Hoover Jazz Fest

On March 2, 2019, The Hoover Bands will host the 48th Annual Hoover JazzFest. This year 58 Central Iowa jazz bands will come to Hoover to compete, get professional comments, hear some great jazz, and get in one …

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February Reminders

ACT testing for all 11th grade students will be on Wednesday, February 20th. Only 11th grade students will report to school on this day. On Thursday, February 21st, 11th graders will stay home and only 9th, 10th and …

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Academic Decathlon Team to Compete at State

Congratulations to Hoover’s Academic Decathlon team!  They have been invited to represent us at the state Academic Decathlon competition in March.  The team placed 6th overall at last week’s regional competition at Drake, with Alice Buon Ya receiving …

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19-20 Central Campus Course Request Survey

As part of the selection process for the 2019-2020 school year, all students requesting to take a new course or program at Central Campus have received a student interest survey in their Infinite Campus Student Portal Inbox. All …

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The Inclusion Revolution: DMPS and Special Olympics

Last spring we reported on the district’s first annual Unified Sports Day, an event that is turning out to have been just the beginning of a beautiful relationship between Des Moines Public Schools and Special Olympics. Since then, …

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