The geometry classes of Ms. Caskey, Ms. Roney, and Ms. Smith have been working on a unit that involves volume and surface area. The students in the classes have been bringing non- perishable foods to donate to the …
Hoover students have raised $650.00 to help Lilly purchase toys for children in the hospital over the holidays. Lilly is our honors patient from last springs “Pennies for Patients” fundraiser for the Leukemia/Lymphoma Foundation. She is currently in …
Students in Hoover’s Biology II course had the opportunity to visit the ISU campus a couple weeks ago. Students visited several facilities, including the DNA sequencing facility, greenhouse, Biorenewables Laboratory and a cotton genome research lab (pictured below, …
Science Bound students had the opportunity to re-think Hoover’s restrooms last Monday. In a Design Thinking challenge, students were asked to improve the restroom experience here at Hoover. They had to use the Design Thinking framework discussed earlier …
The Hoover High School band was visited on November 29 by Director Luis Luna and students Alejandro Chi Gonzales, clarinet, Maria Jose Chi Gonzales, saxophone, and Edoardo Ceballos, percussion, of the Banda Sinfónica Juvenil del Instituto de Cultura …
On November 1st, the Hoover STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) Academy hosted its first STEM Family Night at the Science Center of Iowa. Students and families were invited to enjoy the evening while browsing science center exhibits, …
Thirty-four students from Hoover and East were invited to an open house on Friday, November 2nd to tour and do lots of hands on activities in the Industrial technology department at Iowa State University. The students were introduced to …
Hoover seniors apply for college as part of Iowa College Application Week. Throughout the next week, Hoover staff, admissions representatives from Iowa colleges, and staff from Iowa College Student Aid Commission will assist Hoover seniors as they apply …
Hoover High School and Des Moines Public Schools were well represented at the annual Outstanding Iowa Teachers Recognition event. Our own Amber Davison, a U.S. and World History teacher here at Hoover, was honored for being a finalist for the Iowa Preserve America History Teacher of the Year award.
Hoover’s Social Science Government classes recently did a mock trial over two recent Supreme Court cases. As part of our unit on policymaking institutions students researched the cases and were assigned roles of either a judge, lawyer or …
