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Carver Community School students watched Danish gymnasts perform some pretty incredible flips and leaps! The Gymnastics Performance Team, a touring gymnastics group from Denmark, performed at Grand View University today. Click the image to see why students loved the show.

Third-grader Leslie Reyes-Zuniga gives her school lunch a thumbs up! It’s not often you get to munch a lunch with an executive chef and a USDA Regional Administrator. Thanks to DMPS Chef Chad Taylor and Administrator Darlene Barnes for a fun day celebrating National School Lunch Week. To see more fun photos, click on the image.

You can now find out what’s for breakfast and lunch at every school on every day of the year. You can even find out nutritional information. Just visit the Dining section on the new DMPS Mobile App. If you don’t yet have the app, click the header to download it for Apple or Android and learn more about its many features.

In order for a student to be considered for a school fee waiver, families must provide annual income for all people in their household.  This information is also important for your child’s school.  School eligibility for programs such …

We have enjoyed a smooth start to the new year! We look forward to working with your family this year – together we can ensure success for all in the Carver School Community. As a reminder, student arrival …

The new DMPS mobile app is designed to provide up-to-date and helpful information about the school district and all schools right in the palm of your hand. Now you can connect with Carver and every school in Des Moines from anywhere and everywhere. Click the photo to learn more about the app and download to your Apple or Android smartphone.

Carver Community School is joining a national effort to promote reading and share books: Little Free Libraries. Carver is the first DMPS school to install the mini-libraries, part of our school’s mission to improve and promote reading for students and families. Click the photo to read more about our project at Carver.

This year’s spring family night at Carver Elementary was deemed a success by parents, students and staff. The event revolved around the school wide read of The World According to Humphrey; 560 books went home with students and …

The last newsletter of the 2013-2014 school year features a goodbye from our outgoing principal, Mr. Brewton, and a welcome from our incoming principal, Ms. Burnett Requist, along with a few odds and ends. Have a great summer everyone!