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 …
On Wednesday, October 3rd the students (and many of the staff!) took advantage of the sunny and warm weather as they participated in the Iowa Healthiest State Annual Walk. Iowans across the state were encouraged to walk or run for at least 30 …
Students and teachers are getting ready for Parent-Teacher conferences this week, on October 3rd and 4th. Conferences will be from 1:30-7:30 on Wednesday, and 2:50-7:00 on Thursday. There will be 7 translators speaking 6 different languages to help connect families …
Edmunds students and their families gathered at the school on Thursday night, September 30th, to celebrate Family Fun Night 2018! The theme for the night was “Superheros” and every student felt like a superhero for the evening as they participated in the …
On Tuesday, September 11th over 20 volunteers from the United Way of Central Iowa visited Edmunds Elementary to read with the 3rd grade students. Event coordinator Pat Steele shared that this annual interaction with Edmunds students is an exciting project for the volunteers. It is …
