Carver Elementary is inviting all interested families to participate in the DM Food Pantry’s Combat Hunger Food Drive! We will be collecting non-perishable items* in each classroom Mon., Nov. 16—Fri., Nov. 20th *Please check the expiration date on …
Please join us for our upcoming Title I Family Night events! Each grade level team has planned an event with content-specific information and activities for their grade level families. Events will be held the following evenings at Carver* …
Students who attend a Title I school in Des Moines like Carver may be eligible for tutoring services at no cost to their family. In order to be eligible, students must attend one of the 28 Title I schools in Des Moines and meet low income guidelines. To learn more and to register, click on the headline.
Under the federal No Child Left Behind law, this school will be offering school choice for the 2015-16 school year. This is required by NCLB of schools “in need of improvement.” Click the headline for more information and to download a School Choice request form. All forms are due no later than July 1. Late forms will not be accepted.
Carver’s PTO is hosting a “Muffins for Moms” event from 8:15 – 9:15 A.M. on May 15th. Moms, please join us for a muffin and juice/coffee after you drop your child off for the school day!
Carver Community School was the site of a Bike Rodeo on Saturday. DMPS teamed up with the Des Moines Bicycle Collective, Iowa Department of Transportation, Capital Park Neighborhood Association and VIVA East Bank to provide children with bicycles, helmets and locks. Students took part in a fun bike-training course, run by the League of American Bicycle Instructors, that taught them bike safety and handling skills. Click the photo to read and see more.
Please join us this Saturday, May 9th, in the Carver parking lot for Carver’s Bike Rodeo! Come have fun and learn the basics of bike safety. Participants can earn a bike helmet and lock. Students who don’t have …
DMPS will again offer breakfast and lunch over the summer months to children 18 and younger. The number of sites has grown, and so have the number of meals served. Last summer, DMPS staff fed children 28,722 breakfasts and 79,698 lunches. DMPS has sponsored a summer meal program for more than 30 years. Click on the headline for more information and a list of sites.
In spite of the debate about when the school year should start, at DMPS we wonder: when does it end? That’s because activities take place at our schools nearly every day of the year. Click on the image to visit our Summer Programs web page to learn more about our summer offerings, from Metro Kids to meal programs to new sports camps.
