Throughout the year, some fourth and fifth grade ELL students at King Elementary wrote letters to pen pals at Iowa State University students. As a celebration of this partnership, students visited the ISU campus with ELL teacher, Brenda …
King Elementary fourth graders explored the Des Moines Art Center with art teacher Alyssa Harder. After art center, students were able to explore the Pappajohn Sculpture Park in downtown Des Moines. For many of the students, this was …
The first annual Des Moines 21st Century Community Learning Centers Makers Convention featured nearly 300 students from 9 schools, including King. The students presented their work with food, robotics, photography, music and everything in between. Click on the image to see more photos of the event.
Kindergarenters have been learning about careers during classroom counseling class. Students had to work together to match career people with the tools that they need in order to be successful.
Third graders at King Elementary have been working hard over the past few weeks. They have been practicing measurement during math and science. See and read more by clicking on the headline!
Starting April 1, 2014, King Elementary students in grades 3 through 5 will take the Iowa Assessments (formerly known as the ITBS or ITEDS). The main purposes of the Iowa Assessments are to provide the school with information …
Kindergarten students learned about stethoscopes, veins, and arteries and how our heartbeat is always steady! To read and see more, click on the picture!
Several King students 3-5 were invited to come to Met Life in West Des Moines to celebrate African American History month. The students played drums, got a tour of the business, received gifts and certificates, and even got …
Mrs. Spreitzer’s 2nd grade class has been reading the “Tale of Desperaux.” The students made predictions on what they think will happen in the story.
Twenty-first Nature Club started its last session this past week but we opted out of the below-zero wind chills. Instead we “focused” on making binoculars from recycled toilet paper rolls. Then using our custom-made binoculars, we prowled the …
