First Grade Learning

Mrs. Schwertley, Mrs. Yates and Miss Hilsman have been making learning fun in First Grade!  Students are learning about  balance and motion using spinning tops made by students.  Earlier this month, Des Moines Firefighters visited King Elementary to …

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Moustache Day

King Elementary held a Moustache Day in honor of “No Shave November”.  No Shave November was started in 2004 as a way to “change the face” of men’s health.  Students and staff wore drawn-on and stuck-on (with a …

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Storyteller Visits

King Elementary welcomed storyteller Dan Wardell from Iowa Public Television on November 8, 2012.  Mr. Wardell spent the afternoon talking with a group of students that are enrolled in King’s 21 Century Community Learning Center.  Students had fun …

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Election Day!

Students and staff at King Elementary participated in a Mock Election on Tuesday, November 6, 2012.  Votes were placed in the box that represented the candidate of their choice.  After counting up all 342 votes, King announced incumbent Barack Obama as the …

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Iowa Children’s Choice Award Book List

Iowa Children’s Choice Award Books 2012 – 2013 Author Title Barnett, Mac Case Of The Case Of Mistaken Identity Erskine, Kathryn Mockingbird Ferrari, Michael Born to Fly Glass, Linzi Finding Danny Gutman, Dan Getting Air Hahn, Mary Ghost …

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