Meet the Teacher Night is scheduled for August 19, 2014 4:00-6:00.   Hope to see you there!  

Governor Terry Branstad and Lt. Governor Kim Reynolds got a first-hand look at how learning is year-round at many schools. They visited King Elementary to see the Starfish Academy, a joint program between DMPS, United Way, YMCA, Community Youth …

School Supply Lists for the 2014-2015 school year have been posted.   Click here to access the lists.

Mrs. Schwertley’s first grade class took on a last minute challenge to collect school supplies for the basic school in Run Away Bay, Jamaica. The students made posters, spoke to other classes and partnered with students who attend …

King Elementary students celebrated Field Day on Friday, May 23rd.  Students enjoyed team games and relays.  Some stations involved getting a little wet, but the weather was perfectly warm and sunny. Visit our Flickr page for more pictures. …

The Des Moines Public School district is once again sponsoring a Summer Food Service Program, with many sites providing free meals to all children 18 years of age or younger. There are a total of 29 meal sites …

Mrs. Spreitzer’s second grade class has been busy with our spring activities! We did a spring clean and cleaned up our classroom this week. In writing we have been doing poetry. Our class wrote a spring poems and …

King Elementary celebrated a year of success with their annual Family Fun Night on May 1st.  Students spent time playing math games in their classrooms before partaking in a carnival that included a dunk tank, inflatable obstacle course, …

King Elementary fourth and fifth grade students joined thousands of other students for HyVee’s Exercise Your Character event on April 29th.   See more pictures on our Flickr Page.  

Justin Imani, Vicente Garcia, Naveah Botts and KaVeon Brooks represented King Elementary during the Elementary Drake Relays.  Great job!