Dozens of Edmunds students are playing in the 2018-19 YMCA Basketball season, having fun while learning the value of teamwork. The YMCA of Greater Des Moines provides sponsorship for many teams that include Edmunds students, helping teach game fundamentals, the importance of of personal effort, and the rewards of …
Edmunds 5th grade boys have been learning about leadership and community in the “Boys 2 Men” club. The boys learn about leadership, personal responsibility and community engagement with their mentors, including Boys 2 Men club founder John Hawkins, and Edmunds teachers Andrew Kurimski …
On November 15, the Edmunds fifth grade classes spent the day at JA Biz Town, sponsored by Junior Achievement of Central Iowa. They had a fun and instructive day of learning financial literacy. They learned how to run …
Second graders at Edmunds have been working on writing personal narratives, utilizing some of the writing skills that they have been learning. We are lucky at Edmunds to have such a diverse set of students, representing over 27 different languages and cultures. …
In third grade, Edmunds students have been exploring life cycles of different animals and identifying similarities and differences between them. As part of that, students got to experience a real-life life cycle happen in their classroom with the uses of …
Many Edmunds Elementary students from 2nd through 5th grades participated in the YMCA Flag Football program this fall. Games were played Saturdays at the Grubb Y, from September to the end of October. The young Edmunds boys and girls made up three of the …
Some Edmunds students got a special treat for Halloween last week, as three Edmunds teachers, Ms. Brousard, Ms. Oelmann, and Mrs. Seibert, provided them with the opportunity to go trick-or-treating. For some, this was their first time ever making the …
Edmunds students got into the Halloween spirit this last week at the Annual Oakridge Fall Festival, sponsored by the Oakridge Neighborhood. With balloon animals, face painting, walking tacos, hay rack rides and a REALLY scary Haunted House, everyone had a great night with many a superhero …
After a week of gathering information on the positive and negative effects of plastic on the earth’s environment, fifth graders at Edmunds were tasked with a challenge. The teachers helped define this challenge by sharing that pencils were being found on …
On Thursday October 11th, several Des Moines Public School students were honored for their art work in a Poster contest sponsored by the Des Moines Fire Department. The contest was designed to help highlight Fire Prevention Week (October 7th-13th) and …
