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!  

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 …