District's new online community engagement forum will address myriad topics related to educational improvement.
The race in Iowa’s 3rd District is one of only two in the country in which redistricting threw a pair of incumbents together.
West Des Moines Community Education offers Sneak Peek, a program to help kids experience what kindergarten life will be like.
A package of three Valley Tigers logos have been approved for use throughout the West Des Moines school district, according to a news release.
Paul Bobek joins the administration at a significant time with many construction projects under way.
Clive and Phenix Elementary students have new rides, but more donated bicycles are needed for next year’s giveaways.
“As you put his life in perspective, maybe you can put your own life in perspective,” minister tells mourners.
You never know how much time you’ll get, Augustine Villa says.
Following the deaths of two Johnston teens this winter, experts shared warning signs that teens may be at risk of suicide.
A staggering number of students in Iowa Youth Survey report having contemplated suicide.
As Takashi Yanagi quietly carried a crushing, heartbreaking burden, Valley officials marveled at his resilience – and his ability to keep earning straight A's.
Dowling Catholic High School valedictorian Augustine Villa kept a better-than-A average while fighting a cancerous brain tumor.
A placemat map John Mahoney followed as a toddler when his family moved east hooked the Stilwell Junior High student on a journey that takes him to Washington, D.C., for national competition this week.
Valley has the most honorees in the history of the Gatorade Iowa Boys' Soccer Player of the Year Award.
Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds join Westridge Elementary students on final leg of “Start Somewhere Walk.”
Unemployment and underemployment rates are especially high among recent college graduates.
Governor and lieutenant governor will finish what they started at Westridge Elementary School.
She told the Des Moines Register cuts to music staffing made recently by the West Des Moines school board factored into her decision to leave.
You can help Miss Iowa's chances in the Miss USA competition by voting online.
Alumni, colleagues, friends, relatives — and even one of honoree's former teachers — turn out at reception.
As you practice gliding to “Pomp and Circumstance” in your cap and gown, give Patch and West Des Moines a rewind of your life.
Valley Southwoods twins set Guinness world record.
Patch wants to give a shout out to all the great teachers out there who are changing kids' lives. Help us tell the story of great education in West Des Moines.
Slide show photos due May 2 for Walnut Creek Campus graduating seniors.
The meeting is part of a process to get resident feedback as district officials review goals and plan for the future.
After more than 300 people protested cuts to music, language and reading programs on Monday, the West Des Moines school board scaled back the scope of the changes.
More than 600 people filled Plymouth Congregational Church for Valley Southwoods student Carson Vandeventer's funeral Tuesday.
Concerned parents and students packed Monday's West Des Moines school board meeting nearly an hour before discussion about budget cuts began. The board will announce its decision at a meeting Tuesday night.
As Valley Southwoods students coped with the death of a classmate last week, members of the senior class stepped in to show the younger students they care.
Parents have been buzzing this week that the district's music program was facing cuts. The agenda for Monday proposes cutting reading positions, the Japanese language program and some elementary teaching jobs.
Visitation and memorial services for Valley Southwoods student Carson Vandeventer will be held next week. Thursday night mental health experts talked with parents about how to recognize warning signs of youths in trouble.
West Des Moines school leaders warned parents recently that the date 4/20 is National Pot Smokers Day.
The suicide of a Primghar teen who'd been bullied after he said he was gay has elevated public discussion of the problem of cyber-bullying. West Des Moines schools prohibit bullying students because of their sexual orientation, among many other reasons.
A school resource officer who spoke to an audience of parents and educators Monday night says the reason might surprise you.
Valley junior Ty Wolf received a serious head injury in a skateboarding accident, according to an email from the district superintendent to parents.
Mike Rozga has used his son's death as a bully pulpit to campaign for reform of laws regulating K2 and other synthetic drugs.
It takes a community to educate a child; school district wants to know what you think.
The free family event hosted annually by the West Des Moines Community Education office
Crestview counselor “loved seeing the smiles on the faces of the students and their family members.”
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