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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Hoover NBA 2K Tournament

Hoover High School held a NBA 2k video game tournament on March 30, 2016. Fourteen students went to battle for school bragging rights. Eleventh grader, Nick Crawford, a great competitor rose as the champion after four straight wins. The event was …

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Hoover’s Henderson: Coach of the Year

Congratulations to Hoover High School’s Courtney Henderson on being named The Des Moines Register 2016 boys’ basketball coach of the year! Henderson and the Huskies went 12-0 in the CIML Metro conference, and qualified for their third state tournament appearance during his seven seasons as coach. Click on the headline to read the Register’s story with more on the coach, the team and their season.

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International Focus at Hoover, Meredith

From its annual diversity assembly to the International Baccalaureate expo, the campus of Hoover High School and Meredith Middle School celebrated global students and global education on Thursday. Click on the image to read and see more of how the two schools mark their pride in students from around the world and the impact of a world-class education.

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Hoover Students Receive IHSSA Honor

Congratulations to Hoover Drama’s Emma Burriola and Alex Colby for being selected to perform at the IHSSA All-State Festival on Monday, April 4th at the University of Northern Iowa.  Emma was selected for her acting performance and Alex …

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Students Travel to Costa Rica

The best education you will ever get is traveling. Nothing teaches you more than exploring the world and accumulating experiences. Over spring break, Hoover teacher, Fabian Ruiz Angeles, had the opportunity of traveling to Costa Rica with a …

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HOOVER ACADEMIC DECATHLON COMPETES AT STATE

Last weekend, Hoover’s Academic Decathlon team participated at the State AcDec competition in Spirit Lake, Iowa.  Along with 23 other teams from around the state, Hoover’s team took part in ten different events, including:  essay writing, speech, interview, …

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