Kindergarten students at King have been studying plants in their classrooms. Today they took to the woods at Jester Park to learn more about the amazing plant life here in Iowa. Click the title to see more pictures on …

Students in kindergarten have been caring for their chicken eggs for 21 days. Today the proud students were able to enjoy a huge jump in the kindergarten chick population.   Click the title for more pictures!

We are pleased to announce Iowa native and longtime DMPS employee Kisha Barnes will be taking over as principal at King Elementary School in the fall. She replaces our current principal Peter LeBlanc who accepted a position as principal at Goodrell Middle School earlier this year. Principal Barnes says she can’t wait to meet everyone! To learn more about our new principal, click on the headline.

Fourth grade students at King visited the Des Moines Art Center and Pappajohn Sculpture Park on April 8th. Click to see more pictures on Flickr!

Fourth grade students performed a Dance themed concert on April 5th and third grade performed a Dr. Seuss themed concert on April 11th.  The third grade concert also featured a special performance by Mrs. Spreitzer’s class of the …

Thank you to area members of Alpha Phi Alpha who chose King Elementary School for their annual community service project. Members enjoyed lunch with fifth graders, and talked about the importance of graduating from high school and pursuing …

Every Wednesday, students at King Elementary are dismissed 90  minutes early.  On March 30th, while students were enjoying their extra free time, King staff members gained some in-depth knowledge of some of the different cultures that make up the …