACT Day: it’s an annual tradition at Des Moines Public Schools as the day when hundreds of high school juniors take – free of charge – the ACT college entrance exam. This year that day falls on Tuesday, April 19. DMPS was the first school district in Iowa to offer the ACT to all juniors. A reminder that there are no classes on April 19 for students in grades 9, 10 and 12. Click on the headline for more.

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Students Attend Youth Symposium

Hoover students Brigid Toothman, Jaythan Brooks, Nyokota Ding, Nick Lockin, Gloriose Habonimana and Seherzada Salkanovic represented Hoover at the Youth Symposium held at the Science Center of Iowa on Tuesday, March 29th. The RACE: Youth Symposium experience, sponsored …

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