The June edition of Digital Fringe, an online gallery of student art in the Dubuque Community School District, is now live!
View the Elementary School Gallery
View the Middle and High School Gallery
This gallery is a way to highlight the remarkable products of art education in the district. It’s a digital attempt at bringing the work of our student artists at all levels into your home – because art is created for others to take in.
Check out the latest District-Wide Update, featuring a visit by world-renowned violinist Midori, the elementary school Battle of the Books, a student project about human trafficking, and “Go the Distance Day.”
Watch the latest District-Wide featuring the high school Chemistry Olympics, diversity appreciation activities at Jefferson Middle School, a Lincoln Elementary School student’s fundraising efforts, and Bryant Elementary School’s celebration of its historic window replacement project.
The Eisenhower Elementary School Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) announced the winners of its annual Five-Star Awards at a school assembly on Friday, May 6. This award is given annually to one teacher and one support staff member at the school.
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The Dubuque Community School District Teacher of the Year was named at the annual Educators’ Recognition Dinner on May 5, hosted by the school district and the Dubuque Education Association.
Louie Fischer, an English teacher at Dubuque Senior High School, was selected for the honor. Fischer has taught at Senior since 2005. Outside the classroom, he is also the coach of Senior’s girls cross country team. “In his English classroom, student engagement is a specialty for Louie,” said one of his nominators. “Louie finds a variety of ways to tie literature and writing into students’ personal lives, thus making the learning relevant for students. Students look forward to attending his class every day.”
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The Dubuque Community School District has been awarded a Certificate of Excellence in Financial Reporting from the Association of School Business Officials (ASBO) International for having met or exceeded the program’s high standards for financial reporting and accountability. The award is for the district’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the fiscal year ending in 2015.
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Dubuque Senior High School Teacher Aaron Dean was one of 21 recipients nationwide to be awarded the 2015-16 Outstanding Speech, Debate and Theatre Educator Awards from the National Federation of High School Speech, Debate and Theatre Association.
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Two Dubuque Community School District middle school track meets scheduled for Saturday, April 30, have been postponed due to the forecast for inclement weather.
The Jefferson Middle School Girls Invitational Track Meet scheduled for 9 a.m. and the Roosevelt Middle School Boys Invitational Track Meet scheduled for 12:30 p.m., both at Dalzell Field, have been postponed.
A make-up date has not been determined.
Check out our latest #dcsdshoutout to Trees Forever, Black Hills Energy’s Power of Trees Program and Alliant Energy’s Branching Out Program. Their support is helping the Hempstead High School Green Team plant 30 trees at the school — adding both sustainability and beauty!
Watch the latest District-Wide featuring the Sole Hope service project at Lincoln Elementary School, a celebration of learning health fair at Washington Middle School, Family STEM Night at Kennedy Elementary School, and a poverty simulation for staff.