The DMPS School Board Youth Advisory Council has developed a survey for all DMPS students in grades 6-12 regarding the treatment of students. The survey will be open from Monday, April 22 through Friday, May 3. Click here for more information.
Lincoln High School softball tryouts and practice will begin on Monday May 6. 8th and 9th grade will be from 3:30-5:00. Grades 10-12 will run from 5:00-7:00. Practice will be every day. You must sign up in the Activities Office and have all paperwork turned in to attend practice. Rails Academy students may sign up with Mrs. Nigro.
There will be a two day Youth Opportunity Fair hosted as Hoover High School and East High School. The event targets students ages 14 to 19 years old. The event will be held at Hoover on Tuesday, May 7th from 2:15 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. and at East High School on Wednesday, May 8th from 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Click here to read more and complete your registration to this opportunity fair.
Seventy-five students and staff here at Lincoln High prepared 20,000 meals yesterday! It was a project by the our Ambassador program on behalf of Meals From the Heartland, which provides food for starving people around the world. Read and see more of this great work at Lincoln by clicking the headline above.
Do you want to learn Arabic, be exposed to culture, and explore the spices and cuisine of the Arabic speaking world? Lincoln will again be offering the summer Arabic Startalk Program from June 6th – June 28th. Click here for more information.
On Thursday, April 18th three Lincoln business students participated in a job shadow at EMC insurance in the actuary division. Lincoln Seniors Linsey Johnson and Vannisa Teav, and Junior Summer Sanford visited EMC Insurance to learn about actuarial science. Click here for more information.
The General Manager for the Des Moines Menace, a professional soccer team, visited Lincoln iJAG students. Matt Homonoff, the Menace GM, stopped by Darron Kitterman’s iJAG class to speak on the topic of ‘Careers in Sports Management’ on Thursday, April 4th. Students were able to speak with Mr. Homonoff about his career and his post-secondary education that helped him prepare for it.
The Lincoln Drama Department is getting ready for their spring production of A Piece of My Heart by Shirley Lauro. The play will be performed on April 18, 19, and 20 at 7:00 p.m. in the Lincoln Auditorium. Tickets are $6.00 at the door and $3.00 for students with SATs. All veterans are invited to attend the performances free of charge. Click here for more information.
Lincoln senior Matt Friend received the Des Moines Rotary Club Scholarship and delivered his thank-you speech at the Rotary Club Scholarship luncheon. Each DMPS high school received one Rotary Scholarship per year. Congratulations Matt!
The Lincoln library is being utilized to its full potential as scores of classes are using its resources. Three laptop carts, a media room, and the computer lab all contribute to the extensive use of technology in the classroom. Click here to read more.
