educational opportunities available at DMPS. at available opportunities educational

Visit dmschools.org to learn more about these and other great great other and these about more learn to dmschools.org Visit

heart of the business district of Iowa’s capital city. capital Iowa’s of district business the of heart

Two schools – Downtown School and Walnut Street School – located in the the in located – School Street Walnut and School Downtown – schools Two •

fashion design to aviation technology and marine biology. marine and technology aviation to design fashion

A Career & Technical Institute providing everything from culinary arts and and arts culinary from everything providing Institute Technical & Career A •

Iowa’s only public Montessori program at Cowles Montessori School. Montessori Cowles at program Montessori public only Iowa’s •

schools. magnet Diploma IB and AP best country’s the of one Academy, Central •

Iowa School Counselor Association Counselor School Iowa

of the Year the of throughout the district. the throughout

Counselor School Elementary 2014 Government Finance Officers Association Officers Finance Government Ten International Baccalaureate schools educating more than 5,300 students students 5,300 than more educating schools Baccalaureate International Ten •

Certificate of Achievement Recipient Achievement of Certificate

schools ranked on the Iowa AP Index. AP Iowa the on ranked schools

Washington Post Post Washington

The most Advanced Placement course offerings in the state, with five high high five with state, the in offerings course Placement Advanced most The •

Roosevelt International International

Nation’s Top College-Prep High Schools – – Schools High College-Prep Top Nation’s Association of School Business Officials Officials Business School of Association

find inside our classrooms: our inside find Certificate of Excellence Award Excellence of Certificate

Gifted Education Gifted As you use this map to find your way around DMPS, here’s an overview of what you will will you what of overview an here’s DMPS, around way your find to map this use you As

University of Iowa’s Belin-Blank Center for for Center Belin-Blank Iowa’s of University Association Association

Top 50 Index 50 Top Relations Public School National the most diverse educational programs. educational diverse most the

AP Iowa the on Schools High Five Award of Excellence Winner Excellence of Award education, serving the state’s most diverse student body AND offering offering AND body student diverse most state’s the serving education,

Des Moines Public Schools is proud to be Iowa’s largest provider of public public of provider largest Iowa’s be to proud is Schools Public Moines Des

Mathematics and Science Teaching Science and Mathematics U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Protection Environmental U.S.

Presidential Award for Excellence in in Excellence for Award Presidential of the Year the of

Eleven National Award Winners Award National Eleven Partner STAR ENERGY Four-Time

Iowa Association of Alternative Education Alternative of Association Iowa U.S. Department of Education of Department U.S.

– Randy Botkin, Scavo High School High Scavo Botkin, Randy – Campus Central

2015 Iowa Alternative Educator of the Year Year the of Educator Alternative Iowa 2015 – School Ribbon Green 2012

Iowa Department of Education Education of Department Iowa U.S. Department of Education of Department U.S.

Clemencia Spizzirri, Merrill Middle School Middle Merrill Spizzirri, Clemencia 2013 Green Ribbon District – DMPS – District Ribbon Green 2013

– Year the of Teacher Iowa 2015

Art Educators of Iowa Iowa of Educators Art

District Administration magazine Administration District Art Educators of the Year the of Educators Art

2015 District of Distinction Award Distinction of District 2015 School Middle and Elementary 2013

National School Board Association Board School National Iowa School Social Workers Association Workers Social School Iowa

2015 Magna Award Magna 2015 2014 School Social Worker of the Year the of Worker Social School 2014

and staff, whose good work has earned state and national recognition, including: recognition, national and state earned has work good whose staff, and

to help the students of our community succeed. DMPS is proud of its 5,000 teachers teachers 5,000 its of proud is DMPS succeed. community our of students the help to

day every hard work who professionals and educators of thousands to home is DMPS

@DMSCHOOLS This map helps you find your way around Des Moines Public Schools in the real world. But DMPS can also be found in many places in the virtual world. Use the sites and tools listed below to get news and information from DMPS anytime and anywhere.

WEB SITE For news, information, contacts, data, forms and more visit the web site:

www.dmschools.org

MOBILE APP Iowa’s largest provider of public education fits in the palm of your hand thanks to our mobile app, providing news, calendars, maps, menus and more. Download it at the App Store or Google Play.

SOCIAL MEDIA Join the thousands of people who engage with DMPS on our social media sites: • facebook.com/dmschools SCHOOL DISTRICT • twitter.com/dmschools • pinterest.com/dmschools

PHOTOGRAPHY If a picture’s worth a thousand words, these two sites speak volumes about our students, teachers and schools: MAP • flickr.com/dmps On the road with Iowa’s largest • instagram.com/desmoinespublicschools provider of public education. TELEVISION Moving forward in becoming the DMPS-TV can be viewed in high-def on Mediacom channel 12.1 or 812. Don’t have cable television? See all of our programming at nation’s model for urban education.

youtube.com/dmpstv.

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✱ Educational and Cultural Attractions It is the policy of the Des Moines Community School District not to illegally discriminate on the basis of race, color, P P national origin, sex, disability, religion, creed, age (for employment), marital status (for programs), sexual orientation, gender identity and socioeconomic status (for programs) in its educational programs and its employment practices. There is a grievance procedure for processing complaints of discrimination. If you believe you have (or your child has) been discriminated against or treated unjustly at school, please contact the Equity Coordinator, Isaiah McGee at 2323 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Grand Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50312, 515-242-7662 [email protected]