United Way of Central Iowa held its annual Read. Learn. Succeed at Edmunds Elementary.

Image includes: Annabelle Marsh of Quester Corporation (center) hands a check to Edmunds Principal Jaynette Rittman, right. Also pictured, Edmunds Art Teacher David Borzo

Two Edmunds Elementary teachers prepared a special welcome for students and the community for the ribbon cutting and open house at the new Edmunds on Monday August 12th.  Art teacher David Borzo and 3rd grade instructor Michelle Nelson designed …

Jaynette Rittman, a long-time educator with Des Moines Public Schools who is the principal at Garton Elementary School, will be our new principal at Edmunds. She will officially begin her new role on July 1 but will be working closely with our school between now and then. To read more about Ms. Rittman, click the above headline.

DMPS is home to six schools, including Edmunds Elementary, taking part in the School Improvement Grant program. Click on the above headline to download a copy of Turning Around. Moving Ahead., a progress report on our SIG schools, providing numbers on student proficiency but also a look at the people working to help Edmunds and each school improve.

An art contest by Edmunds Elementary students presented ideas for public art to be developed for the new school building. Fifth greader Stephanie Oliver won first place for her piece which honored the old school’s origins as an arts academy. Read and see more of the work by Edmunds students by clicking the headline.

Edmunds Elementary got an early jump on the Oscars race by holding their own awards show in November, the “Pawscars,” named after the Edmunds’ tiger mascot “Eddie.” The Pawscars red-carpet affair was held November 20th in the school …

3rd through 5th graders at Edmunds explored the world of Cartooning Art this last  month, applying what they have learned in art class about practice and planning their work first. Then each student created their own cartoon comic …

1st and 2nd graders in our Edmunds art classes spent a couple of days learning about different kinds of fish, with vibrant shapes and colors.  The young artists explored the endless design possibilities in the aquatic world – …

Fifth grade art students from Edmunds Elementary School, pictured at left with artist Jun Kaneko, took a field trip to help unveil “Dangos,” a new public art sculpture project along the Principal Riverwalk in downtown Des Moines. The Greater Des Moines Public Art Foundation hosted the event.