Second grade students performed two concerts on February 15th.  The theme of the performances was “Love”. See more pictures – and a video – on Flickr!

King Elementary’s third, fourth and fifth graders got to enjoy music from Synergy Jazz on Friday, February 12th.   See more pictures on Flickr!  

Fourth Grade’s King Crusaders held a Penny Drive during the month of January.  All students were able to bring in loose change and put it into different buckets for certain staff members.  The three staff members who had …

Des Moines Public Schools is pleased to announce that Peter LeBlanc will be the next principal at Goodrell Middle School, one of the district’s International Baccalaureate World Schools. LeBlanc is well known in the DMPS community. He served as principal of King Elementary School since 2011, where he saw an increase in overall enrollment and English Language Learner students and led efforts that increased attendance and achievement. Click the photo to read more.

Kindergarten made crazy hats! Each hat has ten strips. Each strip has ten objects drawn by the students to make 100!   See more pictures on Flickr!  

King Elementary students were visited by Rock In Prevention on Wednesday, January 27th.  Students sang, danced and learned about making safe choices.   See more pictures on Flickr!

Several King Students participated in basketball through a partnership with the Grubb Y.  Students were coached by third grade teacher, Chris Sanford, chief engineer, Terri Nelson and parent, Thomas Jackson. Check out more pictures on Flickr!  

Belin String Quartet came to perform a concert for King families. See more pictures on Flickr!  

Fifth Grade Students in Mrs. Jones’ ELL Group were caught working extra hard!  

Kindergarten students are hard at work in Mrs. Bales’ Room!