DMPS, Parks & Rec Partner for Basketball

Des Moines Parks and Recreation and Des Moines Public Schools are partnering to offer a youth basketball league for the 2014-2015 season. The program is for students in grades 1st through 7th. The registration deadline is October 17 and fees are $50 per student or $450 per team. Click the image to learn more and register to play.

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What’s for Lunch? Ask the DMPS Mobile App

You can now find out what’s for breakfast and lunch at every school on every day of the year. You can even find out nutritional information. Just visit the Dining section on the new DMPS Mobile App. If you don’t yet have the app, click the header to download it for Apple or Android and learn more about its many features.

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Hubbell Now Fits in the Palm of Your Hand

The new DMPS mobile app is designed to provide up-to-date and helpful information about the school district and all schools right in the palm of your hand. Now you can connect with Hubbell and every school in Des Moines from anywhere and everywhere. Click the photo to learn more about the app and download to your Apple or Android smartphone.

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Hubbell Elementary Students Create Mosaics

Hubbell Elementary School students decorated their hallways in beautiful colors this spring. They created mosaics, mostly featuring nature scenes, with their artist in residence, Concetta Morales. You’ll find the mosaics in the stairwells and hallways. Click the image to see more photos of their work on the district’s Flickr page.

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Rodeo Prepares Students for Summer Riding

Hubbell Elementary students strapped on helmets, hopped on bikes and learned the rules of the road ahead of summer vacation. Thanks to Bike World for providing the gear and the bikes! Have a great summer, kids! Click on the image to visit the district’s Flickr page and see more photos.

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Great Day for Gardening, Learning at Hubbell

Many schools around Des Moines now have gardens, which provide a real-life, hands-on lesson for students in botany and small-scale agriculture. Hubbell Elementary was one of the first schools to plant an on-site garden. Click the photo to read and see more about our school and community pitching in on a perfect day to plant this year’s crop.

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